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  1.  People
  2.  
  3. Population: 41,277,389 (July 1990), growth rate 2.0% (1990).
  4.  
  5. Birth rate: 33 births/1,000 population (1990).
  6.  
  7. Death rate: 13 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
  8.  
  9. Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1990).
  10.  
  11. Infant mortality rate: 97 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
  12.  
  13. Life expectancy at birth: 53 years male, 56 years female (1990).
  14.  
  15. Total fertility rate: 4.2 children born/woman (1990).
  16.  
  17. Nationality: noun--Burmese; adjective--Burmese.
  18.  
  19. Ethnic divisions: 68% Burman, 9% Shan, 7% Karen, 4% Rakhine, 
  20. 3% Chinese, 2% Mon, 2% Indian, 5% other.
  21.  
  22. Religion: 85% Buddhist, 15% animist beliefs, Muslim, Christian, 
  23. or other.
  24.  
  25. Language: Burmese; minority ethnic groups have their own 
  26. languages.
  27.  
  28. Literacy: 78%.
  29.  
  30. Labor force: 16,036,000; 65.2% agriculture, 14.3% industry, 
  31. 10.1%  trade, 6.3% government, 4.1% other (FY89 est.).
  32.  
  33. Organized labor: Workers' Asiayone (association), 1,800,000 
  34. members, and Peasants' Asiayone, 7,600,000 members.
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