| 20-1 Population Status by Prefecture, Autonomous Prefecture and City | |||||||||
| Region | Total | Rank | Urban | Rank | Rural | Rank | Illiterate and | Rank | |
| (10 000 person) | Population | Population | Semi-Iliterate | ||||||
| (10 000 person) | (10 000 person) | Population (‰) | |||||||
| Total | 1933.95 | 665.11 | 1268.84 | 10.78 | |||||
| Urumqi City | 181.53 | 4 | 177.85 | 1 | 3.68 | 13 | 4.45 | 13 | |
| Karamay City | 26.11 | 15 | 26.11 | 14 | 4.17 | 14 | |||
| Shihezi City | 62.27 | 9 | 62.27 | 8 | 3.15 | 15 | |||
| Turpan Administrative Offices | 57.17 | 11 | 40.82 | 11 | 16.35 | 10 | 10.34 | 4 | |
| Hami [Kumul] Administrative Offices | 52.49 | 12 | 45.85 | 10 | 6.64 | 12 | 7.1 | 11 | |
| Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture | 154.33 | 6 | 117.29 | 4 | 37.04 | 6 | 6.51 | 12 | |
| Ili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture | 408.33 | 219.18 | 189.16 | 10.17 | |||||
| Counties (Cities) Direct Under Ili Prefecture | 251.73 | 2 | 119.3 | 3 | 132.43 | 2 | 10.9 | 3 | |
| Tacheng [Tarbagatai] Administrative Offices | 95.34 | 8 | 66.31 | 7 | 29.03 | 7 | 8.19 | 9 | |
| Altay Administrative Offices | 61.27 | 10 | 33.57 | 12 | 27.69 | 8 | 10.23 | 5 | |
| Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture | 43.96 | 14 | 30.62 | 13 | 13.34 | 11 | 9.92 | 6 | |
| Bayangol Mongol Autonomous Prefecture | 112.65 | 7 | 68.99 | 6 | 43.66 | 5 | 7.77 | 10 | |
| Aksu Administrative Offices | 219.34 | 3 | 136.64 | 2 | 82.69 | 4 | 9.02 | 8 | |
| Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture | 45.84 | 13 | 25.87 | 15 | 19.97 | 9 | 11.71 | 1 | |
| Kashgar [Kaxgar] Administrative Offices | 350.12 | 1 | 109.75 | 5 | 240.37 | 1 | 9.36 | 7 | |
| Hotan Administrative Offices | 174.38 | 5 | 48.19 | 9 | 126.2 | 3 | 11.4 | 2 | |
| Note: The urban and rural population in Xinjiang are calculated on the 5th National population census, Others are calculated on the annals of public security. | |||||||||