Short facts about people of Mongolia

Population:

2,654,999 (July 2001 est.)

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.)

Population growth rate:

1.47% (2001 est.)

Birth rate:

21.8 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Death rate:

7.1 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Net migration rate:

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)

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.)

Infant mortality rate:

53.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:  64.26 years male:  62.14 years female:  66.5 years (2001 est.)

Total fertility rate:

2.39 children born/woman (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

less than 0.01% (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

less than 100 (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:

NA

Nationality:

noun:  Mongolian(s) adjective:  Mongolian

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)

Religions:

Tibetan Buddhist Lamaism 96%, Muslim (primarily in the southwest), Shamanism, and Christian 4% (1998)

Languages:

Khalkha Mongol 90%, Turkic, Russian (1999)

Literacy:

definition:  age 15 and over can read and write total population:  97% male:  98% female:  97.5% (2000)

Source: World Factbook