Census data

Population, households, age structure and ethnic composition from modern censuses.

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	308,569 people	284,063 people	299,696 people
Urbanization rate	16.4%	24.5%	38.3%
Urban population	50,515 people	69,662 people	114,644 people
Male	162,512 people	146,488 people	154,783 people
Female	146,057 people	137,575 people	144,913 people
Households	75,213	85,527	97,837
Average household size	4.07	3.28	2.91

Age pyramid

Male and female population by five-year age group in the latest census.

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	2,139 people	1,886 people	4,025 people
80–84	9,917 people	8,481 people	18,398 people
75–79	14,339 people	12,349 people	26,688 people
70–74	14,535 people	12,451 people	26,986 people
65–69	9,297 people	8,738 people	18,035 people
60–64	8,872 people	7,934 people	16,806 people
55–59	9,899 people	9,034 people	18,933 people
50–54	10,787 people	9,536 people	20,323 people
45–49	10,324 people	8,648 people	18,972 people
40–44	11,398 people	9,851 people	21,249 people
35–39	11,595 people	10,573 people	22,168 people
30–34	11,063 people	10,464 people	21,527 people
25–29	8,231 people	7,772 people	16,003 people
20–24	6,729 people	7,088 people	13,817 people
15–19	5,833 people	6,762 people	12,595 people
10–14	4,208 people	5,163 people	9,371 people
5–9	2,958 people	4,044 people	7,002 people
1–4	1,761 people	2,519 people	4,280 people
0	898 people	1,620 people	2,518 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,975 people	1,454 people	3,429 people
80–84	9,570 people	7,371 people	16,941 people
75–79	12,953 people	11,081 people	24,034 people
70–74	16,056 people	14,597 people	30,653 people
65–69	11,553 people	10,479 people	22,032 people
60–64	9,363 people	9,563 people	18,926 people
55–59	9,175 people	8,702 people	17,877 people
50–54	10,574 people	9,726 people	20,300 people
45–49	11,553 people	10,431 people	21,984 people
40–44	11,657 people	10,634 people	22,291 people
35–39	9,088 people	8,089 people	17,177 people
30–34	7,823 people	7,669 people	15,492 people
25–29	7,248 people	7,522 people	14,770 people
20–24	5,779 people	5,997 people	11,776 people
15–19	4,754 people	5,295 people	10,049 people
10–14	3,667 people	4,177 people	7,844 people
5–9	2,046 people	2,457 people	4,503 people
1–4	1,140 people	1,501 people	2,641 people
0	514 people	830 people	1,344 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	2,944 people	2,841 people	5,785 people
80–84	12,169 people	10,029 people	22,198 people
75–79	18,019 people	15,149 people	33,168 people
70–74	19,194 people	16,778 people	35,972 people
65–69	15,532 people	12,842 people	28,374 people
60–64	13,437 people	11,304 people	24,741 people
55–59	14,471 people	12,462 people	26,933 people
50–54	13,309 people	11,758 people	25,067 people
45–49	10,470 people	9,027 people	19,497 people
40–44	8,480 people	8,212 people	16,692 people
35–39	8,119 people	8,008 people	16,127 people
30–34	6,709 people	6,616 people	13,325 people
25–29	5,854 people	5,872 people	11,726 people
20–24	5,095 people	5,133 people	10,228 people
15–19	3,524 people	3,561 people	7,085 people
10–14	2,819 people	3,014 people	5,833 people
5–9	1,343 people	1,696 people	3,039 people
1–4	745 people	1,160 people	1,905 people
0	279 people	595 people	874 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han45.28%

135,702 people

Tibetan38.15%

114,334 people

Manchu11.30%

33,873 people

Dai3.22%

9,650 people

Maonan0.63%

1,899 people

Yi0.40%

1,196 people

Hui0.23%

701 people

Korean0.15%

457 people

Bouyei0.13%

378 people

Bai0.09%

268 people

Tujia0.08%

247 people

Kyrgyz0.06%

186 people

Zhuang0.05%

134 people

Wa0.03%

85 people

Yao0.02%

50 people

Dong0.01%

31 people

Kazakh0.01%

20 people

Dongxiang0.01%

14 people

Miao0.00%

11 people

Hani0.00%

11 people

Monba0.00%

9 people

Naxi0.00%

8 people

Jingpo0.00%

6 people

Uyghur0.00%

5 people

Lisu0.00%

5 people

Mulao0.00%

5 people

Mongol0.00%

3 people

Lahu0.00%

2 people

She0.00%

1 people

Gelao0.00%

1 people

Russian0.00%

1 people

Methodology and sources

Figures are compiled from national statistical yearbooks, census publications and official regional statistics. Each table displays its reference year. Read the data sources page for details.

Data sources