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[30] [4] The Muslim population faces religious persecution in Myanmar. Around 800,000 Muslim Rohingyas live in Burma with around 80% living in the Western state of Rakhine . The Military of Myanmar has been killing and driving the Rohingyas out of the country as part of their on and off attempt since the 1940s to create a Muslim-free land in ...
The Provisional results of the 2014 census show that the total population of Myanmar is 51,419,420—a population well below the official estimates of more than 60 million. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] This total population includes 50,213,067 persons counted during the census and an estimated 1,206,353 persons in parts of northern Rakhine State , Kachin State ...
Islam, mainly of the Sunni denomination, is practised by 4.3% of the population of Burma according to the government census latest 2014 year. [1] However, according to the US State Department's 2006 international religious freedom report, the country's non-Buddhist populations were underestimated in the census.
Christianity in Myanmar has a history dating to the early 18th century. According to the 2016 census, Christianity is the country's second largest religion, practiced by 6.3% of the population, [1] primarily among the Kachin, Chin and Kayin, and Eurasians because of missionary work in their respective areas. [2]
Myanmar has a population of approximately 54.5 million in 2023. [2] The 2014 census noted that 88% were Buddhist, 6% were Christian, 4.3% were Muslim, 1% were Animist and 0.5% were Hindu. [3] However, the large movement of Rohingyas in 2017 has halved the number of Muslims in the country.
But the State Religion Promotion Act remains. [2] The military and socialist governments led by Ne Win and his followers attempted to reform Myanmar under the "Burmese Way to Socialism" which contained elements of Buddhism and Socialism. [135] The constitution adopted in 1974 doesn't contain mentioning of a religion as a State Religion. [136]
Kachin state, in northern Myanmar, ... human rights of the ethnic and religious minorities in Myanmar and in 2019 was part of a delegation that met the U.S. President Trump at the White House to ...
According to the 2014 Myanmar Census, Buddhists make up 92.6% of Mon State’s population, forming the largest religious community there. [5] Minority religious communities include Christians (0.5%), Muslims (5.8%), and Hindus (1%) who collectively comprise the remainder of Mon State’s population.