The evolution and current status of China's Tibetan population.

Abstract

"Through analyses on the changes in the mortality rate, total population size, regional population distribution, gender-specific age structure, and the population nationality structure in major habitats of Tibetan residents since the founding of the People's Republic, this article shows that the Tibetan population size has been on the steady increase, mortality rate has seen marked decrease, and the rights of existence of Tibetan people have been fully guaranteed since the establishment of the Communist Government in 1949."