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Introduction ::Mongolia
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The Mongols gained fame in the 13th century when under Chinggis KHAAN they established a huge Eurasian empire through conquest. After his death the empire was divided into several powerful Mongol states, but these broke apart in the 14th century. The Mongols eventually retired to their original steppe homelands and in the late 17th century came under Chinese rule. Mongolia won its independence in 1921 with Soviet backing and a Communist regime was installed in 1924. The modern country of Mongolia, however, represents only part of the Mongols' historical homeland; more ethnic Mongolians live in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China than in Mongolia. Following a peaceful democratic revolution, the ex-Communist Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) won elections in 1990 and 1992, but was defeated by the Democratic Union Coalition (DUC) in the 1996 parliamentary election. The MPRP won an overwhelming majority in the 2000 parliamentary election, but the party lost seats in the 2004 election and shared power with democratic coalition parties from 2004-08. The MPRP regained a solid majority in the 2008 parliamentary elections but nevertheless formed a coalition government with the Democratic Party that lasted until January 2012. In 2010 the MPRP voted to retake the name of the Mongolian People's Party (MPP), a name it used in the early 1920s.
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Geography ::Mongolia
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Northern Asia, between China and Russia
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46 00 N, 105 00 E
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total: 1,564,116 sq km
country comparison to the world: 19
land: 1,553,556 sq km
water: 10,560 sq km
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slightly smaller than Alaska
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total: 8,220 km
border countries: China 4,677 km, Russia 3,543 km
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0 km (landlocked)
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none (landlocked)
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desert; continental (large daily and seasonal temperature ranges)
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vast semidesert and desert plains, grassy steppe, mountains in west and southwest; Gobi Desert in south-central
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lowest point: Hoh Nuur 560 m
highest point: Nayramadlin Orgil (Huyten Orgil) 4,374 m
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oil, coal, copper, molybdenum, tungsten, phosphates, tin, nickel, zinc, fluorspar, gold, silver, iron
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arable land: 0.76%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 99.24% (2005)
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840 sq km (2003)
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34.8 cu km (1999)
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total: 0.44 cu km/yr (20%/27%/52%)
per capita: 166 cu m/yr (2000)
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dust storms; grassland and forest fires; drought; "zud," which is harsh winter conditions
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limited natural freshwater resources in some areas; the policies of former Communist regimes promoted rapid urbanization and industrial growth that had negative effects on the environment; the burning of soft coal in power plants and the lack of enforcement of environmental laws severely polluted the air in Ulaanbaatar; deforestation, overgrazing, and the converting of virgin land to agricultural production increased soil erosion from wind and rain; desertification and mining activities had a deleterious effect on the environment
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party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
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landlocked; strategic location between China and Russia
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People and Society ::Mongolia
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noun: Mongolian(s)
adjective: Mongolian
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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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Khalkha Mongol 90% (official), Turkic, Russian (1999)
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Buddhist Lamaist 50%, Shamanist and Christian 6%, Muslim 4%, none 40% (2004)
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3,179,997 (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 135
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0-14 years: 27.1% (male 439,504/ female 421,838)
15-64 years: 68.9% (male 1,095,073/ female 1,096,374)
65 years and over: 4% (male 55,274/ female 71,934) (2012 est.)
population pyramid:
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total: 26.6 years
male: 26.2 years
female: 27 years (2012 est.)
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1.469% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 83
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20.7 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 85
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6.01 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 161
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0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 96
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urban population: 62% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 1.9% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
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ULAANBAATAR (capital) 949,000 (2009)
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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: 0.77 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2011 est.)
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63 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 98
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total: 36 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 65
male: 38.94 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 32.91 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)
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total population: 68.63 years
country comparison to the world: 155
male: 66.16 years
female: 71.23 years (2012 est.)
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2.19 children born/woman (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 105
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9.3% of GDP (2009)
country comparison to the world: 39
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2.763 physicians/1,000 population (2008)
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5.89 beds/1,000 population (2009)
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improved:
urban: 64% of population
rural: 32% of population
total: 50% of population
unimproved:
urban: 36% of population
rural: 68% of population
total: 50% of population
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less than 0.1% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 141
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fewer than 500 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 155
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fewer than 100 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 123
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9.8% (2005)
country comparison to the world: 57
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5.3% (2005)
country comparison to the world: 83
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5.6% of GDP (2009)
country comparison to the world: 39
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.4%
male: 96.9%
female: 97.9% (2010 est.)
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total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 15 years (2009)
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total: 20%
country comparison to the world: 58
male: 19.5%
female: 20.7% (2003)
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Government ::Mongolia
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conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Mongolia
local long form: none
local short form: Mongol Uls
former: Outer Mongolia
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parliamentary
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name: Ulaanbaatar
geographic coordinates: 47 55 N, 106 55 E
time difference: UTC+8 (13 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
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21 provinces (aymguud, singular - aymag) and 1 municipality* (singular - hot); Arhangay, Bayanhongor, Bayan-Olgiy, Bulgan, Darhan-Uul, Dornod, Dornogovi, Dundgovi, Dzavhan (Zavkhan), Govi-Altay, Govisumber, Hentiy, Hovd, Hovsgol, Omnogovi, Orhon, Ovorhangay, Selenge, Suhbaatar, Tov, Ulaanbaatar*, Uvs
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11 July 1921 (from China)
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Independence Day/Revolution Day, 11 July (1921)
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13 January 1992
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civil law system influenced by Soviet and Romano-Germanic legal systems; constitution ambiguous on judicial review of legislative acts
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has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction
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18 years of age; universal
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chief of state: President Tsakhia ELBEGDORJ (since 18 June 2009)
head of government: Prime Minister Norov ALTANKHUYAG (since 9 August 2012); Deputy Prime Minister Dendev TERBISHDAGVA (since 20 August 2012)
cabinet: Cabinet nominated by the prime minister in consultation with the president and confirmed by the State Great Hural (parliament)
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elections: presidential candidates nominated by political parties represented in State Great Hural and elected by popular vote for a four-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 24 May 2009 (next to be held by May 2013); following legislative elections, leader of majority party or majority coalition usually elected prime minister by State Great Hural
election results: in elections in May 2009, Tsakhia ELBEGDORJ elected president; percent of vote - Tsakhia ELBEGDORJ 51.2%, Nambar ENKHBAYAR 47.4%, others 1.3%
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unicameral State Great Hural (76 seats; of which 48 members are directly elected from 26 electoral districts, while 28 members are proportionally elected based on a party's share of the total votes; all serve four-year terms)
elections: last held on 28 June 2012 (next to be held in June 2016)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - DP 33, MPP 25, Justice Coalition 11, others 5, vacant 2
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Supreme Court (serves as appeals court for people's and provincial courts but rarely overturns verdicts of lower courts; judges are nominated by the General Council of Courts and approved by the president); Constitutional Court (this independent court resolves disputes about potentially unconstitutional laws and acts of the president, members of parliament, and the cabinet)
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Civil Will-Green Party or CWGP [Dangaasuren EHKHBAT]; Democratic Party or DP [Norov ALTANHUYAG]; Mongolian People's Party or MPP [O. ENKHTUVSHIN]; Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party or MPRP [Nambar ENKHBAYAR]
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other: human rights groups; women's groups
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ADB, ARF, CD, CICA, CP, EBRD, EITI (compliant country), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINURSO, MONUSCO, NAM, OPCW, OSCE, SCO (observer), UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMISS, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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chief of mission: Ambassador Khasbazar BEKHBAT
chancery: 2833 M Street NW, Washington, DC 20007
telephone: [1] (202) 333-7117
FAX: [1] (202) 298-9227
consulate(s) general: New York, San Francisco
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chief of mission: Ambassador Piper Anne Wind CAMPBELL
embassy: Big Ring Road, 11th Micro Region, Ulaanbaatar, 14171 Mongolia
mailing address: PSC 461, Box 300, FPO AP 96521-0002; P.O. Box 1021, Ulaanbaatar-13
telephone: [976] (11) 329-095
FAX: [976] (11) 320-776
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three equal, vertical bands of red (hoist side), blue, and red; centered on the hoist-side red band in yellow is the national emblem ("soyombo" - a columnar arrangement of abstract and geometric representation for fire, sun, moon, earth, water, and the yin-yang symbol); blue represents the sky, red symbolizes progress and prosperity
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soyombo emblem
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name: "Mongol ulsyn toriin duulal" (National Anthem of Mongolia)
lyrics/music: Tsendiin DAMDINSUREN/Bilegiin DAMDINSUREN and Luvsanjamts MURJORJ
note: music adopted 1950, lyrics adopted 2006; the anthem's lyrics have been altered on numerous occasions
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Economy ::Mongolia
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Mongolia's extensive mineral deposits and attendant growth in mining-sector activities have transformed Mongolia's economy, which traditionally has been dependent on herding and agriculture. Mongolia's copper, gold, coal, molybdenum, fluorspar, uranium, tin, and tungsten deposits, among others, have attracted foreign direct investment. Soviet assistance, at its height one-third of GDP, disappeared almost overnight in 1990 and 1991 at the time of the dismantlement of the USSR. The following decade saw Mongolia endure both deep recession, because of political inaction and natural disasters, as well as economic growth, because of reform-embracing, free-market economics and extensive privatization of the formerly state-run economy. The country opened a fledgling stock exchange in 1991. Mongolia joined the World Trade Organization in 1997 and seeks to expand its participation in regional economic and trade regimes. Growth averaged nearly 9% per year in 2004-08 largely because of high copper prices globally and new gold production. By late 2008, Mongolia was hit hard by the global financial crisis. Slower global economic growth hurt the country's exports, notably copper, and slashed government revenues. As a result, Mongolia's real economy contracted 1.3% in 2009. In early 2009, the International Monetary Fund reached a $236 million Stand-by Arrangement with Mongolia and the country has largely emerged from the crisis. The banking sector is recovering and the government has started to enact greater supervision regulations. In October 2009, Mongolia passed long-awaited legislation on an investment agreement to develop the Oyu Tolgoi mine, considered to be among the world's largest untapped copper deposits. Another similarly lengthy process is under review by the National Security Council for an investment agreement for the massive coal mine at Tavan Tolgoi. The economy grew by 6.4% in 2010, 17.5% in 2011, and by more than 12% in 2012, largely on the strength of commodity exports to nearby countries and high government spending domestically. Mongolia's economy, however, faces near-term economic risks from the government's loose fiscal policies, which are contributing to high inflation, and uncertainties in foreign demand for Mongolian exports. Trade with China represents more than half of Mongolia's total external trade - China receives more than 90% of Mongolia's exports. Mongolia purchases 95% of its petroleum products and a substantial amount of electric power from Russia, leaving it vulnerable to price increases. Due to severe winter weather in 2009-10, Mongolia lost 22% of its total livestock, and meat prices doubled. Inflation remained higher than 10% for much of 2010-12, due in part to higher food prices. Remittances from Mongolians working abroad, particularly in South Korea, are significant.
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$15.22 billion (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 140
$13.51 billion (2011 est.)
$11.5 billion (2010 est.)
note: data are in 2011 US dollars
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$9.923 billion (2012 est.)
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12.7% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 5
17.5% (2011 est.)
6.4% (2010 est.)
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$5,400 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 149
$4,800 (2011 est.)
$4,200 (2010 est.)
note: data are in 2011 US dollars
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agriculture: 15.1%
industry: 33.8%
services: 51.2% (2012 est.)
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1.147 million (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 140
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agriculture: 33.5%
industry: 11.5%
services: 55% (2010)
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9% (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 104
13% (2010)
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39.2% (2010 est.)
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lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 28.4% (2008)
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36.5 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 80
32.8 (2002)
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revenues: $4.409 billion
expenditures: $4.925 billion (2012 est.)
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44.4% of GDP (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 36
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-5.2% of GDP (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 160
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12.9% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 208
9.5% (2011 est.)
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10.99% (31 December 2010)
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10.82% (31 December 2009 est.)
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18.3% (31 December 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 39
15.5% (31 December 2011 est.)
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$1.702 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 133
$1.247 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
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$4.592 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 130
$3.725 billion (31 December 2010 est.)
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$4.71 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 116
$3.077 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
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$1.579 billion (31 December 2011)
country comparison to the world: 107
$1.093 billion (31 December 2010)
$430.2 million (31 December 2009)
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wheat, barley, vegetables, forage crops; sheep, goats, cattle, camels, horses
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23% (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 2
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-$2.76 billion (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 147
-$885.9 million (2010 est.)
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$4.78 billion (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 116
$2.909 billion (2010 est.)
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copper, apparel, livestock, animal products, cashmere, wool, hides, fluorspar, other nonferrous metals, coal, crude oil
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China 85.7%, Canada 6.3% (2011)
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$5.79 billion (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 121
$3.089 billion (2010 est.)
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machinery and equipment, fuel, cars, food products, industrial consumer goods, chemicals, building materials, cigarettes and tobacco, appliances, soap and detergent
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China 43.4%, Russia 23.3%, South Korea 5.6%, Japan 5.1%, US 5% (2011)
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$2.07 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 141
$1.94 billion (31 December 2010 est.)
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$4.715 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 87
$1.691 billion (31 December 2010 est.)
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$95 million (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 82
$62 million (31 December 2010 est.)
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togrog/tugriks (MNT) per US dollar -
1,299.5 (2012 est.)
1,265.5 (2011 est.)
1,357.1 (2010 est.)
1,442.8 (2009)
1,170 (2007)
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Energy ::Mongolia
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4.056 billion kWh (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 123
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3.375 billion kWh (2010)
country comparison to the world: 129
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22.2 million kWh (2010)
country comparison to the world: 83
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262.9 million kWh (2010)
country comparison to the world: 83
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833,200 kW (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 127
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99.9% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 48
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0% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 133
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0% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 182
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0.1% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 92
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6,983 bbl/day (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 84
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5,260 bbl/day (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 60
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0 bbl/day (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 91
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NA bbl
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0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 171
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21,610 bbl/day (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 127
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0 bbl/day (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 197
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15,730 bbl/day (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 116
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0 cu m (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 161
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0 cu m (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 168
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0 cu m (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 111
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11,790 cu m (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 76
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0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 165
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9.436 million Mt (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 101
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Communications ::Mongolia
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187,600 (2011)
country comparison to the world: 128
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2.942 million (2011)
country comparison to the world: 129
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general assessment: network is improving with international direct dialing available in many areas; a fiber-optic network has been installed that is improving broadband and communication services between major urban centers with multiple companies providing inter-city fiber-optic cable services
domestic: very low fixed-line teledensity; there are multiple mobile- cellular providers and subscribership is increasing
international: country code - 976; satellite earth stations - 7
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following a law passed in 2005, Mongolia's state-run radio and TV provider converted to a public service provider; also available are private radio and TV broadcasters, as well as multi-channel satellite and cable TV providers; more than 100 radio stations, including some 20 via repeaters for the public broadcaster; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available (2008)
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20,084 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 118
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330,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 125
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Transportation ::Mongolia
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44 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 97
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total: 15
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 11
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 (2012)
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total: 29
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 23
under 914 m: 1 (2012)
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1 (2012)
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total: 1,908 km
country comparison to the world: 73
broad gauge: 1,908 km 1.520-m gauge
note: the railway is 50 percent owned by the Russian State Railway (2010)
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total: 49,249 km
country comparison to the world: 80
paved: 3,015 km
unpaved: 46,234 km (2010)
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580 km (the only waterway in operation is Lake Hovsgol) (135 km); Selenge River (270 km) and Orhon River (175 km) are navigable but carry little traffic; lakes and rivers freeze in winter, they are open from May to September) (2010)
country comparison to the world: 82
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total: 57
country comparison to the world: 68
by type: bulk carrier 21, cargo 25, chemical tanker 1, container 2, liquefied gas 2, passenger/cargo 2, roll on/roll off 3, vehicle carrier 1
foreign-owned: 44 (Indonesia 2, Japan 2, North Korea 1, Russia 2, Singapore 3, Ukraine 1, Vietnam 33) (2010)
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Military ::Mongolia
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Mongolian Armed Forces: Mongolian Army, Mongolian Air Force; there is no navy (2010)
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18-25 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 12 months in land or air defense forces or police; a small portion of Mongolian land forces (2.5 percent) is comprised of contract soldiers; women cannot be deployed overseas for military operations (2006)
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males age 16-49: 898,546
females age 16-49: 891,192 (2010 est.)
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males age 16-49: 726,199
females age 16-49: 756,628 (2010 est.)
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male: 30,829
female: 29,648 (2010 est.)
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1.4% of GDP (2006)
country comparison to the world: 101
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