_#_Environment: subject to destructive earthquakes and cyclones; flooding and landslides common during rainy season (June to September); deforestation
_#_Note: strategic location near major Indian Ocean shipping lanes
_*People #_Population: 42,112,082 (July 1991), growth rate 2.0% (1991)
_#_Birth rate: 32 births/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Death rate: 13 deaths/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Infant mortality rate: 95 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)
_#_Life expectancy at birth: 53 years male, 56 years female (1991)
_#_Total fertility rate: 4.1 children born/woman (1991)
_#_Nationality: noun—Burmese; adjective—Burmese