People

For the people of Myanmar The SLORC controls the country with an iron fist. Even today a lot of people are forced to work for the government. Human rights are violated constantly, so don't bring people into trouble by not paying taxes, talking politics, crossing borders without permit...

Population: 47 305 319 (July 1998 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years: 36% (male 8 798 474; female 8 461 791)

15-64 years: 59% (male 14 052 386; female 14 019 244)

65 years and over: 5% (male 888 773; female 1 084 651) (July 1998 est.)

Population growth rate: 1.65% (1998 est.)

Birth rate: 28.96 births/1 000 population (1998 est.)

Death rate: 12.51 deaths/1 000 population (1998 est.)

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1 000 population (1998 est.)

Sex ratio:

at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female

under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female

15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.82 male(s)/female (1998 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 78.35 deaths/1 000 live births (1998 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population: 54.51 years

male: 53.03 years

female: 56.08 years (1998 est.)

Total fertility rate: 3.7 children born/woman (1998 est.)

Nationality:

noun: Burmese (singular and plural)

adjective: Burmese

Ethnic groups: Burman 68% Shan 9% Karen 7% Rakhine 4% Chinese 3% Mon 2% Indian 2% other 5%

Religions: Buddhist 89% Christian 4% (Baptist 3% Roman Catholic 1%) Muslim 4% animist beliefs 1% other 2%

Languages: Burmese minority ethnic groups have their own languages

Literacy:

definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 83.1%

male: 88.7%

female: 77.7% (1995 est.)