| People | Mongolia |
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Population:
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3,133,318 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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3 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 62% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 1.9% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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ULAANBAATAR (capital) 949,000 (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 27.3% (male 437,241/female 419,693)
15-64 years: 68.7% (male 1,074,949/female 1,076,455)
65 years and over: 4% (male 54,415/female 70,565) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 26.2 years
male: 25.8 years
female: 26.6 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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1.489% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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20.93 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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6.04 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
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 (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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65 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 37.26 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 40.26 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 34.11 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 68.31 years
male: 65.85 years
female: 70.89 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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2.21 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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9.3% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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2.763 physicians/1,000 population (2008) |
Hospital bed density:
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5.89 beds/1,000 population (2009) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 97% of population
rural: 49% of population
total: 76% of population
unimproved:
urban: 3% of population
rural: 51% of population
total: 24% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 64% of population
rural: 32% of population
total: 50% of population
unimproved:
urban: 46% of population
rural: 68% of population
total: 50% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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less than 0.1% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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fewer than 500 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 100 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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5.3% (2005) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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9.8% (2005) |
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: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 15 years (2009) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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5.6% of GDP (2009) |
People - note:
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void |
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