Myanmar/Burma
| Capital: | Naypyidaw |
| Area size (Land only): | 657550 sq. km Slightly larger than France |
| Time zone: | GMT +6 1/2 |
| Currency: | Kyat |
| Area code: | (+) 95 |
| Driving: | Right |
| 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 |
People
Standard of living
Economy & aid
Health
Disasters, conflict & migration
Language
Burmese is the official language, but minority languages are also spoken.
Source: New Internationalist World Guide
Population
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
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
100 (2006)
Source: UNESCO
Percentage of population under 15
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
100 (2006)
Source: UNESCO
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 |
Average life expectancy
Life expectancy - male
Life expectancy - female
Infant mortality
Child mortality - deaths before the age of five
Births attended by skilled personnel
Maternal mortality
Human development index (HDI rank)
Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)
Percentage of undernourished population
Food intake falls below the minimum requirement.
Population with access to improved water
Population with access to improved sanitation
Literacy - average
Literacy - male
Literacy - female
Landlines telephones
Cellular telephone subscribers
Internet users
Transparency International corruption ranking (Scale: 1 = least corrupt, >175 = most corrupt)
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
| 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
| 2007 | 10 per 1,000 people | International Telecommunication Union (ITU) 2008 |
| 2006 | 10 per 1,000 people | ITU 2008 |
| 2005 | 10 per 1,000 people | ITU 2008 |
| 2004 | 9 per 1,000 people | ITU 2008 |
| 2003 | 7 per 1,000 people | ITU 2008 |
| 2002 | 7 per 1,000 people | ITU 2008 |
| 2001 | 6 per 1,000 people | ITU 2008 |
| 2000 | 6 per 1,000 people | ITU 2008 |
Cellular telephone subscribers
| 2007 | 4 per 1,000 people | ITU 2008 |
| 2006 | 4 per 1,000 people | ITU 2008 |
| 2005 | 3 per 1,000 people | ITU 2008 |
| 2004 | 2 per 1,000 people | ITU 2008 |
| 2003 | 1 per 1,000 people | ITU 2008 |
| 2002 | 1 per 1,000 people | ITU 2008 |
| 2001 | 0.5 per 1,000 people | ITU 2008 |
| 2000 | 0.3 per 1,000 people | ITU 2008 |
Internet users
| 2007 | 1 per 1,000 people | ITU 2008 |
| 2006 | 1 per 1,000 people | ITU 2008 |
| 2005 | 1 per 1,000 people | ITU 2008 |
| 2004 | 0 per 1,000 people | ITU 2008 |
| 2003 | 0 per 1,000 people | ITU 2008 |
| 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
International humanitarian aid flows
Access the Financial Tracking Service, a global real-time database which records all reported humanitarian aid - including that for NGOs, the Red Cross/Crescent Movement, bilateral aid, in-kind aid and private donations - searchable by country.
Source: Financial Tracking Service, ReliefWeb
Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day
No data available percent
GNI per capita, Atlas method
The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country's exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.
GDP
No data available current US$ billions
Annual GDP growth
Annual inflation
Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
No data available
Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
No data available
No data available percent
GNI per capita, Atlas method
| 2006 | current US$ | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008 |
| 2005 | current US$ | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008 |
| 2004 | current US$ | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008 |
| 2003 | current US$ | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008 |
| 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
| 2006 | percent | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008 |
| 2005 | 17.6 percent | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008 |
| 2004 | 4.2 percent | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008 |
| 2003 | 20.6 percent | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008 |
| 2002 | 41.6 percent | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008 |
| 2001 | 24.9 percent | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008 |
| 2000 | 6.1 percent | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008 |
Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
No data available
Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
No data available
Physicians
Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)
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
| 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 |
Chronology of natural disasters
Access EM-DAT, a database of natural disasters from 1900 to the present - death tolls and numbers of affected people - searchable by country.
Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium
Number of refugees originating here
Number of refugees residing here
No data available
Number of internally displaced people\Estimate
Landmine casualties per year
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
Percentage of GDP spent on health
| 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 |
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