When China conducted the first national census in 1953, the overall Tibetan population, including those residing in Tibet, totalled 2.77 million. The 1990 national census gave a count of 4.59 million people.

• 在1953年全国普查人口时，全国包括西藏在内的藏族人口是277万，1990年人口普查时，全国藏族人口为459万。