Population of Mongolia reached 3,296,866: Census

AKIPRESS.COM - Government of Mongolia heard June 12 the results of the 2020 nationwide population and housing census. The population of Mongolia was calculated at 3,296,866 and the number of households at 897,427 by the latest census.
The previous population and housing census in 2010 counted 2,756,685 people. Since the 2010 population census, the average annual population growth rate has been at 2.2 percent. Average household size or the average number of persons per household is 3.6 and mean age at first marriage is at 27.7, Montsame reported.
46% of Mongolia's population lives in capital city of Ulaanbaatar, 19% lives in the Khangai region, 16% in the central region, 13% in western areas and 7% in eastern aimags.
7% of the population or around 122,300 Mongolians live abroad for more than 6 months. Population density or the number of people per sq. km in Mongolia has increased by 0.4 to 2.1 sq. km, according to the census.
95.1 percent of the population aged over 10 has attained some level of education and literacy rate for people aged 15 and above is 98.7 percent. Also, 87.8 percent of all residents aged above 6 uses mobile phones and 64.7 percent are internet users.
Around 106,400 people live with some form of disability and they account for 3.3 percent of total citizens of the country.
19,600 census staff and officers worked throughout the population and housing census, which officially launched in January 2020.