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Age structure > 0-14 years
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27.2 |
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[122nd of 226]
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Age structure > 15-64 years
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67.8 |
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[56th of 226]
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Age structure > 65 years and over
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5.1 %
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[122nd of 225]
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Birth rate
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17.23 births/1,000 population |
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[122nd of 226]
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Chinese population
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2,000,000 |
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[7th of 127]
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Death rate
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9.23 deaths/1,000 population |
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[83rd of 226]
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Ethnic groups Burman 68%, Shan 9%, Karen 7%, Rakhine 4%, Chinese 3%, Indian 2%, Mon 2%, other 5% |
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Nobel prize laureates
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1 |
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[30th of 44]
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Percentage living in urban areas
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29% |
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[170th of 199]
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Population
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47,758,180 |
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[26th of 242]
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Population growth rate
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0.8% |
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[139th of 235]
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Population in 2015
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54,970 |
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[24th of 225]
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Projected population growth
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43.37% |
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[80th of 141]
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Sex ratio > 15-64 years
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0.99 |
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[128th of 223]
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Sex ratio > Total population
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0.98 male(s)/female |
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[138th of 224]
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Sex ratio > Under 15 years
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1.03 male(s)/female |
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[165th of 224]
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Total fertility rate
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1.92 children born/woman |
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[140th of 225]
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Total Population
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47,382,633 |
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[25th of 227]
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Urban population
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15,458,970
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[39th of 195]
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Urbanization
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28 |
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[175th of 204]
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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; University Libraries, Ohio University; The Nobel Foundation; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights. Estimates and projections of urban and rural populations are made by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and published every two years. These estimates and projections are based on national census or survey data that have been evaluated and, whenever necessary, adjusted for deficiencies and inconsistencies; World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook; Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: http://esa.un.org/unpp; Population Reference Bureau, 2001 World Population Data Sheet, Washington, DC: PRB, 2001. via ciesin.org; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center
Spanish Statistical Institute; World Development Indicators database; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights (ESA/P/WP.173, 20 March 2002)
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Burma, Union of Burma, Pyidaungzu Myanma Naingngandaw (translated by the US Government as Union of Myanma and by the Burmese as Union of Myanmar), Myanma Naingngandaw, burma (myanmar), myanmar (burma), myanmar
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