Population
Khovd is distinguished by its multi-cultural population. It is home to more than 17 nationalities and ethnicities. Each of these groups has its own distinct traditional dwelling and settlement pattern, dress and other cultural distinctions, literary, artistic, and musical traditions. There is a rather large minority Kazakh-Mongol population that speaks both Kazakh and Mongolian.
| Ethnic group |
Mongolian name |
1979 | % | 1989 | % | 2000 | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Khalkha | Халх | 17,343 | 27.72 | 20,397 | 26.64 | 23,832 | 27.45 |
| Zakhchin | Захчин | 14,464 | 23.12 | 17,228 | 22.50 | 21,645 | 24.93 |
| Kazakh | Казак | 9,425 | 15.06 | 12,814 | 16.74 | 10,005 | 11.52 |
| Torguud | Торгууд | 5,566 | 8.90 | 6,703 | 8.76 | 6,995 | 8.06 |
| Ööld | Өөлд | 4,823 | 7.71 | 5,622 | 7.34 | 6,503 | 7.49 |
| Uriankhai | Урианхай | 4,587 | 7.33 | 5,403 | 7.06 | 6,592 | 7.59 |
| Dörvöd | Дөрвөд | 2,856 | 4.56 | 3,609 | 4.71 | 5,242 | 6.04 |
| Myangad | Мянгад | 2,855 | 4.56 | 3,517 | 4.59 | 4,287 | 4.94 |
| Tuvan | Тува | - | - | 239 | 0.31 | 724 | 0.83 |
| Bayad | Баяд | 129 | 0.21 | 227 | 0.30 | 377 | 0.43 |
| Uzbek | Чантуу | 183 | 0.29 | 187 | 0.24 | 258 | 0.30 |
| Khoshuud | Хошууд | - | - | - | - | 149 | 0.17 |
| Other Mongolian citizens | 93 | 0.15 | 176 | 0.23 | 203 | 0.23 | |
| Foreigners | 241 | 0.39 | 431 | 0.56 | 19 | 0.02 | |
| Total | 62,565 | 100.00 | 76,553 | 100.00 | 86,831 | 100.00 |
The Khovd aimag population growth stopped in 1991, then migration out of the aimag (approx. 20,000 in 1992-2004) compensated the natural increase and confined aimag's population within 87,000 – 92,000 limits.
| 1956 census |
1960 est. |
1963 census |
1969 census |
1975 est. |
1979 census |
1981 est. |
1989 census |
1991 est. |
1993 est. |
1995 est. |
1997 est. |
1999 est. |
2000 census |
2002 est. |
2004 est. |
2006 est. |
2007 est. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42,300 | 48,000 | 47,300 | 54,000 | 59,200 | 62,600 | 64,500 | 86,831 | 89,365 | 87,171 | 88,494 | 91,339 | 91.490 | 89,326 | 89,664 | 91,770 | 92,395 | 89,040 |
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