Demographics of Mongolia

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Mongolia is projected at 3.33 million, up by 1.56% compared with 3.28 million in 2020. Mongolia is ranked 135th in terms of population and 66th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 72.3 thousand births in Mongolia in 2021. That is 198 per day, which is ranked 122nd. The crude birth rate is 21.77 per 1000 people. There are 21.18 thousand deaths in Mongolia in 2021. That is 58 per day, which is ranked 141st. The crude death rate is 6.38 per 1000 people.

2.24 million people are living in urban areas, which is 68.79% of Mongolia population. Mongolia is ranked 102nd in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Mongolia in 2021 is 96.97 males per 100 females. There are 1.64 million males and 1.69 million females in Mongolia. The percentage of female population is 50.77% compare to 49.23% male population. Mongolia has 51.20 thousand more females than males. Mongolia is at 62nd position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Mongolia population

Year Population Growth (%)
1950780,199-
1955855,0991.94
1960955,5142.58
19651,107,1213.03
19701,278,8192.95
19751,479,6462.87
19801,689,6222.63
19851,921,8892.71
19902,184,1392.01
19952,298,0170.77
20002,397,4170.89
20052,526,4291.2
20102,719,9021.72
20152,998,4331.98
20163,056,3581.93
20173,113,7881.88
20183,170,2141.81
20193,225,1661.73
20203,278,2921.65
20213,329,2821.56
  • Total
  • Crude

Mongolia death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195017,11231,66921.7239.69
195518,45735,09021.5241.15
196019,11744,38919.8645.99
196519,19651,86317.3346.95
197019,13656,56814.9244.04
197519,96061,13413.4741.36
198021,79065,76512.8538.81
198522,49373,19411.6537.79
199021,72169,38010.0632.22
199520,30654,9388.8223.84
200018,46246,3297.6919.31
200517,76051,3077.0020.24
201017,91267,5326.5624.66
201518,84177,3966.2825.85
202020,78673,7556.3522.56
202121,17972,2966.3821.77
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Mongolia

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
1950156,040624,159-20.000
1955227,618627,4857.7326.619
1960340,919614,5868.5435.679
1965466,259640,8654.3542.114
1970576,139702,6864.6145.052
1975719,938759,7134.4248.656
1980880,007809,6153.8252.083
19851,057,810864,0713.8255.040
19901,245,674938,4711.9357.033
19951,305,410992,6290.6956.805
20001,369,7251,027,7111.8057.133
20051,578,882947,5642.9262.494
20101,832,856879,7943.1767.567
20152,031,123945,7541.9168.230
20202,203,4691,005,9351.5368.657
20212,236,3151,014,8311.4968.785
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Mongolia population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 185,918 181,004 366,922 11.02 102.715
05-09 188,594 184,014 372,608 11.19 102.489
10-14 151,168 147,899 299,067 8.98 102.210
15-19 114,003 111,918 225,921 6.79 101.863
20-24 111,834 110,539 222,373 6.68 101.172
25-29 131,367 129,958 261,325 7.85 101.084
30-34 153,724 154,879 308,603 9.27 99.254
35-39 133,739 132,082 265,821 7.98 101.255
40-44 112,210 114,733 226,943 6.82 97.801
45-49 99,465 104,429 203,894 6.12 95.247
50-54 81,896 90,230 172,126 5.17 90.764
55-59 68,360 81,325 149,685 4.50 84.058
60-64 45,734 59,194 104,928 3.15 77.261
65-69 28,010 37,051 65,061 1.95 75.598
70-74 15,680 21,851 37,531 1.13 71.759
75-79 9,722 14,725 24,447 0.73 66.024
80-84 5,138 8,686 13,824 0.42 59.153
85-89 1,935 4,178 6,113 0.18 46.314
90-94 474 1,303 1,777 0.05 36.378
95-99 66 221 287 0.01 29.864
100+ 5 21 26 0.00 23.810
Total 1,639,042 1,690,240 3,329,282 96.971