• Population..............................................................................................57,527,139 (2024 est.)
• Population growth rate....................................................................................0.71% (2024 est.)
• Birth rate.....................................................................15.7 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)
• Death rate...................................................................7.3 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)
• Net migration rate.................................................-1.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)
• Ethnic groups*...............................................Burman (Bamar) 68%, Shan 9%, Karen 7%, Rakhine 4%, Chinese 3%, Indian 2%, Mon 2%, other 5%

* The largest ethnic group — the Burman (or Bamar) — dominate politics, and the military ranks are largely drawn from this ethnic group; the Burman mainly populate the central parts of the country, while various ethnic minorities have traditionally lived in the peripheral regions that surround the plains in a horseshoe shape; the government recognizes 135 indigenous ethnic groups

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