| 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 |
41,734,853 (July 2000 est.)
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS |
| 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.) 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 |
53.6 male, 56.29 female (2000 est.) |
| Government Type |
military regime |
| Currency |
1 kyat (K) = 100 pyas |
| GDP (per capita) |
$1,200 (1999 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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