Key facts
Capital:Naypyidaw
Location:Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Bangladesh and Thailand
Currency:kyats (MMK)
Area:676,578 sq km
Population:57,069,099 (July 2021 est.)
Languages:Burmese (official)
Religion:Buddhist 87.9%, Christian 6.2%, Muslim 4.3%, Animist 0.8%, Hindu 0.5%, other 0.2%, none 0.1% (2014 est.)
TimeZone:UTC+6.5
Tel Code:+95
