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Nationality:
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noun: Burmese
(singular and plural)
adjective: Burmese
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Ethnic groups:
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Burman 68%, Shan 9%, Karen 7%, Rakhine
4%, Chinese 3%, Indian 2%, Mon 2%,
other 5%
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Religions:
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Buddhist 89%, Christian 4% (Baptist
3%, Roman Catholic 1%), Muslim 4%,
animist 1%, other 2%
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Languages:
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Burmese (official)
note: minority
ethnic groups have their own languages
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Population:
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53,999,804 (July 2011 est.)
country
comparison to the world: 24
note: estimates
for this country take into account the
effects of excess mortality due to
AIDS; this can result in lower life
expectancy, higher infant mortality,
higher death rates, lower population
growth rates, and changes in the
distribution of population by age and
sex than would otherwise be expected
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Age structure:
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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.)
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Median age:
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total: 26.9
years
male: 26.3
years
female: 27.5
years (2011 est.)
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Population growth rate:
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1.084% (2011 est.)
country
comparison to the world: 108 |
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Birth rate:
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19.31 births/1,000 population (2011
est.)
country
comparison to the world: 97 |
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Death rate:
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8.16 deaths/1,000 population (July
2011 est.)
country
comparison to the world: 97 |
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Net migration rate:
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-0.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population
(2011 est.)
country
comparison to the world: 129 |
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Urbanization:
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urban population: 34%
of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 2.9%
annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
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Major cities - population:
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RANGOON (capital) 4.259 million;
Mandalay 1.009 million; Nay Pyi Taw
992,000 (2009)
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Sex ratio:
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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.)
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Maternal mortality rate:
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240 deaths/100,000 live births (2008)
country
comparison to the world: 54 |
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Infant mortality rate:
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total: 49.23
deaths/1,000 live births
country
comparison to the world: 50
male: 56.16
deaths/1,000 live births
female: 41.88
deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.)
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Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 64.88
years
country
comparison to the world: 167
male: 62.57
years
female: 67.33
years (2011 est.)
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Total fertility rate:
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2.26 children born/woman (2011 est.)
country
comparison to the world: 101 |
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Health expenditures:
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2% of GDP (2009)
country
comparison to the world: 188 |
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Physicians density:
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0.457 physicians/1,000 population
(2008)
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Hospital bed density:
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0.6 beds/1,000 population (2006)
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Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 75% of population
rural: 69% of population
total: 71% of population
unimproved:
urban: 25% of population
rural: 31% of population
total: 29% of population (2008)
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Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 86% of population
rural: 79% of population
total: 81% of population
unimproved:
urban: 14% of population
rural: 21% of population
total: 19% of population (2008)
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.6% (2009 est.)
country
comparison to the world: 62 |
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HIV/AIDS - people living with
HIV/AIDS:
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240,000 (2009 est.)
country
comparison to the world: 24 |
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HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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18,000 (2009 est.)
country
comparison to the world: 17 |
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Major infectious diseases:
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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)
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Children under the age of 5 years
underweight:
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29.6% (2003)
country
comparison to the world: 19 |
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Education expenditures:
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NA
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Literacy:
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definition: age
15 and over can read and write
total population: 89.9%
male: 93.9%
female: 86.4%
(2006 est.)
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School life expectancy (primary to
tertiary education):
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total: 9
years
male: 8
years
female: 8
years (2007)
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