| Country (long
form) |
Union of Myanmar (Burma) |
| Capital |
Rangoon (regime refers to the capital as
Yangon) |
| Total Area |
261,970.31 sq mi
678,500.00 sq
km
(slightly smaller than Texas) |
| Population |
41,994,678 (July 2001 est.)
note:
estimates for this country explicitly take into account the
effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in
lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death
rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the
distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise
be expected |
| Estimated Population in
2050 |
44,430,144 |
| Languages |
Burmese, minority ethnic groups have their
own languages |
| Literacy |
83.1% total, 88.7% male, 77.7% female (1995
est.)
note: these are official statistics; estimates of
functional literacy are closer to 30% |
| Religions |
Buddhist 89%, Christian 4% (Baptist 3%,
Roman Catholic 1%), Muslim 4%, animist 1%, other
2% |
| Life Expectancy |
53.73 male, 56.68 female (2001
est.) |
| Government Type |
military regime |
| Currency |
1 kyat (K) = 100 pyas |
| GDP (per capita) |
$1,500 (2000 est.) |
| Industry |
agricultural processing; textiles and
footwear; wood and wood products; copper, tin, tungsten, iron;
construction materials; pharmaceuticals;
fertilizer |
| Agriculture |
paddy rice, corn, oilseed, sugarcane,
pulses; hardwood |
| Arable Land |
15% |
| Natural Resources |
petroleum, timber, tin, antimony, zinc,
copper, tungsten, lead, coal, some marble, limestone, precious
stones, natural gas, hydropower |
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