Demographic data on the Tibetan Autonomous Region (1967-2016)- A Big Earth Data Platform for Three Poles

The data set contains three tables: demographic data for Tibet, demographic data for each county in Tibet, and data on rural workers. These time series data include the year-end total population, the number of men, the number of women, urban population, rural population, and statistics on workers in various rural industries in Tibet from 1967 to 2016. The data were derived from the Tibet Society and Economics Statistical Yearbook and Tibet Statistical Yearbook. The accuracy of the data is consistent with that of the statistical yearbooks.

Table 1: The table of demographic data for Tibet contains 10 fields.

Field 1: Year

Field 2: Year-end total population, unit: 10,000

Field 3: Total number of men, unit: 10,000

Field 4: Male proportion, unit: %

Field 5: Total number of women, unit: 10,000

Field 6: Female proportion, unit: %

Field 7: Urban population, unit: 10,000

Field 8: Urban population proportion, unit: %

Field 9: Rural population, unit 10,000

Field 10: Rural population proportion, unit: %.

Table 2: The table of demographic data for each county contains 7 fields.

Field 1: Districts and counties

Field 2: Year

Field 3: Year-end total number of households

Field 4: Number of rural households

Field 5: Year-end total population, unit: 10,000

Field 6: Rural population, unit: 10,000

Field 7: Year-end number of workers, unit: 10,000

Table 3: The table of rural workers contains 7 fields

Field 1: Year

Field 2: Districts and counties

Field 3: Number of rural workers

Field 4: Number of workers in the agricultural, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery sectors

Field 5: Number of workers in the industrial sector

Field 6: Number of workers in the construction sector

Field 7: Number of other non-agricultural workers

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Tibet Autonomous Region Provincial Bureau of Statistics. (2018). Demographic data on the Tibetan Autonomous Region (1967-2016). A Big Earth Data Platform for Three Poles, (Download the reference： RIS | Bibtex )

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