Religion in Mongolia

During the communist Mongolian People's Republic (1924–1992), Buddhism was suppressed with an estimated 17,000 monks being killed under the regime, official figures show.

In the earliest known stages it was tied to all other aspects of social life and to the tribal organization of Mongolian society.

During the communist republic of the twentieth century it was heavily repressed, but after the fall of communism it was revived.

The Mausoleum of Genghis Khan in Ordos City, in Inner Mongolia, is an important center of this tradition.

The 2020 census counted 23,078 people who were adherents of religions other than Buddhism, Mongolian shamanism, Islam or Christianity, corresponding to 0.7% of the total population of the country.

[1] The Bahá'í Faith was introduced in Mongolia only in the 1980s and 1990s, as prior to that point the communist ideology suppressed religions and impeded the spread of new ones.