Why 99.7% Of Mongolia Is Completely EMPTY

Why Mongolia, one of the world’s largest countries, is almost completely empty?
Despite its massive size, 99.7% of Mongolia is uninhabited, and nearly the entire population lives inside a tiny 0.03% habitable zone.
In this video, we dive deep into the geography, climate, wars, religion, and political transformations that shaped Mongolia’s population, and almost erased it forever.
In this video, you will learn:
– Why Mongolia’s geography makes most of the country impossible to live in
– How extreme altitude, permafrost, and -50°C temperatures limit human survival
– How the 1687 Junggar Genocide wiped out 80% of Mongolians
– How Buddhism transformed Mongolian society and unexpectedly contributed to population decline
– How the Soviet Union enforced population engineering through pro-natal policies
– Why Mongolia rebuilt itself only after the fall of the USSR
– And why the Mongolian capital, Ulaanbaatar, sits inside a tiny triangular “safe zone”
From the rise of Genghis Khan to the collapse under foreign powers…
From ancient belief systems to Soviet manipulation…
Mongolia’s story isn’t just history, it’s a rare example of how geography and ideology can shape the destiny of an entire nation.
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