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Mongolia: area, population and density
Mongolia has 1,558,500 sq km of land and a 2025 population estimate of 3,568,978; calculated population density is 2.3 people/km².
Sources: World Bank — Land area · 2023 · World Bank — Population, total · 2025.
Mongolia ranks 18th of 196 by land area, 132nd by population and 196th by calculated population density among the the supported country set. Density uses the displayed population divided by land area converted to square kilometres.
- Land area
- 1,558,500 sq kmWorld Bank — Land area · 2023
- Population
- 3,568,978World Bank — Population, total · 2025
- Calculated density
- 2.3 people/km²Population ÷ land area in km²
Reading the figures
Mongolia in the country comparison set
Mongolia has 1,558,500 sq km of land area and a population value of 3,568,978 for 2025. In the 196-profile supported country set, it is 18th by land area, 132nd by population, and 196th by calculated density.
Density is calculated from the two values above; it is not presented as an independent statistic. World Bank population and land-area series can refer to different years, so both years remain visible.
Country outline: Natural Earth Admin 0 at 1:10m. The drawing is fitted to this profile panel; use a comparison page for a shared-area scale.
Browse a separate Mongolia first-level divisions map and list. It includes generalized reference boundaries and approximate outline-area comparisons, not official regional population or land-area statistics.
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