| Population: |
2,654,999 (July 2001 est.)
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| Age structure: |
0-14 years:
32.99% (male 445,252; female 430,758)
15-64 years:
63.13% (male 837,771; female 838,384)
65 years and over:
3.88% (male 44,436; female 58,398) (2001 est.)
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| Population growth rate: |
1.47% (2001 est.)
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| Birth rate: |
21.8 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Death rate: |
7.1 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Net migration rate: |
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Sex ratio: |
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.76 male(s)/female
total population:
1 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
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| Infant mortality rate: |
53.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
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| Life expectancy at birth: |
total population:
64.26 years
male:
62.14 years
female:
66.5 years (2001 est.)
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| Total fertility rate: |
2.39 children born/woman (2001 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
less than 0.01% (1999 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
less than 100 (1999 est.)
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| Nationality: |
noun:
Mongolian(s)
adjective:
Mongolian
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| Ethnic groups: |
Mongol (predominantly Khalkha) 85%, Turkic (of which Kazakh is the largest group) 7%, Tungusic 4.6%, other (including Chinese and Russian) 3.4% (1998)
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| Religions: |
Tibetan Buddhist Lamaism 96%, Muslim (primarily in the southwest), Shamanism, and Christian 4% (1998)
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| Languages: |
Khalkha Mongol 90%, Turkic, Russian (1999)
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| Literacy: |
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
97%
male:
98%
female:
97.5% (2000)
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