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Myanmar

MM / MMR   22.0°, 96.0°

Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also referred to as Burma, is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has a population of about 55 million. It is bordered by India and Bangladesh to the northwest, China to the northeast, Laos and Thailand to the east and southeast, and the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal to the south and southwest. The country's capital city is Naypyidaw, while its largest city is Yangon.

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People are called
Burmese
Driving side
Right
Calling code
+95
Capital
Naypyidaw
Population
53,370,609
Area
676,577 km2
Climate
Tropical
Government
Military regime
Currency
kyat
Languages
Burmese
Sells
garments, natural gas, dried legumes, rare-earth metal compounds
Sells to
China 32%, Thailand 16%, Japan 7%
Land borders
5: Bangladesh, People's Republic of China, India, Laos ...
Drives on the
right
Calling code
+95
Founded
1948
Hemisphere
Northern

WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED

Burmese

These are English demonyms for people from Myanmar. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.

Demonym source: mledoze/countries · Download the attributed dataset (ODbL)

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SAME LAND, DIFFERENT WORLDS

Civilizations, flags & standards

Modern borders are a starting point for exploring the past. These cultures and states occupied some of the same land; they were not the same country. Dates describe each civilization or state as a whole, not continuous rule over every place listed.

A sourced civilization and flag trail has not been added for Myanmar yet. No ancient flag is inferred from the modern one.

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Turning points

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Religion: state & society

An official religion is a legal status. The largest religious group is a population measure. Neither describes every person's beliefs.

Official status and a dated affiliation breakdown have not been checked for this country. The atlas's religion tags are not a population ranking.

BEYOND THE MAP

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Where it is

Languages

Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.

Burmeseofficial
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Largest cities

Yangon 4,477,638
Mandalay 1,208,099
Nay Pyi Taw 925,000
Mawlamyine 438,861

Wars and conflicts

Conflicts this country is attached to. Click one to see the others. Each says what kind of claim it is: a principal belligerent is hand-checked against the modern state that succeeded the power that fought, while a recorded participant comes from the bulk import, which does not separate combat from funding, basing, occupation or reconstruction. Neither list is complete, so a country missing from a war may still have taken part — which is why the quiz no longer asks who fought in what.

Form of government

Military regime.

Climate and geography

tropical monsoon; cloudy, rainy, hot, humid summers (southwest monsoon, June to September); less cloudy, scant rainfall, mild temperatures, lower humidity during winter (northeast monsoon, December to April)

Climate zone

Highest point

Northern hemisphere.

Figures from its history

Aung San
Aung San Independence leader Aung San was a Burmese politician, independence activist and revolutionary.
Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi Nobel laureate and civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi is a Burmese politician, diplomat, and author who served as State Counsellor of Myanmar and Union Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2016 to 2021.
Ne Win
Ne Win Military ruler, 1962-1988 Ne Win was a Burmese general and politician who served as Burma's head of government from 1958 to 1960 and again from 1962 to 1974; and also as head of state from 1962 to 1981.

Corrected in an AI-assisted review of the imported data (2026-09-22), not yet checked against a named source: cities, leaders, past leaders.