| People | Burma |
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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.) |
Urbanization:
 | urban population: 33% of total population (2008) rate of urbanization: 2.9% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.) |
Population density:
 | 74 people per sq km land area |
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.) |
Birth rate:
 | 16.97 births/1,000 population (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.) |
Major infectious diseases:
 | degree of risk: very high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria water contact disease: leptospirosis animal contact disease: rabies note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009) |
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.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
 | total: 8 years male: 8 years female: 8 years (2001) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
 | 1.2% of GDP (2001) |
People - note:
 | void |
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