page_title: Inner Mongolia
section_title: Demography
hierarchical_section_title: Inner Mongolia / Demography
caption_attribution_description: English: A KFC in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia - Signage is in English, Chinese, and Mongolian
context_page_description: Inner Mongolia is the Mongol autonomous region of the People's Republic of China and lies in the north of the country.
  Inner Mongolia borders, from east to west, the provinces of Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, and Gansu, while to the north it borders Mongolia and Russia. It is the third-largest subdivision of China spanning almost 300 million acres or 12% of China's land area. It has a population of about 24 million. The capital is Hohhot.
  The majority of the population in the region are Han Chinese, with a large Mongol minority. The official languages are Standard Mandarin and Mongolian, the latter written in the classical alphabet.
context_section_description: Han Chinese are the largest ethnic group, about 80% of the population. Mongols are the second largest ethnic group, about 17% of the population. There are more Mongols living in Inner Mongolia than in the independent nation of Outer Mongolia.
  Excludes members of the People's Liberation Army in active service.
caption: A KFC in Hohhot, the capital; All street signs must be bilingual with Mongol and Chinese
exif: {}