Mongolia, with a land area of about 1.6 million sq. km. and a population of about 3.0 million is the world’s most sparsely populated country. The land ranges from desert to semi-desert to grassy steppe, with mountains in the west and south-west. Arable land is estimated to constitute only 0.8 percent of this vast country. Landlocked between Russia and China, Mongolia has shown steady growth in the recent years.

Statistics

• Capital: Ulaanbaatar
• Population: 3.09 million (June, 2016, NSO)
• Area (in sq. km): 1,564,120
• Language: Mongolian
• HDI/Rank: 0.735 (HDR 2016); Rank 92
• Poverty rate: 21.6% (NSO, WB, 2014)
• GDP Growth: 3.1% (I quarter, 2016)
• Inflation rate: 1.8 % (NSO, May 2016)
• Gender Equality Index: 0.32/ 54th out of 187 countries
• Global Gender Gap Index: (2016) 58th out of 144 countries
• Gender Inequality Index: 0.278, rank 53

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