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Languages

Burmese (official) note: minority ethnic groups have their own languages

Ethnic Groups

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

Age Structure

0-14 years - : 27.5% (male 7,560,859/female 7,278,652)

15-64 years - : 67.5% (male 18,099,707/female 18,342,696)

65 years and over - : 5% (male 1,184,291/female 1,533,599) (2011 est.)

Median Age

Total: 26.9 years

Male: 26.3 years

Female: 27.5 years (2011 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 - : 0.77 male(s)/female

total population - : 0.99 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

Infant Mortality Rate

Total: 49.23 deaths/1,000 live births

Male: 56.16 deaths/1,000 live births

Female: 41.88 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.)

Life Expectancy at Birth

Total population: 64.88 years

Male: 62.57 years

Female: 67.33 years (2011 est.)

Drinking Water Source

Improved:

Urban: 25% of population

Rural: 31% of population

Total: 29% of population (2008)

Unimproved:

Sanitation Facility Access

Array

AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.6% (2009 est.)country comparison to the world: 62

AIDS - people living with HIV

AIDS - deaths

18,000 (2009 est.)country comparison to the world: 17

Major Infectious Diseases

Degree of risk: very high

Food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever

Vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria

Water contact disease: leptospirosis

Animal contact disease: rabies

Note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)

Children Under the Age of 5 Years Underweight

29.6% (2003)country comparison to the world: 19

Education Expenditures

NA

Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write

Total population: 89.9%

Male: 93.9%

Female: 86.4% (2006 est.)

Year

Population

  • 53,999,804

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
    1.084% (2011 est.)country comparison to the world: 108

Birth Rate

  • 19.31 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)country comparison to the world: 97

Death Rate

  • 8.16 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)country comparison to the world: 97

Migration Rate

  • -0.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)country comparison to the world: 129

Health Expenditure

  • 2% of GDP (2009)country comparison to the world: 188

Physicians Density

  • 0.457 physicians/1,000 population (2008)country comparison to the world: 128

Hospital Bed Density

  • 0.6 beds/1,000 population (2006)country comparison to the world: 165

Total fertility rate

  • 2.26 children born/woman (2011 est.)country comparison to the world: 101