> Finally, that's a much smaller number than I expected for a country of 3 million. 172.7k yurts. Assuming that these are family residences for the most part,

> Finally, that's a much smaller number than I expected for a country of 3 million. 172.7k yurts. Assuming that these are family residences for the most part, if we take an average occupancy of 4 (which is probably too low - the fertility rate is still quite high there) gives ~691k people living in yurts - approximately 20% of the population of 3.5 million - sounds reasonable.