Myanmar (Burma)
- Population..............................................................................................57,970,293 (2023 est.)
- Population growth rate....................................................................................0.75% (2023 est.)
- Birth rate......................................................................16.04 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
- Death rate....................................................................7.14 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)
- Net migration rate.................................................-1.36 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 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, although they have never managed to bring the entire national territory under their control; 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; government recognizes 135 indigenous ethnic groups
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