At the end of 2007, the total population of Guizhou Province was 39.553 million. Since 2000, the natural population growth rate in Guizhou has been declining for six consecutive years. At the end of the year, the total resident population (living for one year or more) reached 3.931.1.20 million, an increase of 274,200 over the end of last year. Among them, the female population is190,699,900, the male population is 2024 13000, and the sex ratio is106.14:100. Guizhou is a multi-ethnic province, and the population of ethnic minorities accounts for 37.8% of the total population of the province.

According to the survey, the age structure type of Guizhou population is accelerating the transformation to the old-age type. The proportion of children aged 0 ~ 14 is 27.0%, the proportion of people aged 0 ~/kloc-5 ~ 64 is 66. 1%, and the proportion of elderly people aged 65 and above is 6.9%. Compared with the previous year, the proportion of people aged 65 and over increased by 0.36 percentage points. This reflects that the age structure of Guizhou population is accelerating.

Guizhou is a multi-ethnic province. There are 49 ethnic groups in the province, and the number of ethnic minorities is second only to Yunnan and Xinjiang, ranking third in the country. There are 16 ethnic minorities living in the world, including Tujia, Miao, Buyi, Dong, Yi, Gelao, Shui, Hui, Bai, Yao, Zhuang, Maonan, Mongolian, Mulao, Qiang and Manchu. The population of ethnic minorities accounts for 37.9% of the total population of the province.