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Mongolia: map and facts
Mongolia is in Eastern Asia. It has about 3.57 million people (2025), the 130th largest population. It covers 1,564,116 km², the 18th largest by area. That is about 2.3 people per km². Its highest point is Huiten Peak, at 4,374 m. The longest river on its map is the Onon, 1,032 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 3,568,978 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 1,564,116 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: Ulaanbaatar
- Highest point: Huiten Peak, 4,374 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 9.1% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Mongolia, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Onon: 1,032 km
- Selenga: 1,024 km
Also on the map: Ider, Shishhid Gol, Orkhon and Kherlen.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Huiten Peak: 4,374 m (its highest point)
- Munkh Khairkhan: 4,231 m
- Otgon Tenger: 4,008 m
- Tergun Bogd: 3,957 m
- Gora Munku-Sardyk: 3,491 m
- Dund Saikhan: 2,825 m
Mountain ranges: Altai Mountains, Khangai Mountains, Tannu-Ola Range and Khentii Mountains.
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Gobi Desert and Mongolian Plateau.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): grassland 64.2%, bare ground 30.1%, wooded savanna 1.9%, savanna 1.6%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): hills 42.1%, plateaus 34.6%, mountains 17.8%, high mountains 5.5%.
Forests covered 9.1% of its land in 2024, down from 9.3% in 1990 (World Bank).
Minerals and fuels
- World #2 in fluorspar among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #8 in molybdenum among the countries USGS lists (2025)
Neighbours
Mongolia shares land borders with China and Russia on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Credit: U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 data release (doi:10.5066/P1WKQ63T). Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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