| Population :
| 42 720 196.
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| Age structure 0-14 % :
| 27,60%.
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| Age structure 0-14.m :
| 6 023 874.
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| Age structure 0-14.f :
| 5 774 055.
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| Age structure 15-64 % :
| 67,50%.
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| Age structure 15-64.m :
| 14 317 308.
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| Age structure 15-64.f :
| 14 504 500.
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| Age structure 65 % :
| 4,90%.
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| Age structure 65.m :
| 927 570.
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| Age structure 65.f :
| 1 172 889.
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| Age structure est :
| 2004 est..
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| Median age total :
| 25.7 years .
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| Median age male :
| 25.2 years .
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| Median age female :
| 26.3 years (2004 est.) .
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| Population growth rate :
| 0.47% (2004 est.) .
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| Population growth rate note :
| .
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| Birth rate :
| 18.64 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Death rate :
| 12.16 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Net migration rate :
| -1.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Sex ratio at birth :
| 1.06 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio under 15 :
| 1.04 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio 15-64 :
| 0.99 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio 65 :
| 0.79 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio total :
| 0.99 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Infant mortality rate male :
| 74.78 deaths/1,000 live births .
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| Infant mortality rate female :
| 62.42 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) .
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| Life expectancy at birth total :
| 56.01 years .
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| Life expectancy at birth male :
| 54.22 years .
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| Life Expectancy at birth female :
| 57.9 years (2004 est.) .
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| Total fertility rate :
| 2.08 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| hiv aids :
| 1.2% (2003 est.) .
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| hiv aids people :
| 330,000 (2003 est.) .
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| hiv aids deaths :
| 20,000 (2003 est.) .
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| Nationality noun :
| Burmese (singular and plural) .
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| Nationality adjective :
| Burmese .
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| Ethnic groups :
| Burman 68%, Shan 9%, Karen 7%, Rakhine 4%, Chinese 3%, Indian 2%, Mon 2%, other 5% .
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| Religions :
| Buddhist 89%, Christian 4% (Baptist 3%, Roman Catholic 1%), Muslim 4%, animist 1%, other 2% .
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| Languages :
| Burmese, minority ethnic groups have their own languages .
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| Literacy definition :
| age 15 and over can read and write .
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| Literacy total :
| 85,30%.
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| Literacy male :
| 89,20%.
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| Literacy female :
| 81.4% (2002) .
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| Government type :
| military regime .
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| Independence :
| 4 January 1948 (from UK) .
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| National holiday :
| Independence Day, 4 January (1948) .
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| Suffrage :
| 18 years of age; universal .
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| Economy overview :
| Burma is a resource-rich country that suffers from government controls and abject rural poverty. The military regime took steps in the early 1990s to liberalize the economy after decades of failure under the "Burmese Way to Socialism", but those efforts h.
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| Population below poverty line :
| 25% (2000 est.) .
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| Labor force by occupation :
| agriculture 70%, industry 7%, services 23% (2001 est.) .
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| Agriculture products :
| rice, pulses, beans, sesame, groundnuts, sugarcane; hardwood; fish and fish products .
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| Industries :
| agricultural processing; knit and woven apparel; wood and wood products; copper, tin, tungsten, iron; construction materials; pharmaceuticals; fertilizer; cement .
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| Exports commodities :
| Clothing, gas, wood products, pulses, beans, fish, rice .
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| Exports partners :
| Thailand 30.3%, US 9.8%, India 9%, China 5.6%, Japan 4.6% (2003 est.) .
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| Imports commodities :
| Independence Day, 4 January (1948) .
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| Imports partners :
| Independence Day, 4 January (1948) .
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| Internet users :
| 28,000 (2003) .
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| Hymne :
| .
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