Burma Demographics Profile 2009

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.)

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

9.14 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)

Net migration rate

NA

Urbanization

urban population: 33% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 2.9% annual rate of change (2005-10 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.)

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.)

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)

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

1.2% of GDP (2001)