The population of Mongolia has reached 3,177,000 – a six-fold increase  from a century ago. In the 20th century, the country conducted its first population census in 1918 under a decree of the Bogd Khan. This revealed that there were 647,500 Mongolians, 100 thousand Chinese and 5000 Russians living in Mongolia.  The nation’s birth rate began to increase from 1960.

Mongolia will conduct its next population census in 2020.