Myanmar
Watermark portrait: Aung San Suu Kyi
Country in Southeast Asia
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.
Text: Wikipedia — MyanmarCC BY-SA 4.0 · revised 2026-07-28
- Capital
- Naypyidaw
- Currency
- kyat (MMK)
- Official language
- Burmese
- Drives on the
- Right
- Calling code
- +95
- Licence plate code
- BUR
- Top-level domain
- .mm
- Independence / founding
- 04 Jan 1948
- Highest point
- Hkakabo Razi (5,881 m)
- Lowest point
- Indian Ocean (0 m)
- Anthem
- Kaba Ma Kyei
The World Bank does not publish figures for Myanmar, so this note carries no economic or social statistics.
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