People aged 60 and older made up 7.9 percent of Mongolia’s total population of around 3.4 million by the end of September, reported National Statistics Office (NSO).

In 2020, population aged 65 years and above for Mongolia was 4.3 percent. Before population aged 65 years and above of Mongolia started to increase to reach a level of 7.9 percent in 2021, it went through a trough reaching a low of 3.7 percent in 2000.

Around 60 percent of the Mongolian elderly are women, while 68.8 percent are living in urban areas, according to data released by the NSO on the occasion of the International Day of Older Persons. Meanwhile, 65.7 percent of them are now living with their spouses.

In 1990, the United Nations General Assembly designated 1st October as the International Day of Older Persons to raise awareness about the need for health provisions and social care for the elderly.