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Myanmar Thematic Maps

Country (long form)	Union of Myanmar (Burma)
Capital	Rangoon (regime refers to the capital as Yangon)
Total Area	261,970.31 sq mi 678,500.00 sq km (slightly smaller than Texas)
Population	41,994,678 (July 2001 est.) note: estimates for this country explicitly 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 and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected
Estimated Population in 2050	44,430,144
Languages	Burmese, minority ethnic groups have their own languages
Literacy	83.1% total, 88.7% male, 77.7% female (1995 est.) note: these are official statistics; estimates of functional literacy are closer to 30%
Religions	Buddhist 89%, Christian 4% (Baptist 3%, Roman Catholic 1%), Muslim 4%, animist 1%, other 2%
Life Expectancy	53.73 male, 56.68 female (2001 est.)
Government Type	military regime
Currency	1 kyat (K) = 100 pyas
GDP (per capita)	$1,500 (2000 est.)
Industry	agricultural processing; textiles and footwear; wood and wood products; copper, tin, tungsten, iron; construction materials; pharmaceuticals; fertilizer
Agriculture	paddy rice, corn, oilseed, sugarcane, pulses; hardwood
Arable Land	15%
Natural Resources	petroleum, timber, tin, antimony, zinc, copper, tungsten, lead, coal, some marble, limestone, precious stones, natural gas, hydropower