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The People of Burma

Burmese People

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Population: 48,137,741 note: estimates for this country take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2009 est.)

Age structure: 0-14 years: 25.3% (male 6,193,263/female 5,990,658) 15-64 years: 69.3% (male 16,510,648/female 16,828,462) 65 years and over: 5.4% (male 1,121,412/female 1,493,298) (2009 est.)

Median age: total: 28.2 years male: 27.7 years female: 28.8 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.783% (2009 est.)

Death rate: 9.23 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate: NA (2009 est.)

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate: total: 47.61 deaths/1,000 live births male: 53.78 deaths/1,000 live births female: 41.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 63.39 years male: 61.17 years female: 65.74 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.89 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.7% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 240,000 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths: 25,000 (2007 est.)

Nationality: noun: Burmese (singular and plural) adjective: Burmese

Ethnic groups: Burman 68%, Shan 9%, Karen 7%, Rakhine 4%, Chinese 3%, Indian 2%, Mon 2%, other 5%

Religions: Buddhist 89%, Christian 4% (Baptist 3%, Roman Catholic 1%), Muslim 4%, animist 1%, other 2%

Languages: Burmese, minority ethnic groups have their own languages

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 89.9% male: 93.9% female: 86.4% (2006 est.)