Population 42,238,224
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2002 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years: 28.6% (male 6,158,039; female 5,905,314)
15-64 years: 66.6% (male 13,976,047; female 14,162,467)
65 years and over: 4.8% (male 905,476; female 1,130,881) (2002 est.)

Population growth rate 0.56% (2002 est.)

Birth rate 19.65 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Death rate 12.25 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Net migration rate -1.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Sex ratio
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2002 est.)

Infant mortality rate 72.11 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 55.41 years
female: 57.07 years (2002 est.)
male: 53.85 years

Total fertility rate 2.23 children born/woman (2002 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate 1.99% (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS 530,000 (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths 48,000 (1999 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: 83.1%
male: 88.7%
female: 77.7% (1995 est.)
note: these are official statistics; estimates of functional literacy are likely closer to 30% (1999 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Burma on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Burma People 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Burma People 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.