China · Prefecture-level city
Historical population data
Annual indicators from 2023 to 2025. Values can be compared across years.
Resident population · 20254,948,600 people
Change over the period-2.5%
Annual growth-1.26%
Urbanization rate51.7%
All years
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| Year | Resident population | Urbanization rate | Registered (hukou) population | Birth rate | Death rate | GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,948,600 people | 51.7% | — | 4.86 ‰ | 5.69 ‰ | — |
| 2024 | 5,018,500 people | 50.7% | — | 5.16 ‰ | 5.58 ‰ | — |
| 2023 | 5,076,200 people | 49.7% | 6,284,977 people | 4.68 ‰ | 5.77 ‰ | — |
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 | 4,948,600 people | 2,558,800 people | 2,389,800 people | 51.7% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31,800 people | 37,300 people | 4.86 ‰ | 5.69 ‰ | -0.83 ‰ | — |
| 2024 | 5,018,500 people | 2,544,600 people | — | 50.7% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 33,700 people | 36,500 people | 5.16 ‰ | 5.58 ‰ | -0.42 ‰ | — |
| 2023 | 5,076,200 people | 2,523,400 people | 2,552,800 people | 49.7% | — | — | 6,284,977 people | — | — | — | 30,600 people | 37,700 people | 4.68 ‰ | 5.77 ‰ | -1.09 ‰ | — |
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 | 永州市2025年国民经济和社会发展统计公报 |