Races of Myanmar

OFFICIALLY assigned ethnic groups in Myanmar
  Major Group                                                       % Share of Population
                                                                       1983 (Census)     2000 (estimate)

1. Kachin (12 sub-nationalities)                              1.4                    1.4
2. Kayah (9 sub-nationalities)                                 0.4                    0.4
3. Kayin (11 sub-nationalities)                                 6.2                    6.2
4. Chin (53 sub-nationalitites)                                  2.2                    2.0
5. Bamar (9 sub-nationalities)                                  69.0                  66.0
6. Mon (no sub-nationalitites)                                   2.4                    2.6
7. Rakhine (7 sub-nationalities)                                 4.5                    4.2
8. Shan (33 sub-nationalities)                                    8.5                    8.5
9. Others (unspecified & foreign races)                       5.4                    5.7

(source: Government of Burma, Burma 1983 Population Census & 27th edition by office of strategic studies, ministry of defence, May 2001)


Practice of Major Religions in Myanmar (1983 census)
    Faith                                         % share

• Buddhist                                  89.4
• Christian                                    4.9
• Muslim                                       3.9
• Hindu                                         0.5
• Animist and Others                      1.3

(source: Government of Burma, Burma 1983 population census (Rangoon: Immigration and Manpower Department, 1986)