Editing Demographics of Myanmar (section)

==Religious affiliation==
{{Further information|Religion in Myanmar}}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto;"
|- style="text-align: center;"
! Religious<br>group
! Population <br>% '''1973'''<ref name="TUR">{{cite book | url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B067GBtstE5TSl9FNElRRGtvMUk | title=The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census Census Report Volume 2-C | publisher=Department of Population Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population MYANMAR | author=Department of Population Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population MYANMAR | date=July 2016 | pages=12–15 | access-date=28 July 2016 | archive-date=27 April 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200427034248/https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B067GBtstE5TSl9FNElRRGtvMUk/view?usp=drive_open | url-status=live }}</ref>
! Population <br>% '''1983'''<ref name="TUR"/>
! Population <br>% '''2014'''<ref name="TUR"/><ref group=note>Based on the estimated overall population, including both the enumerated and non-enumerated population (51,486,253), and on the assumption that the non-enumerated population in [[Rakhine State]] affiliate with the Islamic faith.</ref>
|-
! style="background:Yellow;"| Buddhism
| 88.8% || 89.4% || 87.9%
|-
! style="background:DodgerBlue;"| Christianity
| 4.6% || 4.9% || 6.2%
|-
! style="background:Green;"| Islam
| 3.9% || 3.9% || 4.3%
|-
! style="background:DarkOrange;"| Hinduism
| 0.4% || 0.5% || 0.5%
|-
! style="background:Chartreuse;"| Tribal religions
| 2.2% || 1.2% || 0.8%
|-
! style="background:Crimson;"| Other religions
| 0.1% || 0.1% || 0.2%
|-
! style="background:Black; color:white;"| Not religious
| n/a || n/a || 0.1%
|}
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{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%"
|+''Religion in Myanmar''
! Faith !! %<br />(2008 est.)
|-
|'''Total Buddhism''' || 89%
|-
|style="text-indent:20px" | [[Theravada Buddhism]] || 89%
|-
|style="text-indent:20px" | [[Mahayana Buddhism]] || <1%
|-
|'''Total Christianity''' || 4%
|-
|style="text-indent:20px" | [[Baptist]] || 3%
|-
|style="text-indent:20px" | [[Roman Catholicism]] || 1%
|-
| '''Total Islam''' || 4%
|-
|style="text-indent:20px" | [[Sunni Islam]] || 4%
|-
|style="text-indent:20px" | [[Shia Islam]] ||＞0%
|-
| '''Total other religions''' || <1%
|-
|style="text-indent:20px" | [[Animism]] || 1%
|-
|style="text-indent:20px" | Other (inc. [[Hinduism]]) || 2%
|}

=== Buddhist Sangha ===
Below are statistics regarding the Buddhist monastic community in Myanmar, compiled by the [[State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2016|title=၁၃၈၁(၂၀၁၉) ခုနှစ်၊ ဝါဆိုသံဃာနှင့်သီလရှင်စာရင်း|url=http://www.mahana.org.mm/?page_id=98|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817214424/http://www.mahana.org.mm:80/?page_id=98 |archive-date=17 August 2017 |access-date=2021-01-18|website=နိုင်ငံတော် သံဃာ့မဟာနာယကအဖွဲ့|language=my}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
|+''Sangha in Myanmar''
|-
! Division
! [[Samanera]] members
! %
! [[Bhikkhu]] members
! %
! [[Sangha]] members
! %
|-
! [[Kachin State]]
| 3,121
| 1.2%
| 4,845
| 1.7%
| 7,966
| 1.5%
|-
! [[Kayah State]]
| 1,300
| 0.5%
| 760
| 0.3%
| 2,060
| 0.4%
|-
! [[Kayin State]]
| 5,967
| 2.4%
| 8,113
| 2.9%
| 14,080
| 2.6%
|-
! [[Chin State]]
| 157
| 0.1%
| 300
| 0.1%
| 457
| 0.1%
|-
! [[Sagaing Region]]
| 25,050
| 9.9%
| 29,991
| 10.6%
| 55,041
| 10.3%
|-
! [[Tanintharyi Region]]
| 3,009
| 1.2%
| 6,086
| 2.2%
| 9,095
| 1.7%
|-
! [[Naypyidaw Union Territory]]
| 5,713
| 2.3%
| 5,243
| 1.9%
| 10,956
| 2%
|-
! [[Bago Region]]
| 18,032
| 7.1%
| 32,166
| 11.4%
| 50,198
| 9.4%
|-
! [[Magway Region]]
| 13,654
| 5.4%
| 17,695
| 6.3%
| 31,349
| 5.9%
|-
! [[Mandalay Region]]
| 47,217
| 18.7%
| 52,747
| 18.7%
| 99,964
| 18.7%
|-
! [[Mon State]]
| 13,466
| 5.3%
| 19,303
| 6.8%
| 32,769
| 6.1%
|-
! [[Rakhine State]]
| 6,395
| 2.5%
| 6,548
| 2.3%
| 12,943
| 2.4%
|-
! [[Yangon Region]]
| 36,654
| 14.5%
| 51,788
| 18.3%
| 88,442
| 16.5%
|-
! [[Shan State]]
| 57,850
| 22.9%
| 19,663
| 7%
| 77,513
| 14.5%
|-
! [[Ayeyawady Region]]
| 15,377
| 6.1%
| 27,117
| 9.6%
| 42,494
| 7.9%
|-
! Subtotal
| 252,962
| 100%
| 282,365
| 100%
| 535,227
| 100%
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
|+''Thilashin in Myanmar''
! Division
! [[Thilashin]] members
! %
|-
! [[Kachin State]]
| 1,103
| 1.8%
|-
! [[Kayah State]]
| 303
| 0.5%
|-
! [[Kayin State]]
| 1,000
| 1.7%
|-
! [[Chin State]]
| 43
| 0.1%
|-
! [[Sagaing Region]]
| 9,915
| 16.4%
|-
! [[Tanintharyi Region]]
| 978
| 1.6%
|-
! [[Naypyidaw Union Territory]]
| 923
| 1.5%
|-
! [[Bago Region]]
| 5,100
| 8.4%
|-
! [[Magway Region]]
| 2,473
| 4.1%
|-
! [[Mandalay Region]]
| 8,174
| 13.5%
|-
! [[Mon State]]
| 3,550
| 5.9%
|-
! [[Rakhine State]]
| 534
| 0.9%
|-
! [[Yangon Region]]
| 16,960
| 28.1%
|-
! [[Shan State]]
| 3,814
| 6.3%
|-
! [[Ayeyawady Region]]
| 5,520
| 9.1%
|-
! Subtotal
| 60,390
| 100%
|}