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<text id=94CT0237><title>Burma—People</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Burma<nl>People</hdr><body>
<list>
<item><hi format=bold>Population:</hi> 44,277,014 (July 1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Population growth rate:</hi> 1.86% (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Birth rate:</hi> 28.45 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Death rate:</hi> 9.84 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Net migration rate:</hi> 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Infant mortality rate:</hi> 63.7 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Life expectancy at birth:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 59.98 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 57.94 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 62.15 years (1994 est.)
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Total fertility rate:</hi> 3.64 children born/woman (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Nationality:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>noun:</hi> Burmese (singular and plural)
<item>• <hi format=ital>adjective:</hi> Burmese
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Ethnic divisions:</hi> Burman 68%, Shan 9%, Karen 7%, Rakhine 4%, Chinese 3%, Mon 2%, Indian 2%, other 5%
<item><hi format=bold>Religions:</hi> Buddhist 89%, Christian 4% (Baptist 3%, Roman Catholic 1%), Muslim 4%, animist beliefs 1%, other 2%
<item><hi format=bold>Languages:</hi> Burmese; minority ethnic groups have their own languages
<item><hi format=bold>Literacy:</hi> age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 81%
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 89%
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 72%
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Labor force:</hi> 16.007 million (1992)
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>by occupation:</hi> agriculture 65.2%, industry 14.3%, trade 10.1%, government 6.3%, other 4.1% (FY89 est.)
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