GDP · 2024
2.63
trillion yuanInner Mongolia Statistics ↗
Province-wide GDP
Provinces · China in Figures
Inner Mongolia in figures
A vast northern autonomous region with energy, metals, rare earths, agriculture and pastoral systems.
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Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Map (Linework I)
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Resident population · 2024
23.88
million peopleInner Mongolia Statistics ↗
Year-end resident population
Administrative area · 2024
1,183,000
sq kmInner Mongolia Government ↗
Provincial territory, not built-up area
Province profile
Economy, population and provincial structure
Each value keeps its own unit. Indexed bars provide a visual summary only and are not direct unit comparisons.
Source: Inner Mongolia Statistics ↗ · Inner Mongolia Government ↗ · Inner Mongolia 2024 statistical communique and official geography references.chinainfigures.com
Urbanisation
70.7 percentInner Mongolia Statistics ↗
Share of resident population classified as urban.
GDP per resident
110,011 yuan per personInner Mongolia Statistics ↗
Province-wide current-price GDP per resident.
Services share
45 percentInner Mongolia Statistics ↗
Tertiary industry share of GDP.
Scope
What the province total covers
Inner Mongolia stretches across northeast, north and northwest China and borders Mongolia and Russia. Its vast administrative territory makes density and metro comparisons especially sensitive.
Boundary
Province is not a metro area
Resident population is the year-end province-wide total: 23.88 million in 2024. Administrative area (1,183,000 sq km) is territory inside the provincial-level boundary, not built-up area.
Economy
How to read the structure
In 2024, Inner Mongolia's GDP reached 2.63 trillion yuan and real GDP grew 5.8 percent. 2024 industry structure: primary 10.9%, secondary 44.1%, tertiary 45.0%.
International scale check
Compared with South Africa
Selected for similar economic scale: South Africa.
Not a like-for-like rank
South Africa's nominal GDP (~US$0.40T, World Bank 2024) is close to Inner Mongolia's provincial-level GDP after indicative USD conversion (~US$0.38T).
Inner Mongolia is a vast northern autonomous region with energy, metals, rare earths, agriculture and pastoral systems; South Africa is a sovereign country. GDP proximity is a scale reference only. Population, area, administrative status and economic structure are not directly comparable.
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Inner Mongolia
Chinese province-level region-wide scope
Peer country
South Africa
National territory (sovereign state)
| Metric | Inner Mongolia | South Africa |
|---|---|---|
| Gross product | 2.63trillion yuan≈ US$378B (Indicative conversion only (≈ CNY 6.97 per USD))Inner Mongolia Statistics ↗ | 400US$ billionWorld Bank WDI · GDP (current US$) ↗ |
| Population | 23.88million peopleInner Mongolia Statistics ↗ | 64.01million peopleWorld Bank WDI · Population, total ↗ |
| Area | 1,183,000sq kmInner Mongolia Government ↗ | 1,219,090sq kmWorld Bank WDI / FAO · Surface area ↗ |
| Density (derived) | 20people / sq km | 53people / sq km |
Used only to place Chinese province GDP beside country GDP in USD. Not PPP, not constant-price, and not an official exchange-rate series.
Industrial footprint
Industries that stand out
These facts highlight measurable national or global shares, rankings, and concentrated industry clusters. Sub-provincial facts are labelled with their exact local scope.
Inner Mongolia
Raw coal
27.3%
Share of China raw-coal output
- National rank
- No. 1 in China
This is actual raw-coal output share, not the separate coal-supply-task share.
Source · People's Government of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region ↗Inner Mongolia
Outbound electricity
~1/6
Share of China outbound electricity
- 2024 outbound electricity
- 337.7 TWh
- National rank
- No. 1 in China
The source publishes the national share as one sixth; retain the fraction and do not present 16.6667% as source precision.
Source · Energy Bureau of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region ↗