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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 ...
The following is a list of cities and largest towns in Myanmar with populations above 5,000, according to UNFPA Myanmar. [1] The capitals of states and regions in Myanmar are bolded. An enlargeable map of Myanmar. An ethnolinguistic map of Burma.
The earliest census on record in Burmese history was taken in 1359 in the Pinya Kingdom. The first nationwide census was taken in 1638, and it was followed by two other nationwide censuses in 1784 and 1803. [3] The first modern census was taken in 1891 in the British colonial period. It was carried out in 10-year intervals until 1941. [4]
A History of Burma. New York and London: Cambridge University Press. online free to borrow; Hudson, Bob (March 2005), "A Pyu Homeland in the Samon Valley: a new theory of the origins of Myanmar's early urban system" (PDF), Myanmar Historical Commission Golden Jubilee International Conference, archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 2013
Myanmar is one of the world's most corrupt nations. The 2012 Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index ranked the country at number 171, out of 176 countries in total. [358] Myanmar is the world's second largest producer of opium after Afghanistan, producing some 25% of the world's opium, and forms part of the Golden Triangle.
The 2014 Myanmar census reported that Bago had a population of 237,619, representing 48.35% of Bago Township's total population. [17] As of 2019, the urban town has 179,505 people based on the General Administration Department's estimates. 88.73% of the Township is Bamar with a significant Karen, Mon, Palaung and Burmese Indian population.
The Bamar[ note 1 ] are a Sino-Tibetan -speaking ethnic group native to Myanmar. [ 5 ] With an estimated population of around 35 million people, they are the largest ethnic group in Myanmar, accounting for 68.78% of the country's total population. The geographic homeland of the Bamar is the Irrawaddy River basin.
The economy of Myanmar is the seventh largest in Southeast Asia. [6] After the return of civilian rule in 2011, the new government launched large-scale reforms, focused initially on the political system to restore peace and achieve national unity and moving quickly to an economic and social reform program. [7]