<page_title> Buryatia </page_title> <section_title> Settlements </section_title> <table> <cell> 981,238 <col_header> 2002 </col_header> </cell> <cell> 972,021 <col_header> 2010 </col_header> </cell> </table>
Buryatia´s population was 972,021 as of the census of 2010 and 981,238 as of 2002.