Mongolia Travel Guide » population http://www.welcome2mongolia.com Find all travel information, adventure tours to Gobi desert, Genghis Khan historical tours. Get information on Mongolian ger accommodation and cheap hotels in Mongolia. Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:51:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Population of Mongolia http://www.welcome2mongolia.com/your-e-guide-in-mongolia/business-environment/population-of-mongolia http://www.welcome2mongolia.com/your-e-guide-in-mongolia/business-environment/population-of-mongolia#comments Sat, 20 Dec 2008 11:46:06 +0000 info http://www.welcome2mongolia.com/?p=1017 Mongolian populationMongols are one of the great races of mankind, including the greater part of the inhabitants of China, Japan, Kazakh and the interior of Asia, with branches in Northern Europe and other parts of the world. Mongolians have developed into who they are from their intimate relationship with the vast lands of Mongolia. Nowadays, more than 10 million live in countries around the world, some of them habitats western bank of Caspian sea, central Afghanistan, Tibet and Chinese Yunnan. Now, 2.5 million Mongols live in Mongolia.
Mongolians can be subdivided into more than 20 different ethnic groups, which are scattered across the country, these groups can be distinguished by their individual customs, histories and dialects. The population is homogeneous, with Mongol-speaking people consisting 95% of the total.
The only substantial non-Mongol group, representing over 5% of the population, is the Kazakhs, a Turkish-speaking people dwelling in the far West (ethnic groups). As fact shows 50% of population is Buddhist Lamaist, Shamanists and Christians are 6%, Muhslims 4%, atheist – 40% (as of 2004).
By the end of 2007, the Mongolian population reached 2.635.300.  Currently, 49.6 percent of the population are male and 50.4 percent are female. In 2002, the percentage of population aged under 15 years was 32.6%, aged 15-64 years 63.9% and aged 65 years and over was 3.5%. The population of labor age reached 1,402,800. 50.5 percent or 1,232,800 of the total population are females. Due to the decrease in the birth rate, there were some considerable changes in age structure of the population. Population growth considerably decreased during the last decade.
Annual population growth stood at 3.6 percent in the 1970s, however it was at 1.4 percent in 2000. Researchers worry that if the decrease continues over the next few years, it will be at 1.35 percent in 2025, which may bring bad results for the reproductive ability of population.
The percentage of children between 0-14 in the population decreased by 13.8%, while the percentage of elders tended to double. Ulaanbaatar city has a younger population and the eastern part of Mongolia has an older population.
The growth of the population of labor age has been increasing. Even if the increase reduces social burdens in population structure, it also affects Mongolia’s current situation by increasing unemployment . The employment level is intended to be increased by mean of promoting the economic growth in recent years.

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Geographic Situation of Mongolia, covering an area of 1,564,100 square kilometers, lies in the heart of the continent Asia. It stretches about 2,400 km from west to east and about 1,260 km from north to south and bounded on the north by Russia and on the southeast and west by China. Mongolia is mountainous country with an average altitude of 1,580 meters above the sea level. The lowest point Khokh-nuur in the east is 552 meters above sea level and the highest point is the mountain Nairamdal in the Mongolian Altai (in the west) which stands at 4,374 meters. The geography of the country is characterized by great diversity.

From north to south it can be divided into 4 areas, mountain-forest steppe, mountain steppe, semi-desert and the desert. In the west- north the mountain ranges and ridges are overgrown with wild forests, big lakes and tempestuous rivers. The vast grasslands of the Asian steppe stretch across the eastern part of the country. The Gobi Desert lies in the south occupying somewhat less than one-third of the Gobi Region, the rest being semi-desert grassland.

The state of Mongolia was established over 800 years ago by the great Mongolian leader Genghis Khan. Mongolia was a communist state from 1921 until 1990 and then established a democratic country in 1992. Mongolia is one of the largest, but least densely populated countries on earth with a total area of 1,564,000 sq. km but a population of only 2.7 million. A large percentage of the population is made up of nomadic herders who live in Mongolia’s vast countryside. Over a third of the population lives in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar. Traditional ways of living including nomadic herding lifestyle and living in gers are still prevalent today in many parts of Mongolia.

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