Country
Mongolia
Leader
Population
4,140,289 3,179,997
Life Expectancy
75.230 years 68.630 years
Capital City
Ulaanbaatar
Largest city
Beirut (population: 1,916,100) Ulaanbaatar (population: 844,818)
Human Development Index
0.796 0.72 GDP per capita $4,800 US
Literacy Rate
87.4% 97.8%
Corruption Perception Index
3 3
Percentage of Women in Parliament
4.7% 4.2% Wealthiest Citizens Najib Mikati ($2.0bn US) NA Unemployment Rate 9.900%
Death Penalty
Legal Legal
Political System
republic mixed parliamentary/presidential
Independence date
11 July 1921 (from China) Religions Muslim 59.7% (Shia, Sunni, Druze, Isma'ilite, Alawite or Nusayri), Christian 39% (Maronite Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Melkite Catholic, Armenian Orthodox, Syrian Catholic, Armenian Catholic, Syrian Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Chaldean, Assyrian, Copt, Protestant), other 1.3% note: 17 religious sects recognized Buddhist Lamaist 50%, Shamanist and Christian 6%, Muslim 4%, none 40% (2004) Languages Arabic (official), French, English, Armenian Khalkha Mongol 90%, Turkic, Russian (1999) Exports copper, apparel, livestock, animal products, cashmere, wool, hides, fluorspar, other nonferrous metals External Debt $1,900,000,000 US Exchange Rate togrog/tugriks (MNT) per US dollar - 1,170 (2007), 1,165 (2006), 1,205 (2005), 1,185.3 (2004), 1,146.5 (2003) Military Budget as percentage of GDP 1.400% Beijing Olympics Medal Count 0 4 Location Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Israel and Syria Northern Asia, between China and Russia Area 10,400 km sq 1,564,116 km sq Coastline 225 km 0 km Climate Mediterranean; mild to cool, wet winters with hot, dry summers; Lebanon mountains experience heavy winter snows desert; continental (large daily and seasonal temperature ranges)
