People of Mongolia
| Population: | 2,951,786 (July 2007 est.) |
| Age structure: | 0-14 years: 28.7% (male 432,309/female 415,382) 15-64 years: 67.4% (male 994,186/female 995,986) 65 years and over: 3.9% (male 49,517/female 64,406) (2007 est.) |
| Median age: | total: 24.6 years male: 24.2 years female: 24.9 years (2007 est.) |
| Population growth rate: | 1.486% (2007 est.) |
| Birth rate: | 21.07 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Death rate: | 6.21 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Net migration rate: | 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Sex ratio: | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.041 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.998 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.769 male(s)/female total population: 1 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate: | total: 42.65 deaths/1,000 live births male: 45.86 deaths/1,000 live births female: 39.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth: | total population: 66.99 years male: 64.61 years female: 69.48 years (2007 est.) |
| Total fertility rate: | 2.25 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: | less than 0.1% (2003 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: | less than 500 (2003 est) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths: | less than 200 (2003 est.) |
| Nationality: | noun: Mongolian(s) adjective: Mongolian |
| Ethnic groups: | Mongol (mostly Khalkha) 94.9%, Turkic (mostly Kazakh) 5%, other (including Chinese and Russian) 0.1% (2000) |
| Religions: | Buddhist Lamaist 50%, Shamanist and Christian 6%, Muslim 4%, none 40% (2004) |
| Languages: | Khalkha Mongol 90%, Turkic, Russian (1999) |
| Literacy: | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.8% male: 98% female: 97.5% (2000 census) |