| People | Mongolia |
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Population:
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2,996,081 (July 2008 est.) |
Population density:
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2 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 28.4% (male 433,835/female 416,549)
15-64 years: 67.7% (male 1,013,215/female 1,015,221)
65 years and over: 3.9% (male 51,093/female 66,168) (2008 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 24.9 years
male: 24.6 years
female: 25.3 years (2008 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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1.493% (2008 est.) |
Birth rate:
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21.09 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Death rate:
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6.16 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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NA |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2008 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 41.24 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 44.41 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 37.92 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 67.32 years
male: 64.92 years
female: 69.84 years (2008 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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2.24 children born/woman (2008 est.) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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less than 0.1% (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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fewer than 500 (2003 est) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 200 (2003 est.) |
Nationality:
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noun: Mongolian(s)
adjective: Mongolian |
Ethnic groups:
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Mongol (mostly Khalkha) 94.9%, Turkic (mostly Kazakh) 5%, other (including Chinese and Russian) 0.1% (2000) |
Religions:
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Buddhist Lamaist 50%, Shamanist and Christian 6%, Muslim 4%, none 40% (2004) |
Languages:
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Khalkha Mongol 90%, Turkic, Russian (1999) |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.8%
male: 98%
female: 97.5% (2000 census) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 13 years
male: 12 years
female: 14 years (2006) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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5% (2004) |
People - note:
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void |
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