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GeographyLocation: Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal,between Bangladesh and Thailand
Area: Land boundaries: total 5,876 km, Bangladesh 193 km, China 2,185 km, India 1,463 km,Laos 235 km, Thailand 1,800 km Coastline: 1,930 km
PeoplePopulation: 45,103,809 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 1.84% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 28.02 births/1,000 population Death rate: 9.63 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 61.6 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 3.58 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Burman 68%, Shan 9%, Karen 7%, Rakhine 4%, Chinese 3%, Mon 2%, Indian2%, other 5% Religions: Buddhist 89%, Christian 4% (Baptist 3%, Roman Catholic 1%), Muslim4%, animist beliefs 1%, other 2% Languages: Burmese; minority ethnic groups have their own languages
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
Government
Names:
Type: military regime Capital: Rangoon (regime refers to the capital as Yangon) Independence: 4 January 1948 (from UK) Constitution: 3 January 1974 (suspended since 18 September 1988); National Convention started on 9 January 1993 to draft a new constitution; chapter headings and three of 15 sections have been approved
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $41.4 billion National product real growth rate: 6.4% National product per capita: $930 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 38% Unemployment rate:
Electricity:
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