China · Prefecture-level city
Historical population data
Annual indicators from 2006 to 2025. Values can be compared across years.
Resident population · 20253,034,700 people
Change over the period+3.7%
Annual growth+0.19%
Urbanization rate53.8%
All years
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| Year | Resident population | Urbanization rate | Registered (hukou) population | Birth rate | Death rate | GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,034,700 people | 53.8% | — | 9.92 ‰ | 7.29 ‰ | — |
| 2024 | 3,037,000 people | 40.0% | 3,632,900 people | — | — | — |
| 2023 | 3,028,500 people | — | 3,614,200 people | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 3,016,700 people | — | 3,612,700 people | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 3,017,100 people | — | 3,603,800 people | — | — | — |
| 2020 | 3,033,000 people | — | 3,582,700 people | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 3,025,300 people | — | 3,532,100 people | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 3,013,000 people | — | 3,485,500 people | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 3,004,100 people | — | 3,415,600 people | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 2,982,800 people | — | 3,398,600 people | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 2,959,300 people | — | 3,294,800 people | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 2,944,700 people | — | 3,283,400 people | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 2,923,400 people | — | 3,254,100 people | — | — | — |
| 2012 | 2,902,200 people | — | 3,225,300 people | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 2,875,300 people | — | 3,214,100 people | — | — | — |
| 2010 | 2,854,300 people | — | 3,192,000 people | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 2,879,600 people | — | 3,102,000 people | — | — | — |
| 2008 | 2,904,500 people | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007 | 2,905,900 people | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006 | 2,926,700 people | — | — | — | — | — |
Detailed population data
Resident, urban/rural, sex, hukou, births/deaths, city population and GDP by year.
| Year | Resident population | Urban population | Rural population | Urbanization rate | Male population | Female population | Registered (hukou) population | Households | City population | City registered population | Births | Deaths | Birth rate | Death rate | Natural growth rate | GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,034,700 people | 1,632,000 people | 1,402,700 people | 53.8% | 1,562,200 people | 1,472,500 people | — | — | — | — | 30,100 people | 22,100 people | 9.92 ‰ | 7.29 ‰ | 2.64 ‰ | — |
| 2024 | 3,037,000 people | 1,453,800 people | 2,179,100 people | 40.0% | 1,917,600 people | 1,715,300 people | 3,632,900 people | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023 | 3,028,500 people | — | — | — | — | — | 3,614,200 people | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 3,016,700 people | 1,438,900 people | 2,173,800 people | — | 1,901,400 people | 1,711,300 people | 3,612,700 people | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 3,017,100 people | 1,403,300 people | 2,200,500 people | — | 1,896,500 people | 1,707,300 people | 3,603,800 people | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | 3,033,000 people | 1,420,900 people | 2,161,800 people | — | 1,886,300 people | 1,696,400 people | 3,582,700 people | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 3,025,300 people | 1,334,300 people | 2,197,800 people | — | 1,858,900 people | 1,673,300 people | 3,532,100 people | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 3,013,000 people | 1,239,100 people | 2,246,300 people | — | 1,836,000 people | 1,649,500 people | 3,485,500 people | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 3,004,100 people | 1,144,300 people | 2,271,200 people | — | 1,804,100 people | 1,611,500 people | 3,415,600 people | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 2,982,800 people | 794,500 people | 2,604,100 people | — | 1,780,700 people | 1,617,900 people | 3,398,600 people | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 2,959,300 people | 845,800 people | 2,449,000 people | — | 1,757,800 people | 1,576,200 people | 3,294,800 people | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 2,944,700 people | 740,200 people | 2,543,200 people | — | 1,733,400 people | 1,550,000 people | 3,283,400 people | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 2,923,400 people | 735,600 people | 2,518,500 people | — | 1,717,900 people | 1,536,200 people | 3,254,100 people | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 | 2,902,200 people | 729,800 people | 2,495,500 people | — | 1,708,200 people | 1,517,200 people | 3,225,300 people | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 2,875,300 people | 725,700 people | 2,488,300 people | — | 1,689,500 people | 1,524,600 people | 3,214,100 people | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | 2,854,300 people | 718,000 people | 2,474,000 people | — | 1,676,300 people | 1,515,600 people | 3,192,000 people | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 2,879,600 people | 703,600 people | 2,398,400 people | — | 1,628,900 people | 1,473,100 people | 3,102,000 people | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2008 | 2,904,500 people | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007 | 2,905,900 people | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006 | 2,926,700 people | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Age structure by year
Age 0–14, working-age and older population groups by year.
| Year | Age 60+ | Age 65+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 498,700 people | 340,300 people |
Ethnic population and data notes
Ethnic population, resident/hukou basis and source for each year.
| Year | Ethnic population | Data basis / note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 常住 | 六盘水市2025年国民经济和社会发展统计公报 |