AccordingtothestatisticaldatafromtheStatisti-calDepartmentofTibet,theTibetAutonomousRe-gionboastedapopulationof2736800peopleattheendof2004,anincreaseof35100overthepreviousyear.Thebirthrateandthenaturalpopulationgrowthwere17.4%and11.2%respectively.Inthepasthalfacen-