1、Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebCountry dataPopulation: 2.79 million (July 2005 est.) Area: 1,566,500 sq km (slightly larger thanAlaska)Location: Sandwiched between Russia (north)and China (south)Life Expectancy: 64.52 years (2
2、005)GDP: $1.6 billion (2004, World Bank Group)Resources: oil, coal, copper, molybdenum,tungsten, phosphates, tin, nickle, zinc,fluorspar, gold, silver, ironPrimary export partners 2004: China (50.7%);US(26.3%); Canada (5.3%); UK(4.3%);Russia(4.2%)Primary import partners 2004: Russia (31%);China (23.
3、1%); Japan (8.4%); South Korea(6.7%)Order Code RS21155Updated May 3, 2006Mongolia: Political and Economic StatusKerry Dumbaugh and Wayne M. Morrison, SpecialistsForeign Affairs, Defense, and Trade DivisionSummaryOn January 10, 2006, Mongolias delicately balanced coalition governmentcollapsed and the
4、 Mongolian parliament chose a new Prime Minister in accordance withconstitutional requirements. Mongolia has seen several reshufflings of governmentsince 1990, the year the Mongolian Peoples Revolutionary Party (MPRP) declared theend of a one-party communist state and initiated democratic reforms wi