People

Population:
48,137,741 country comparison to the world: 27 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.) country comparison to the world: 139
Birth rate:
16.97 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 123
Death rate:
9.23 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 84
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 country comparison to the world: 53 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 country comparison to the world: 172 male: 61.17 years female: 65.74 years (2009 est.)
Total fertility rate:
1.89 children born/woman (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 145
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.7% (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 64
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
240,000 (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 28
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
25,000 (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 18
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) country comparison to the world: 178