2 GeoFroggy

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 - : 26.7% (male 7,514,233/female 7,227,893)

15-24 years - : 18.6% (male 5,183,653/female 5,060,385)

25-54 years - : 42.8% (male 11,724,297/female 11,879,420)

55-64 years - : 6.7% (male 1,754,397/female 1,963,051)

65 years and over - : 5.2% (male 1,244,758/female 1,615,243) (2013 est.)

population pyramid - :

Dependency Ratios

Total dependency ratio: 43.1 %

Youth dependency ratio: 35.7 %

Elderly dependency ratio: 7.5 %

Potential support ratio: 13.4 (2013)

Median Age

Total: 27.6 years

Male: 27 years

Female: 28.2 years (2013 est.)

Sex Ratio

at birth - : 1.06 male(s)/female

0-14 years - : 1.04 male(s)/female

15-24 years - : 1.02 male(s)/female

25-54 years - : 0.99 male(s)/female

55-64 years - : 0.9 male(s)/female

65 years and over - : 0.77 male(s)/female

total population - : 0.99 male(s)/female (2013 est.)

Infant Mortality Rate

Total: 46.31 deaths/1,000 live births

Male: 52.91 deaths/1,000 live births

Female: 39.31 deaths/1,000 live births (2013 est.)

Life Expectancy at Birth

Total population: 65.6 years

Male: 63.24 years

Female: 68.09 years (2013 est.)

Drinking Water Source

Improved:

Urban: 7% of population

Rural: 22% of population

Total: 17% of population (2010 est.)

Unimproved:

Sanitation Facility Access

Array

AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.6% (2009 est.)country comparison to the world: 64

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, malaria, and Japanese encephalitis

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 (2013)

Obesity Adult Prevalence Rate

4% (2008)country comparison to the world: 172

Children Under the Age of 5 Years Underweight

22.6% (2010)country comparison to the world: 26

Education Expenditures

0.8% of GDP (2011)country comparison to the world: 172

Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write

Total population: 92.7%

Male: 95.1%

Female: 90.4% (2011 est.)

Year

Population

  • 55,167,330

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
    1.05% (2013 est.)country comparison to the world: 110

Birth Rate

  • 18.89 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)country comparison to the world: 97

Death Rate

  • 8.05 deaths/1,000 population (2013 est.)country comparison to the world: 97

Migration Rate

  • -0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2013 est.)country comparison to the world: 124

Urban Areas Population

  • RANGOON (capital) 4.259 million, Mandalay 1.009
    million
  • Nay Pyi Taw
    992,000 (2009)

Health Expenditure

  • 2% of GDP (2011)country comparison to the world: 189

Physicians Density

  • 0.5 physicians/1,000 population (2010)

Hospital Bed Density

  • 0.6 beds/1,000 population (2006)

Total fertility rate

  • 2.21 children born/woman (2013 est.)country comparison to the world: 102