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Population: 47,373,958 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 and death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.).

Age structure: 0-14 years: 26.1% (male 6,277,073/female 6,084,001) 15-64 years: 68.6% (male 16,089,764/female 16,425,299) 65 years and over: 5.3% (male 1,075,868/female 1,421,953) (2007 est.).

Population growth rate: 0.815% (2007 est.).

Birth rate: 17.48 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Death rate: 9.33 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.032 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.757 male(s)/female total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2007 est.).

Infant mortality rate: total: 50.68 deaths/1,000 live births male: 57.33 deaths/1,000 live births female: 43.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 62.49 years male: 60.29 years female: 64.83 years (2007 est.).

Total fertility rate: 1.95 children born/woman (2007 est.).

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 1.2% (2003 est.).

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 330,000 (2003 est.).

HIV/AIDS - deaths: 20,000 (2003 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: 89.9% male: 93.9% female: 86.4% (2000 est.).

GDP (purchasing power parity): $85.2 billion (2006 est.).

GDP - real growth rate: 3% (2006 est.).

GDP - per capita (PPP): $1,800 (2006 est.).

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 50% industry: 15% services: 35% (2006 est.).

Labor force: 28.49 million (2006 est.).

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 70% industry: 7% services: 23% (2001 est.).

Population below poverty line: 25% (2000 est.).

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.8% highest 10%: 32.4% (1998).

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 21.4% (2006 est.).

Unemployment rate: 10.2% (2006 est.).

Budget: revenues: $2.18 billion expenditures: $2.36 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2006 est.).

Agriculture - products: rice, pulses, beans, sesame, groundnuts, sugarcane; hardwood; fish and fish products.

Industries: agricultural processing; wood and wood products; copper, tin, tungsten, iron; cement, construction materials; pharmaceuticals; fertilizer; natural gas; garments, jade and gems.

Industrial production growth rate: NA%.

Electricity - production: 6.02 billion kWh (FY05/06).

Electricity - consumption: 5.325 billion kWh (FY05/06).

Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2006).

Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2006).

Exports: $3.56 billion f.o.b. note: official export figures are grossly underestimated due to the value of timber, gems, narcotics, rice, and other products smuggled to Thailand, China, and Bangladesh (2006 est.).

Exports - commodities: gas, wood products, pulses, beans, fish, rice, clothing, jade and gems.

Exports - partners: Thailand 43.8%, India 12.1%, China 6.7%, Japan 5% (2005).

Imports: $1.98 billion f.o.b. note: import figures are grossly underestimated due to the value of consumer goods, diesel fuel, and other products smuggled in from Thailand, China, Malaysia, and India (2006 est.).

Imports - commodities: fabric, petroleum products, fertilizer, plastics, machinery, transport equipment; cement, construction materials, crude oil; food products, edible oil.

Imports - partners: China 28.8%, Thailand 21.8%, Singapore 18.4%, Malaysia 7.6% (2005).

Debt - external: $7.162 billion (2006 est.).

Economic aid - recipient: $127 million (2001 est.).

Currency (code): kyat (MMK).

Exchange rates: kyats per US dollar - 1,280 (2006), 5.761 (2005), 5.7459 (2004), 6.0764 (2003), 6.5734 (2002) note: unofficial exchange rates ranged in 2004 from 815 kyat/US dollar to nearly 970 kyat/US dollar, and by yearend 2005, the unofficial exchange rate was 1,075 kyat/US dollar; data shown for 2002-05 are official exchange rates.

Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March.