According to the latest statistics, in about 40 years from the year 1964 to 2003, the population of the Tibetan nationality in the Tibet Autonomous Region doubled from 1.2087 million to 2.5072 million.

Statistics also show that the population of the Tibet Autonomous Region increased from 1.1409 million in 1951 to 2.7017 million at present, and that of the Tibetan nationality takes up a proportion of 92 percent.

The Tibet Autonomous Region is the major living area of the Tibetan nationality. According to statistics, the population of the Tibetan nationality in the Tibet Autonomous Region is in steady growth from the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet in 1951 till now, and the proportion always accounts for over 90 percent of the whole Tibetan population.

According to the historical accounts of Tibet and China, when Tibet became one of the administrative regions under the central regime administration of Yuan Dynasty in 13th century, its population was about 1 million. During the several hundred years before the Peaceful Liberation, the population of Tibet was almost in negative growth.

China carried out the second, third and fourth Population Census respectively in the year 1964, 1982 and 1990. The results indicated the population of the Tibet Autonomous Region increased from 1 million in 1951 to approximately 2,20 million in 1990. These three Population Censuses showed that the population of the Tibetan nationality constituting a percentage of 96.6, 94.4 and 95.5 respectively, while that of the Han nationality is 2.93, 4.85 and 3.7 respectively.

On the basis of the results of the fifth Population Census concluded in 2001, the total population of Tibet was 2.6163 million, and that of the Tibetan nationality is 2.4272 million, accounting for 92.2 percent of the total population. These figures showed that the Tibetan nationally is always the mainstay of the Tibet Autonomous Region.

By People's Daily Online