East Asia & Pacific
A life that begins in Mongolia
One in every 2,224 babies in the world is born here: about 60,316 a year, 0.11 a minute.
- Population
- 3,568,978
- Births a year
- 60,316
- Life expectancy
- 72.5
- Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
- 13.4
Health and survival
Life expectancy, women (years)
77.1
World: 75.9
Life expectancy, men (years)
67.9
World: 71
Babies who die before 1 (per 1,000)
11.2
World: 27.8
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
13.4
World: 37.6
Mothers who die in childbirth (per 100,000 births)
41
World: 189
Adults living with HIV (%)
0.1
World: 0.7
Adults who smoke (%)
30
World: 20
Alcohol per adult (litres a year)
7.7
World: 4.6
Road deaths (per 100,000)
21
World: 17
Homicides (per 100,000)
5.9
World: 4.7
Family and school
Children per woman
2.5
World: 2.85
Women married before 18 (%)
8
World: 18
Children in primary school (%)
98
World: 89
Secondary school enrolment (%)
97
World: 81
Higher education enrolment (%)
69
World: 48
Children aged 7–14 who work (%)
14.7
World: 11.9
Money and work
Income per person (PPP)
$17,773
World: $21,797
Income inequality (Gini, 0–100)
31
World: 34
Living on under $3 a day (%)
0.4
World: 9.9
Unemployment (%)
5.2
World: 5.1
Jobs in farming (%)
27
World: 27
Women in the workforce (%)
51
World: 48
Health costs paid out of pocket (%)
49
World: 37
Home and connection
Living in cities (%)
71
World: 58
Access to electricity (%)
99
World: 92
Safe drinking water (%)
86
World: 91
Internet users (%)
85
World: 72
Peace and wellbeing
Life satisfaction (0–10)
5.94
World: 5.4
Deaths in armed conflict (per 100,000 a year)
0
World: 2.43
Refugees abroad (% of population)
0.07
World: 0.34
From 1960 to 2050
How life here has changed, and where UN projections expect it to go. The dashed part is a projection.
1960: 44.6 → 2026: 72.7 → 2050: 77.7
World
1960: 351 → 2026: 12 → 2050: 3
World
1960: 6.8 → 2026: 2.6 → 2050: 2
World
1960: 37 → 2026: 70 → 2050: 73
World
Nobody chooses where they are born
In the game, the country is drawn by the real share of births: Mongolia comes up about once in every 2,224 lives.
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All 178 countries →Sources: World Bank (WDI), UN World Population Prospects, Our World in Data, World Happiness Report, UCDP and PRIO. Updated 2026-10-18.