Myanmar Country Profile

Area: 678,500 sq km

Capital: Rangoon (regime refers to the capital as 
Yangon)

Nationality: noun: Burmese (singular and plural); adjective: Burmese

Population: 42,238,224
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 (July 2002 est.)

Languages: Burmese, minority ethnic groups have their own languages

Religions: Buddhist 89%, Christian 4% (Baptist 3%, Roman Catholic 1%), Muslim 4%, animist beliefs 1%, other 2%

Literacy: 83.1%

Gross Domestic Product—per capita: $1,500 (2001 est.)

Currency: kyat (MMK)

Climate: tropical monsoon; cloudy, rainy, hot, humid summers (southwest monsoon, June to September); less cloudy, scant rainfall, mild temperatures, lower humidity during winter (northeast monsoon, December to April)

Exports—commodities: apparel 55%, foodstuffs 18%, wood products 13%, precious stones 2% (2000)

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Church Statistics
The Church of the Nazarene began work in Myanmar in 1984.

District: 1
Churchs: 15
Members: 2,034
Elders: 5
Licensees: 1