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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