Mongolia Census: Difference between revisions

The population of Mongolia is 2.4 million with a population density of 1.5 people per square<br />kilometers. About 32 per cent of the total population lives in the Capital –Ulaanbaatar. 36% of<br />population is children below 15 years old.<br />Literacy rate in Mongolia is very high amounting 97.8% of the population aged 15 years old and<br />above.

The 2000 Census is the ninth in its history, which was the first conducted since Mongolia moved<br />from the centrally planned economy to a market economy in 1990. It was planned keeping in view the<br />needs of emerging modern market economy and therefore has deviated from many of the past practices.<br />One of the distinctive features of the 2000 Census was that it followed internationally acceptable<br />methodologies.

basis of “de facto ” and attempted to measure all persons usually resident in the country as “de jure”.<br />In 2000 Census, all the persons who had been living or would be living in Mongolia, for six months<br />or more are to be enumerated. The foreign diplomatic corps and consular corps, their suits and<br />dependents were excluded form the coverage.<br /><br />The Census included the following topics:<br />