Full Name
Union of Myanmar
Capital City
Nay Pyi Daw
Population
Approximately 50,000,000
Area
678,500 sq km
261,969 sq miles
Time Zone
GMT/UTC +6.5
Languages
Burmese
(official language and language
of the majority population)
Major languages and language
groups of the ethnic minority peoples:
Karen
(a series of Tibeto-Burman languages
on the East of the country)
Shan
(A Tai various Tibeto-Burman languages
of the Kachin State; Jinghpaw is the
State language
Chin
(Tibeto-Burman languages of the
Western mountains)
Mon
(a Mon-Khmer language of the
Southern area in the Mon State)
Wa
(a Mon-Khmer language of the
Wa State inĀ the far North)
Religion
Theravada Buddhist (89%)
Christian (4%)
Muslim (4%)
Animist (1%)
Other (2%)