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Population:
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2,712,315 (July 2003 est.)
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Age structure:
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0-14 years: 30.7% (male 423,081; female 408,119)
15-64 years: 65.7% (male 890,482; female 892,140)
65 years and over: 3.6% (male 42,292; female 56,201) (2003 est.)
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Median age:
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total: 23.5 years
male: 23.2 years
female: 23.9 years (2002)
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Population growth rate:
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1.42% (2003 est.)
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Birth rate:
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21.39 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Death rate:
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7.18 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Net migration rate:
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0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 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: 0.75 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2003 est.)
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Infant mortality rate:
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total: 57.16 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 53.38 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)
male: 60.75 deaths/1,000 live births
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Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 63.81 years
male: 61.63 years
female: 66.09 years (2003 est.)
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Total fertility rate:
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2.28 children born/woman (2003 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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less than 100 (1999 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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NA
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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 (predominantly Khalkha) 85%, Turkic (of which Kazakh is the largest group) 7%, Tungusic 4.6%, other (including Chinese and Russian) 3.4% (1998)
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Religions:
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Tibetan Buddhist Lamaism 96%, Muslim (primarily in the southwest), Shamanism, and Christian 4% (1998)
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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: 99.1%
male: 99.2%
female: 99% (2003 est.)
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