Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	1,395,789 people	1,186,762 people	946,019 people
Urbanization rate	16.2%	22.7%	41.5%
Urban population	225,763 people	269,255 people	392,548 people
Male	735,471 people	607,498 people	485,937 people
Female	660,318 people	579,264 people	460,082 people
Households	404,040	416,152	395,605
Average household size	3.39	2.79	2.31

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+	3,120 people	2,930 people	6,050 people
80–84	16,606 people	15,515 people	32,121 people
75–79	25,648 people	23,719 people	49,367 people
70–74	33,882 people	31,630 people	65,512 people
65–69	21,164 people	18,592 people	39,756 people
60–64	19,791 people	16,905 people	36,696 people
55–59	23,850 people	21,081 people	44,931 people
50–54	30,243 people	26,511 people	56,754 people
45–49	19,747 people	18,644 people	38,391 people
40–44	28,483 people	27,811 people	56,294 people
35–39	45,227 people	45,893 people	91,120 people
30–34	43,446 people	45,215 people	88,661 people
25–29	38,619 people	37,237 people	75,856 people
20–24	29,592 people	24,847 people	54,439 people
15–19	42,423 people	39,877 people	82,300 people
10–14	27,775 people	25,098 people	52,873 people
5–9	18,451 people	17,527 people	35,978 people
1–4	10,580 people	11,280 people	21,860 people
0	7,290 people	9,770 people	17,060 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	5,464 people	4,800 people	10,264 people
80–84	29,816 people	27,065 people	56,881 people
75–79	30,039 people	27,160 people	57,199 people
70–74	39,069 people	35,543 people	74,612 people
65–69	45,649 people	43,369 people	89,018 people
60–64	42,607 people	41,637 people	84,244 people
55–59	27,298 people	26,840 people	54,138 people
50–54	38,027 people	37,815 people	75,842 people
45–49	57,393 people	58,103 people	115,496 people
40–44	53,256 people	54,936 people	108,192 people
35–39	45,862 people	44,078 people	89,940 people
30–34	35,189 people	29,686 people	64,875 people
25–29	50,512 people	46,227 people	96,739 people
20–24	35,584 people	30,480 people	66,064 people
15–19	26,428 people	23,393 people	49,821 people
10–14	19,504 people	18,195 people	37,699 people
5–9	13,779 people	14,466 people	28,245 people
1–4	8,061 people	9,294 people	17,355 people
0	3,961 people	6,177 people	10,138 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	6,560 people	5,503 people	12,063 people
80–84	33,709 people	29,367 people	63,076 people
75–79	50,651 people	44,540 people	95,191 people
70–74	67,779 people	60,546 people	128,325 people
65–69	43,297 people	38,908 people	82,205 people
60–64	55,491 people	55,332 people	110,823 people
55–59	81,841 people	75,892 people	157,733 people
50–54	74,194 people	68,931 people	143,125 people
45–49	61,035 people	53,164 people	114,199 people
40–44	43,438 people	33,213 people	76,651 people
35–39	59,487 people	50,804 people	110,291 people
30–34	41,769 people	34,084 people	75,853 people
25–29	32,738 people	27,444 people	60,182 people
20–24	28,303 people	24,029 people	52,332 people
15–19	22,579 people	20,918 people	43,497 people
10–14	16,895 people	16,551 people	33,446 people
5–9	9,816 people	11,386 people	21,202 people
1–4	4,238 people	6,396 people	10,634 people
0	1,651 people	3,310 people	4,961 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.95%

1,186,110 people

Yi0.01%

121 people

Hui0.01%

100 people

Miao0.01%

71 people

Tujia0.01%

62 people

Manchu0.00%

49 people

Lisu0.00%

47 people

Jingpo0.00%

38 people

Dai0.00%

25 people

Korean0.00%

22 people

Tibetan0.00%

16 people

Hani0.00%

16 people

Lahu0.00%

15 people

Zhuang0.00%

12 people

Kazakh0.00%

12 people

Uyghur0.00%

10 people

Yao0.00%

7 people

Dong0.00%

4 people

Maonan0.00%

4 people

Bouyei0.00%

3 people

Mulao0.00%

3 people

Kyrgyz0.00%

3 people

Mongol0.00%

2 people

Bai0.00%

2 people

Daur0.00%

2 people

Achang0.00%

2 people

Li0.00%

1 people

She0.00%

1 people

Naxi0.00%

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