Language
Burmese is the official language, but minority languages are also spoken.
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population

2009	50.0 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2009)
2007	49.0 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006	48.4 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2005	48.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2004	47.6 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2003	47.2 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2002	46.8 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2001	46.3 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2000	45.9 million	U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
63.4 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2009)

Ethnic groups
The Burmese make up 69 percent of the population. Minorities include the Shan, Karen, Rakhine, Mon, Chin and Kachin.
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Buddhism is the religion of 89 percent of the people. There are smaller groups of Christians, Muslims and others.
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population

2007	31.9 percent	U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006	31.3 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2005	30.6 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2004	30.1 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2003	29.5 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2002	29.0 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2001	28.5 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2000	28.0 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1935
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
No data available (2007)

Percentage of population under 15

2005	27.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	30.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	30.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	32.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	32.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	33.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Time zone
GMT +6 1/2

Climate description
Tropical monsoon climate; cool and dry from February to November; hotter and wet in May to September period. The mountainous areas have the most rainfall and humidity is high all year round along the coast

Currency
Kyat

Telephone dialling code
(+) 95

Driving (left/right)
Right

Average life expectancy

2005	60.8 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	60.5 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	60.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	57.3 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	57.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	56.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - male

2005	57.6 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	57.8 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	57.5 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	54.5 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	54.4 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	53.7 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - female

2005	64.2 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	63.5 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	63.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	60.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	59.8 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	58.5 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Infant mortality

2007	74 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	74 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	75 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	76 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	76 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	77 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	77 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	78 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five

2007	103 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	104 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	105 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	106 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	107 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	109 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Births attended by skilled personnel

1997-2005	57 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1996-2004	57 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1995-2003	56 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002	56 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2001	No data available percent
1995-2000	No data available percent

Maternal mortality

2005	380 per 100,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2000	360 per 100,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006

Human development index (HDI rank)

2005	132	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	130	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	129	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	132	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	131	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	127	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)

2000-2007	32 percent	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2000-2006	32 percent	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
1996-2005	32 percent	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
1996-2004	32 percent	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
1995-2003	35 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002	35 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2000	36 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of undernourished population

2003-2005	19 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2008
2002-2004average	5 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2006
2001-2003average	5 percent	FAO 2006

Food intake falls below the minimum requirement.

Population with access to improved water

2006	80 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004	78 percent	UNICEF and World Health Organisation (WHO) 2006
2002	80 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000	72 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Population with access to improved sanitation

2006	82 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004	77 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2006
2002	73 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000	64 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Literacy - average

2004	89.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	89.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	85.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	85.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	84.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - male

2004	93.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	93.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	89.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	89.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	89.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - female

2004	86.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	86.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	81.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	81.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	80.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Landlines telephones

2008	14 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	14 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	10 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	10 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	9 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	8 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	7 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	6 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	6 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Cellular telephone subscribers

2008	8 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	6 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	4 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	3 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	2 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	1 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	1 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	0.5 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	0.3 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Internet users

2008	0.8 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	0.8 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	0.7 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	0.6 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	0.2 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	0.2 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	No data available per 1,000 people
2001	No data available per 1,000 people
2000	No data available per 1,000 people

Transparency International corruption ranking (Scale: 1 = least corrupt, >175 = most corrupt)

2008	178 (joint)	Transparency International 2008
2007	179 (joint)	Transparency International 2007
2006	160 (joint)	Transparency International
2005	155 (joint)	Transparency International
2004	142 (joint)	Transparency International
2003	129 (joint)	Transparency International
2002	Not ranked
2001	Not ranked
2000	Not ranked

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
Yes (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
No (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day
No data available percent

GNI per capita, Atlas method

2007	No data available current US$
2006	No data available current US$
2005	No data available current US$
2004	No data available current US$
2003	No data available current US$
2002	No data available current US$
2001	No data available current US$
2000	current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country's exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.

GDP
No data available current US$ billions

Annual GDP growth

2006	percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	5.0  percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	3.0  percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	13.8  percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	12.0  percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	11.3  percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000	9.8  percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual inflation

2007	No data available percent
2006	No data available percent
2005	17.6 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	4.2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	20.6 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	41.6 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	24.9 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	6.1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
No data available

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
No data available

Physicians

2000-2004	36 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1990-2004	36 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003	30 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2002	30 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)

2007	0.7 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2006	0.7 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2005	0.8 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2004	0.8 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2003	0.9 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008

Malaria
Risk from P.falciparum throughout the year in altitudes below 1000 metres excluding main urban areas of Yangon and Mandalay. Risk is highest in remote rural, hilly and forest areas. Resistance to chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine reported. Mefloquine resistance reported and P.vivax with reduced sensitivity to chloroquine reported.
Source: WHO

TB cases

2007	171 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2006	171 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2005	171 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2004	171 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2003	171 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2002	171 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2001	171 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2000	171 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009

Number of refugees originating here

2008	184347	UNHCR
2007	191256	UNHCR
2006	202826	Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2005	164864	UNHCR
2004	161006	UNHCR
2003	151384	UNHCR
2002	148501	UNHCR
2001	145856	UNHCR
2000	137128	UNHCR

Number of refugees residing here
No data available

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate

2009	At least 451000	Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) 2009
2008	503000	IDMC 2008
2007	At least 500000	Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) 2008
2006	500000	IDMC 2006
2005	540000	IDMC 2005

Landmine casualties per year

2007	438	Landmine Monitor Report 2008
2006	243	Landmine Monitor Report 2008
2004	At least 82	Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003	At least 192	Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
No
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military
No data available percent (2004)

Percentage of GDP spent on education

2002-2005	No data available percent
2002-2004	No data available percent
1999-2001	1.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1998-2000	0.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage of GDP spent on health

2004	0.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2003-2004	0.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2002	0.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001	0.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2000	0.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003