Location: Northern Asia, north of China
Area:
total area:
land area:
comparative area:
slightly larger than Alaska
Land boundaries:
total 8,114 km ;
China 4,673 km, Russia 3,441 km
Coastline: 0 km
Population: 2,493,615 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
40% (female 495,919; male 511,464)
15-64 years:
56% (female 693,037; male 693,776)
65 years and over:
4% (female 54,991; male 44,428)
Population growth rate: 2.58% (1995 est.)
Birth rate: 32.65 births/1,000 population
Death rate: 6.82 deaths/1,000 population
Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population
Infant mortality rate: 41.8 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
66.54 years
male:
64.28 years
female:
68.92 years
Total fertility rate: 4.26 children born/woman
Ethnic divisions:
Mongol 90%, Kazakh 4%,
Chinese 2%, Russian 2%, other 2%
Religions:
predominantly Tibetan Buddhist,
Muslim 4%
Languages:
Khalkha Mongol 90%, Turkic,
Russian, Chinese
Literacy:
total population:
male:
female:
Names:
conventional long form:
none
conventional short form:
Mongolia
Type: republic
Capital: Ulaanbaatar
Independence: 13 March 1921 (from China)
Constitution: adopted 13 January 1992
National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $4.4 billion
National product real growth rate: 2.5%
National product per capita: $1,800
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 70%
Unemployment rate: 15%
Electricity:
capacity:
900,000 kW
production:
3.1 billion kWh
consumption per capita:
1,267 kWh
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