Key facts
Capital: Naypyidaw
Location: Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Bangladesh and Thailand
Government: Union of Burma
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
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