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Mongolia
Urban population

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Global rank#130out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

2.5 M2.0 M1.4 M905 K360 K196019932025Mongolia · 2025: 2.54MMongolia

Analytical takeaways

  • Mongolia records 2.54M for Urban population in 2025, ranking #130 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Urban population increased from 360,472 in 1960 to 2.54M in 2025, a gain of 2.18M.
  • The country sits in the middle of the global distribution for this metric, making the page a balanced entry point for comparative analysis beyond the extremes.

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