PUBLIC ACCESS TO INFORMATION & ICTs PHASE II REPORT Mongolia

Abstract

The second largest landlocked country in the world, Mongolia is sandwiched between Russia and China. The total population of 2,635,200 people (National Statistical Yearbook, 2007) occupies a country three times the size of France. This makes Mongolia the least densely populated country in the world. Half of the population lives in and around the capital city of Ulaanbaatar, with the remaining population scattered across twenty‐one aimags (provinces). The research undertaken in this project was conducted by Pact Mongolia between January and August 2008. Research was conducted in Ulaanbaatar as well as in six aimags across the country.