The situation of the Tibetan population in Tibet.

A demographic profile of selected population statistics is provided for Tibet. Included are population growth trends and current population counts, the sex and age structure of the population, the fertility rate, the death rate, and the average life expectancy. Data are based on the 1990 national population census. The Tibet Autonomous Region had a population of 2,096,718 on July 1, 1990, and represents 96.11% of the regional population. Population has increased from 1,300,900 in 1964 (96.6%) and 1,786,500 in 1982 (94.4%). The Han population living in Tibet was 2.93% in 1953, 4.85% in 1964, and 3.09% in 1982. The Han and other ethnic group populations have never exceeded 10% of the Tibetan population. Han and other ethnic groups are higher in Nyingchi and Lhasa City, but the other 5 prefectures have over 97% Tibetan population. The native Tibetan population numbers 1,034,819 males and 1,061,899 females, with a sex ration of 97.45. There are more females in the population older than 50 years. The median age of the population was 21.77 years. 36.46% of the population aged 0-14 years and 4.81% is aged 65 years and older. The pyramidal age structure of the population follows a normal distribution. The total fertility rate was 4.36 in 1000. The 5th and higher parities are the largest parity group and suggests that family planning is not being practiced. The mean childbearing age was 29.39 years in 1989. The death rate was 8.70/1000 in 1989. Average life expectancy was 61.99 years in 1989; for males it was 59.53 years and for females 64.31 years. Life expectancy is lower by 9 years than that of China's population in 1989. Fertility is at the level of all of China before family planning was introduced in the 1970s. Other measures are within the national averages.