Population: 40,451,732 (July 1989), growth rate 2.0% (1989)

Birth rate: 33 births/1,000 population (1989)

Death rate: 13 deaths/1,000 population (1989)

Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1989)

Infant mortality rate: 99 deaths/1,000 live births (1989)

Life expectancy at birth: 53 years male, 56 years female (1989)

Total fertility rate: 4.2 children born/woman (1989)

Nationality: noun--Burmese; adjective--Burmese

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

Religion: 85% Buddhist, 15% animist beliefs, Muslim, Christian, or other

Language: Burmese; minority ethnic groups have their own languages

Literacy: 78%

Labor force: 15,800,000; 65.6% agriculture, 13.7% industry, 9.8% trade, 6.6% government, 4.3% other (1988)

Organized labor: Workers' Asiayone (association), 1,800,000 members, and Peasants' Asiayone, 7,600,000 members, integrated into the country's sole political party

NOTE: The information regarding Burma on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Burma People 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Burma People 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.