| Country name |
Union of Burma (1948), Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma (1974), Union of Myanmar (1989) [1] |
| Land area |
678,500 sq km |
| Coastline |
1,930 km |
| Population |
47,758,181 (2008 est.) |
| Population growth |
0.8% (2008 est.) |
| Birth rate |
17.23 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
| Death rate |
9.23 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate |
Total: 49.12 deaths/1,000 live births. Male: 55.53 deaths/1,000 live births. Female: 42.33 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth |
Total population: 62.94 years. Male: 60.73 years. Female: 65.28 years (2008 est.) |
| Languages |
Arakanese, Burmese, Chin, Kachin, Karen, Karenni, Mon, Shan, Wa, English and more than 100 minority dialects |
| Religions |
Buddhist (89%), Christian (4%), (Baptist 3%, Roman Catholic 1%), Muslim (4%), Animist (1%), other (2%) [2] |
| Last election |
27 May 1990. NLD won 392 of the 485 seats contested. The assembly (Pyithu Hluttaw) was never allowed to convene |
| System of Government |
Military Dictatorship |
| Government |
State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) |
| Head of State |
Chairman of SPDC, Senior General Than Shwe |
| Administrative areas |
Seven States (Arakan, Chin, Mon, Kachin, Karen, Karenni, Shan), Seven Divisions (Irrawaddy, Magwe, Mandalay, Pegu, Rangoon, Sagaing, Tenasserim) |
| LDC status |
Since 1987 |
| GDP (purchasing power parity) |
$55.27 billion (2008 est.) |
| GDP (official exchange rate) |
$26.21 billion (2008 est.) |
| GDP real growth rate |
1.1% (2008 est.) |
| GDP - per capita |
$1,200 (2008 est.) |
| Unemployment Rate |
5% (2008 est.) |
| Population below poverty line |
32.7% (2007 est.) |
| Inflation rate |
26.8% (2008 est.) |
| Human Development Index |
0.586 (2007), ranks Burma 133 worst out of 177 countries [3] |
| Natural resources |
Timber, tin, antimony, zinc, copper, tungsten, lead, coal, limestone, precious stones, natural gas, hydropower, some petroleum |
| Agriculture products |
Rice, pulses, beans, sesame, groundnuts, sugarcane; hardwood, fish and fish products |
| Opium production |
410 metric tons; remains the worlds second largest producer of illicit opium (2008 est.) [4] |
| Refugees from Burma |
Approximately 396,700 in Thailand, 177,500 in Bangladesh, 75,000 refugees in India, 69,700 refugees in Malaysia, and an unknown number of refugees in China [5] |
| IDPs |
Approximately 1 million persons |
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Footnotes
1. Please note that the facts and figures listed here are only estimates and that accurate data is not readily available. Unless otherwise stated, facts and figures are cited from: Background Note: Burma, U.S. Department of State, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, September 2006; CIA World Factbook: Burma, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 17 November 2009.
2. Source: Official SPDC figures.
3. Source: HDI, UNDP.
4. Source: UNODC, East Asia Opium Report 2008.
5. Source: World Refugee Survey 2008, USCRI.
6. Source: UNICEF.
7. Source: Global report on the AIDS epidemic, UNAIDS.
8. Source: Global report on the AIDS epidemic, UNAIDS.
9. Source: HDI, UNDP.
10. Source: HDI, UNDP.
11. Source: HDI, UNDP.
12. Source: HDI, UNDP.
13. Source: HDI, UNDP.
14. Source: HDI, UNDP.
15. Source: WHO, Myanmar Country Statistics.
16. Source: HDI, UNDP.
17. Source: Landmine Monitor 2008, ICBL.
18. Source: Landmine Monitor 2008, ICBL.
19. Source: World Prison Population List 2008, International Centre for Prison Studies.
20. Source: Assistance Association for Political Prisoners Burma.
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Burma at a Glance: Facts and Figures