Mongolia country information

The population of Mongolia is at present 2.7 million people. 40% of the population lives in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar that leaves lots of room for you to travel in the outback. Of course, Gobi is even less densely populated. Almost another 40% of population are scattered all over Mongolia with their thirty plus million head of sheep, goats, cattle, horses and camels. There are 21 provinces, called aimag. Each aimag has a central city or town and about 15-22 sub-provinces called sum, so you will know which aimag and which sum you are in. 70% of Mongolia is under the age of 35. The gender ratio is close to 1:1. Ethnicity: 84% Khalkha Mongols, 6% Kazakhs and 10% other groups. More than 50% will say they are Buddhists, close to 10% will claim to be Christians of all forms and 4% follow Islam, the remainders will say that they are atheists. The official language is Mongolian. English and, especially, Russian and Chinese are widely understood.