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Old Apr 9, 2006, 11:53 am   #9 (permalink) (top)
Athena
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Mongolia surprise me to many extent. Ghengis Khan , Halaku Khan ruled the world. Now Monglia is nothing but a huge country with a very sparse population.
But are the Mongols Buddhist now? They seem not to bother for any relegion !
I was wrong about where Tibet is in relation to Mongolia. But yes, they evidently are mostly Tibetan Buddhist. This is what I got when I googled Mongolia religion.

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Population Demographics

Anthem Details Population: 2,751,314
Languages: Khalkha Mongol 90%, Turkic, Russian (1999)
Religion: Tibetan Buddhist Lamaism 96%, Muslim (primarily in the southwest), Shamanism, and Christian 4% (1998)
Life Expectancy: 64.17
» Additional Mongolia Population Demographics
I think the environmental factors of Tibet and Mongolia are similar. It is my belief, that environment plays an important role in which religion makes the most sense to people.

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