Businesses in Kharkhorin

Categories in Kharkhorin

Gas Station Restaurants Supermarket Guest House Hotels Hotels and motels

Industries

Business Distribution by Industry in Kharkhorin

Industry Description	Number of Establishments
Hotels and motels	11
Restaurants	10
Other accommodation	10
Grocery stores and supermarkets	8
Gas station	8

Kharkhorin Facts

Area	2510.1 km²
Population	11,327
Male Population	5,684 (50.2%)
Female Population	5,643 (49.8%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+15.0%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	-7.5%
Median Age	25.4 years (Male: 24.5, Female: 26.2)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$5,600 (2022)
Local Time
Timezone	Ulaanbaatar Standard Time
Lat & Lng	47.19245, 102.81349

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Kharkhorin Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	9,850	12,925	12,251	10,703	11,327	11,666	11,790
Population Density	3.9 / km²	5.1 / km²	4.9 / km²	4.3 / km²	4.5 / km²	4.6 / km²	4.7 / km²

* Projected

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Kharkhorin Population change from 2000 to 2020

Decrease of 7.5% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Kharkhorin	+15%	-12.4%	-7.5%
Övörkhangai Province	—	—	—
Mongolia	—	—	—

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Kharkhorin Median Age

Median Age: 25.4 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Kharkhorin	25.4 yrs	26.2 yrs	24.5 yrs
Övörkhangai Province	25.4 yrs	26.2 yrs	24.5 yrs
Mongolia	25.7 yrs	26.3 yrs	25.1 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Kharkhorin Population Density

Population Density: 4.5 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Kharkhorin	11,327	2,510.1 km²	4.5 / km²
Övörkhangai Province	98,395	62,847.1 km²	1.6 / km²
Mongolia	2.9 million	1,564,910.7 km²	1.9 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Kharkhorin Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 0 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Kharkhorin Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$3,248	$2,546	$2,773	$3,403	$2,723	$7,416	$5,407	$5,600
Total GDP	$38.8M	$32.2M	$35.6M	$41.4M	$31M	$85.6M	$62.8M	$65.8M

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Kosonen, M. & Masoumzadeh Sayyar, S. Downscaled gridded global dataset for gross domestic product (GDP) per capita PPP over 1990–2022. Sci Data 12, 178 (2025) doi:10.1038/s41597-025-04487-x

Kharkhorin CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Kharkhorin	69,687 tn	6.15 tn	27.8 tons/km²
Övörkhangai Province	605,297 tn	6.15 tn	9.6 tons/km²
Mongolia	18,498,989 tn	6.35 tn	11.8 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Kharkhorin CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	69,687 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	6.15 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	27.8 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Drought	Low (2)
Earthquake	Medium (4)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and International Research Institute for Climate and Society - IRI - Columbia University. 2005. Global Drought Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4VX0DFT.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Earthquake Hazard Distribution - Peak Ground Acceleration. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BZ63ZS.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date▼	Time↕	Magnitude↕	Distance↕	Depth↕	Location↕	Link
2/16/19	5:23 AM	4.3	58.8 km	10,000 m	15km ENE of Dzegstey, Mongolia	usgs.gov
7/11/79	10:04 PM	4.8	99.1 km	41,000 m	central Mongolia	usgs.gov
11/9/75	5:44 PM	5.4	87.8 km	33,000 m	central Mongolia	usgs.gov
1/5/67	11:58 PM	5.9	95.4 km	17,500 m	central Mongolia	usgs.gov
4/23/63	2:51 AM	5.7	75.7 km	15,000 m	central Mongolia	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Kharkhorin

Kharkhorin (Mongolian: Хархорин) is a town and sum (district) center in Övörkhangai Province in Mongolia. The sum population was 13,828 (1994), 13,964 (2000), and 13,496 (2003). The population of Kharkhorin town itself was 8,977 in 2003 and covered a..

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