2 GeoFroggy

Languages

Burmese (official)

Ethnic Groups

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

Urbanization

Urban population: 34.1% of total population (2015)

Rate of urbanization: 2.49% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Age Structure

0-14 years - : 26.07% (male 7,485,419/female 7,194,500)

15-24 years - : 18.02% (male 5,138,185/female 5,009,470)

25-54 years - : 43.31% (male 12,132,302/female 12,261,750)

55-64 years - : 7.24% (male 1,919,725/female 2,157,789)

65 years and over - : 5.36% (male 1,313,711/female 1,707,355) (2015 est.)

population pyramid - :

Dependency Ratios

Total dependency ratio: 49.1%

Youth dependency ratio: 41.1%

Elderly dependency ratio: 8%

Potential support ratio: 12.5% (2015 est.)

Median Age

Total: 28.3 years

Male: 27.7 years

Female: 28.9 years (2015 est.)

Sex Ratio

at birth - : 1.06 male(s)/female

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

15-24 years - : 1.03 male(s)/female

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

55-64 years - : 0.89 male(s)/female

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

total population - : 0.99 male(s)/female (2015 est.)

Infant Mortality Rate

Life Expectancy at Birth

Total population: 66.29 years

Male: 63.89 years

Female: 68.82 years (2015 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 171

Drinking Water Source

Sanitation Facility Access

total: 22.6% of population (2012 est.)

AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.69% (2014 est.)

AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

AIDS - people living with HIV

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

2.9% (2014)

Children Under the Age of 5 Years Underweight

22.6% (2010)

Education Expenditures

0.8% of GDP (2011)

Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write

Total population: 93.1%

Male: 95.2%

Female: 91.2% (2015 est.)

School Life Expectancy Primary to Tertiary Education

Total: 9 years

Male: NA

Female: NA (2007)

Year

Population

  • 56,320,206Array

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
    1.01% (2015 est.)

Birth Rate

  • 18.39 births/1,000 population (2015 est.)

Death Rate

  • 7.96 deaths/1,000 population (2015 est.)

Migration Rate

  • -0.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2015 est.)

Urban Areas Population

  • RANGOON (Yangon) (capital) 4.802
    million
  • Mandalay
    1.167 million
  • Nay Pyi Taw 1.03
    million (2015)

Health Expenditure

  • 1.8% of GDP (2013)

Physicians Density

  • 0.61 physicians/1,000 population (2012)

Hospital Bed Density

  • 0.6 beds/1,000 population (2006)

Total fertility rate

  • 2.16 children born/woman (2015 est.)