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Mongolia is the world’s largest landlocked country. It has an area of 1.5 million square kilometers consisting mainly of high plateaus across the western, northern and eastern regions, and the Gobi desert in the southeast. With a total population of just over 2.5 million, it is the world’s least densely populated country. Among the population, 41 per cent of people live in the rural areas. Children aged 14 and under account for 30.7 per cent of the total population. The average age in Mongolia is currently 23.5. As such, there is a tendency for the number of working aged population to grow faster in the coming years. This reveals an urgent need to address issues related with employment generation.
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Bat-Erdene, R. (2011). Mongolia. In: Majumdar, S. (eds) Emerging Challenges and Trends in TVET in the Asia-Pacific Region. SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-391-4_13
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