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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 - : 25.77% (male 7,476,436/female 7,183,049)

15-24 years - : 17.73% (male 5,109,120/female 4,978,572)

25-54 years - : 43.54% (male 12,326,900/female 12,442,398)

55-64 years - : 7.49% (male 2,003,593/female 2,256,146)

65 years and over - : 5.47% (male 1,353,723/female 1,760,481) (2016 est.)

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: 28.6 years

Male: 28 years

Female: 29.3 years (2016 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 128

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 (2016 est.)

Infant Mortality Rate

Life Expectancy at Birth

Total population: 66.6 years

Male: 64.2 years

Female: 69.2 years (2016 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 171

Drinking Water Source

Sanitation Facility Access

total: 22.6% of population (2012 est.)

AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.76% (2015 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 (2016)

Obesity Adult Prevalence Rate

2.9% (2014)

Children Under the Age of 5 Years Underweight

22.6% (2010)

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: 8 years

Male: NA

Female: NA (2007)

Year

Population

  • 56,890,418Array

Nationality

  • Burmese (singular and plural) noun


  • Burmese adjective


Religions

  • Buddhist
    87.90%
  • Christian
    6.20%
  • Muslim
    4.30%
  • Animist
    0.80%
  • Hindu
    0.50%
  • Other
    0.20%
  • None
    0.10%

Population Growth Rate

  • Growth Rate
    1% (2016 est.)

Birth Rate

  • 18.2 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)

Death Rate

  • 7.9 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)

Migration Rate

  • -0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.)

Urban Areas Population

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

Health Expenditure

  • 2.3% of GDP (2014)

Physicians Density

  • 0.61 physicians/1,000 population (2012)

Hospital Bed Density

  • 0.6 beds/1,000 population (2006)

Total fertility rate

  • 2.15 children born/woman (2016 est.)