Mongolia
Eastern Asia
General matters
Country name: Mongolia
Capital: Ulaanbaatar (area 7.7 times that of Seoul)
Population: 3.38 million ('22 years)
Area: 156.4 million square kilometers
Language: Khalkh Mongolian
Religion: Lama (54%), Islam (3.1%), no religion (38%), Christianity (1.6%)
Climate: Continental cold dry climate
Topography: 1,580m above sea level on average, 44% of the land is desert, 9% is forest area
Politics
Form of government:
Democratic Republic (1992. Enforcement of the New Constitution)
- a dual government system that has a strong characteristic of the parliamentary cabinet system
a key figure
President: U. Khurelsukh (Hurelsukh, People's Party)
Prime Minister: L. Oyun-Erdene (Eoyong Erdene, People's Party)
Speaker of the National Assembly: G. Zandanshatar (Zandang Shatar, People's Party)
Foreign Minister: B. Battsetseg (Batchek, People's Party)
military strength
Army and Air Force: Approximately 13,000 (estimated)
Economy
GDP: $15.4 billion (Statistics Office)
GDP per capita: $4,656
Real GDP growth rate: 4.8%
Inflation rate: 13.2%
Unemployment rate: 5.3%
Currency Unit: Tugrik (1US$=3,431Tg, '22/December)
Trade Amount: $21.2 billion (Statistics Office)
Export value: $12.5 billion
Revenue: $8.7 billion
Export items: coal, gold, copper ore
Imported items: petroleum products, heavy equipment, automobiles
Key Resources:
Copper, coal, fluorescent, copper, molybdenum, tungsten, zinc, gold, petroleum, etc. (Top 10 Resource-rich Countries in the World)
Foreign exchange reserves: approximately $3.39 billion (Central Bank of Mongolia)