Burma
- Official Name:
- Union of Burma (Burma)
- Area:
- 678.500 km 2
- Population (2007):
- 47.373.958 inhabitants
- Coastline:
- 1.930 km
- Capital:
- Rangoon (Yangon)
- Maritime Ports and terminals:
- Moulmein, Rangoon, Sittwe
- Maritime claims:
-
- Territorial sea: 12 nm
- Contiguous zone: 24 nm
- Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
- Continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
- Political divisions:
- 7 divisions (taing-myar, singular - taing) and 7 states (pyi ne-myar, singular - pyi ne) divisions: Ayeyarwady, Bago, Magway, Mandalay, Sagaing, Tanintharyi, Yangon states: Chin State, Kachin State, Kayah State, Kayin State, Mon State, Rakhine State, Shan State
- Language(s):
- Burmese, minority ethnic groups have their own languages
- National holiday:
- Independence Day, 4 January (1948)
- Nationality:
- Burmese (singular and plural)
- Official time:
- UTC 6.5.
- Member of:
- APT, ARF, AsDB, ASEAN, BIMSTEC, CP, EAS, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ISO (correspondent), ITU, NAM, OPCW (signatory), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
- Internet country code:
- .mm
Economic Profile
- Currency:
-
kyat (MMK) - GDP - per capita (PPP):
- USD 1.800 (2006 est.)
- GDP (official exchange rate):
- (2006 est.) USD 9.600.000.000
- PIB (Real growth rate:
- 3% (2006 est.)
- GDP (Composition by sector): (2006 est.)
-
- Agriculture: 50%
- Industry: 15%
- Services: 35%
- Labor force:
- 28.490.000 (2006 est.)
- Labor force - by occupation (2001):
-
- Agriculture 70%
- Industry: 7%
- Services 23%
- Unemployment rate:
- 10,2% (2006 est.)
- Inflation rate (Consumer prices):
- 21,4% (2006 est)
- Investment (Gross Fixed):
- 11,8% del PIB (2006 est.)
- Budget:
-
- Revenues: USD 2.180.000.000
- Expenditures: USD 2.360.000.000
- Public debt:
- ND
- Current account balance:
- USD 1.247.000.000 (2006 est.)
- Exports:
- USD 3.560.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Exports - Commodities:
- Gas, wood products, pulses, beans, fish, rice, clothing, jade and gems
- Exports - Partners:
- Thailand 43,8%, India 12,1%, China 6,7%, Japan 5% (2005)
- Imports:
- USD 1.980.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Imports - Commodities:
- Fabric, petroleum products, fertilizer, plastics, machinery, transport equipment; cement, construction materials, crude oil; food products, edible oil
- Imports - partners:
- China 28,8%, Thailand 21,8%, Singapore 18,4%, Malaysia 7,6% (2005)
- Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
- USD 1.010.000.000 (2006 est.)
- Debt - external:
- USD 7.162.000.000 (2006)
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