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People And SocietyNationality
Noun Burmese (singular and plural)
Adjective Burmese Ethnic groups
Burman 68%, Shan 9%, Karen 7%, Rakhine 4%, Chinese 3%, Indian 2%, Mon 2%, other 5% Languages
Burmese (official)
Note Minority ethnic groups have their own languages Religions
Buddhist 89%, Christian 4% (Baptist 3%, Roman Catholic 1%), Muslim 4%, animist 1%, other 2% Population World Ranking: 24
54,584,650 (July 2012 est.)
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 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 27.2 years
Male 26.7 years Female 27.8 years (2012 est.) Population growth rate World Ranking: 110
1.07% (2012 est.)
Birth rate World Ranking: 98
19.11 births/1,000 population (2012 est.) Death rate World Ranking: 95
8.1 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.) Net migration rate World Ranking: 128
-0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.) Urbanization
Urban population 34% of total population (2010)
Rate of urbanization 2.9% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) Major cities - population
RANGOON (capital) 4.259 million; Mandalay 1.009 million; Nay Pyi Taw 992,000 (2009) 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.) Maternal mortality rate World Ranking: 52
200 deaths/100,000 live births (2010) Infant mortality rate World Ranking: 48
Total 47.74 deaths/1,000 live births
Male 54.51 deaths/1,000 live births Female 40.57 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.) Life expectancy at birth World Ranking: 167
Total population 65.24 years
Male 62.91 years Female 67.71 years (2012 est.) Total fertility rate World Ranking: 101
2.23 children born/woman (2012 est.) Health expenditures World Ranking: 188
2% of GDP (2009)
Physicians density
0.457 physicians/1,000 population (2008) Hospital bed density
0.6 beds/1,000 population (2006) Hiv/aids - adult prevalence rate World Ranking: 62
0.6% (2009 est.)
Hiv/aids - people living with hiv/aids World Ranking: 24
240,000 (2009 est.)
Hiv/aids - deaths World Ranking: 17
18,000 (2009 est.)
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 malariaWater 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 World Ranking: 19
29.6% (2003)
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.) School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
Total 9 years (2007)
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