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Population:
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2,751,314 (July 2004 est.)
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Age structure:
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0-14 years: 29.7% (male 415,735; female 400,560)
15-64 years: 66.7% (male 916,445; female 918,235)
65 years and over: 3.6% (male 43,205; female 57,134) (2004 est.)
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Median age:
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total: 23.9 years
male: 23.6 years
female: 24.3 years (2004 est.)
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Population growth rate:
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1.43% (2004 est.)
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Birth rate:
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21.44 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Death rate:
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7.1 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Net migration rate:
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0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 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 (2004 est.)
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Infant mortality rate:
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total: 55.45 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 51.75 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 58.97 deaths/1,000 live births
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Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 64.17 years
male: 61.97 years
female: 66.48 years (2004 est.)
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Total fertility rate:
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2.27 children born/woman (2004 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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less than 0.1% (2003 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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less than 500 (2003 est)
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HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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less than 200 (2003 est.)
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Nationality:
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noun: Mongolian(s)
adjective: Mongolian
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Ethnic groups:
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Mongol (mostly Khalkha) 94.9%, Turkic (mostly Kazakh) 5%, other (including Chinese and Russian) 0.1% (2000)
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Religions:
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Buddhist Lamaist 50%, none 40%, Shamanist and Christian 6%, Muslim 4% (2004)
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Languages:
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Khalkha Mongol 90%, Turkic, Russian (1999)
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Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.8%
male: 98%
female: 97.5% (2002)
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