GDP Official Exchange Rate (OER is more precise at gauging a countries economic power)
(Estimated 2011): $50.2 billion (US$) or £30,120 million (GBP)
GDP (OER) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): (US$) or (GBP)
GDP Purchasing Power Parity (PPP is good for gauging living conditions and use of resources but not as accurate as OER. This data has been calculated based on the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States)
(Estimated 2011): $82.72 billion (US$) or £49,632 million (GBP)
GDP (PPP) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): $1,300 (US$) or £780 (GBP)
Capital: Rangoon (Yangon)
Note: Nay Pyi Taw is the administrative capital
Population (Estimated July 2012): 54,584,650
Area: 676,577km2 or 261,228mi2
Currency: Myanmar Kyat (K)
Official Language: Myanmar (Burmese)
Political Information: Presidential Republic
Official Religion: No Official Religion
(approximately 89% of the population is Buddhist, 4% is Christian, 4% is Muslim, 1% is Animist and 2% follow other faiths).
Highest Mountain: Hkakabo Razi at 5,881m or 19,295ft
Largest River:
Time Zone (GMT/UTC): +6:30
Wildlife:
Counties/Provinces/States: 7 regions (taing-myar, singular - taing) and 7 states (pyi ne-myar, singular - pyi ne)
regions: Ayeyarwady, Bago, Magway, Mandalay, Sagaing, Tanintharyi, Yangon
states: Chin, Kachin, Kayah, Kayin, Mon, Rakhine (Arakan), Shan
Leaders: President Thein Sein with Vice Presidents Sai Mouk Kham.
Additional: Gained independence from the U.K. on the 4th of January 1948.
Sources: CIA World Fact Book, and Encyclopaedia Britannica.
