Population: 42,112,082 (July 1991), growth rate 2.0% (1991)

Birth rate: 32 births/1,000 population (1991)

Death rate: 13 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

Infant mortality rate: 95 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

Life expectancy at birth: 53 years male, 56 years female (1991)

Total fertility rate: 4.1 children born/woman (1991)

Nationality: noun--Burmese; adjective--Burmese

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

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

Language: Burmese; minority ethnic groups have their own languages

Literacy: 81% (male 89%, female 72%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Labor force: 16,036,000; agriculture 65.2%, industry 14.3%, trade 10.1%, government 6.3%, other 4.1% (FY89 est.)

Organized labor: Workers' Asiayone (association), 1,800,000 members; Peasants' Asiayone, 7,600,000 members

NOTE: The information regarding Burma on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Burma People 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Burma People 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.