2 GeoFroggy

Languages

Burmese, minority ethnic groups have their own languages

Ethnic Groups

Burman 68%
Shan 9%
Karen 7%
Rakhine 4%
Chinese 3%
Mon 2%
Indian 2%
Other 5%
%

Age Structure

0-14 years - : 30% (male 6,341,546; female 6,086,650)

15-64 years - : 65% (male 13,565,379; female 13,764,242)

65 years and over - : 5% (male 885,583; female 1,091,453) (2000 est.)

Sex Ratio

at birth - : 1.06 male(s)/female

under 15 years - : 1.04 male(s)/female

15-64 years - : 0.99 male(s)/female

65 years and over - : 0.81 male(s)/female

total population - : 0.99 male(s)/female (2000 est.)

Infant Mortality Rate

75.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)

Life Expectancy at Birth

Total population: 54.91 years

Male: 53.6 years

Female: 56.29 years (2000 est.)

Literacy

Definition: Age 15 and over can read and write

Total population: 83.1%

Male: 88.7%

Female: 77.7% (1995 est.)

Note: These are official statistics; estimates of functional literacy are likely closer to 30% (1999 est.)

Year

Population

  • estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2000 est.)

Nationality

  • Burmese (singular and plural) noun


  • Burmese adjective


Religions

  • Buddhist
    89.00%
  • Christian Baptist
    43.00%
  • Roman Catholic
    1.00%
  • Muslim
    4.00%
  • Animist
    1.00%
  • Other
    2.00%

Population Growth Rate

  • Growth Rate
    0.64% (2000 est.)

Birth Rate

  • 20.61 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Death Rate

  • 12.35 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Migration Rate

  • -1.85 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Total fertility rate

  • 2.37 children born/woman (2000 est.)