Mongolia: Population Statistics
Projected Pop. 2025: 3.478
Projected Pop.2050 4.146:
Infant Mortality Rate: 23.15 deaths/1000 live births
Fertility Rate: 2.45
Urban Population % and #: 70.24%; 1,997,742
CO2 emissions/capita: 4.2 metric tons
Population with access to clean water: 64%
# of vehicles/capita: 72
Economically active male vs. female: 78% m 68% f
HIV infection rate: 1.2
Projected Pop.2050 4.146:
Infant Mortality Rate: 23.15 deaths/1000 live births
Fertility Rate: 2.45
Urban Population % and #: 70.24%; 1,997,742
CO2 emissions/capita: 4.2 metric tons
Population with access to clean water: 64%
# of vehicles/capita: 72
Economically active male vs. female: 78% m 68% f
HIV infection rate: 1.2
United States: Population Statistics
Population Projection 2025/2050: 346,407,200 / 399,803,300
Infant Mortality Rate: 6.1
Fertility Rate: 2.0
Urban Population %: 81.5
Urban Population #: 249,253,271
CO2 Admissions/ Capita: 5305570/ 16.7
Population with access to clean water: 99%
# of vehicles/ capita: 809 per 1000 people
Economically Active: Male- 68.9% Female- 56.3%
HIV infection rate: 100,000
Infant Mortality Rate: 6.1
Fertility Rate: 2.0
Urban Population %: 81.5
Urban Population #: 249,253,271
CO2 Admissions/ Capita: 5305570/ 16.7
Population with access to clean water: 99%
# of vehicles/ capita: 809 per 1000 people
Economically Active: Male- 68.9% Female- 56.3%
HIV infection rate: 100,000
Mongolia's population pyramid resembles an Evergreen tree or triangular shape. By observing this pyramid we can infer that Mongolia has a high infant mortality rate (IMR) and that their life expectancy is shorter. Because their life expectancy is shorter, younger age groups take up the majority of the population. The crude birth rate is also higher.
Mongolia's population pyramid resembles an Evergreen tree or triangular shape. By observing this pyramid we can infer that Mongolia has a high infant mortality rate (IMR) and that their life expectancy is shorter. Because their life expectancy is shorter, younger age groups take up the majority of the population. The crude birth rate is also higher.
Current Event
“The ger is really special for Mongolians,” says Tagtokhbayar Tuvaan, 63, over a bowl of salty milk tea in his home on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar. “I was born in a ger, I grew up in a ger, I got married in a ger. I have never lived in a house. I love my ger.”
Tuvaan and his wife have lived in the same ger – the circular yurts beloved of central Asian nomads – since 1978. Until eight years ago, their home was pitched in the province of Zavkhan, west Mongolia. Then Tuvaan retired from the fire service and the couple decided to move almost 700 miles to Ulaanbaatar, to be closer to their four children. Now, they live in the “ger district”, the sprawling informal settlement that has mushroomed on the edge of Ulaanbaatar.
Life in the ger district is hard, but Tuvaan likes his home. “It’s a quiet place, close to nature and the mountains,” he says. Photographs of their family in long, colourful Mongolian tunics sit on a shelf above a television.
Mongolia is urbanising at a rapid pace, but for many citizens the ger remains central to their identity. The gentle hillsides around Ulaanbaatar are peppered with dome-roofed gers covered in white canvas, like rows of miniature circus big tops. When Mongolia was a communist state, these escarpments were largely unpopulated, save the occasional herder with their flock. Now they are home to an estimated 800,000 people. Though they lack access to drinking water, proper sewerage or internal heating, many are reluctant to leave behind their unique, millennia-old way of living.
Tuvaan and his wife have lived in the same ger – the circular yurts beloved of central Asian nomads – since 1978. Until eight years ago, their home was pitched in the province of Zavkhan, west Mongolia. Then Tuvaan retired from the fire service and the couple decided to move almost 700 miles to Ulaanbaatar, to be closer to their four children. Now, they live in the “ger district”, the sprawling informal settlement that has mushroomed on the edge of Ulaanbaatar.
Life in the ger district is hard, but Tuvaan likes his home. “It’s a quiet place, close to nature and the mountains,” he says. Photographs of their family in long, colourful Mongolian tunics sit on a shelf above a television.
Mongolia is urbanising at a rapid pace, but for many citizens the ger remains central to their identity. The gentle hillsides around Ulaanbaatar are peppered with dome-roofed gers covered in white canvas, like rows of miniature circus big tops. When Mongolia was a communist state, these escarpments were largely unpopulated, save the occasional herder with their flock. Now they are home to an estimated 800,000 people. Though they lack access to drinking water, proper sewerage or internal heating, many are reluctant to leave behind their unique, millennia-old way of living.