Editing Myanmar (section)

=== Religion ===
{{main|Religion in Myanmar}}{{bar box|title=Religion in Myanmar|width=250px|barwidth=250px|float=right|left1=Religion|right1=Percentage|bars={{bar percent|[[Buddhism]]|Gold|87.9}}
{{bar percent|[[Christianity]]|Blue|6.2}}
{{bar percent|[[Islam in Myanmar|Islam]]|Green|4.3}}
{{bar percent|[[Hinduism]]|DarkOrange|0.5}}
{{bar percent|Tribal religions|Chartreuse|0.8}}
{{bar percent|Other|Crimson|0.2}}
{{bar percent|No religion|Black|0.1}}|caption=Source: [[Census in Myanmar|2014 Myanmar census]]}}Many religions are practised in Myanmar. Religious edifices and orders have been in existence for many years. The Christian and Muslim populations do, however, face religious persecution and it is hard, if not impossible, for non-Buddhists to join the army or get government jobs, the main route to success in the country.<ref>"Ethnic and Religious Diversity: Myanmar's Unfolding Nemesis", Matthews, Bruce, Institute of South East Asian Studies, Visiting Researcher Series, Volume 2001, No. 3. 2001.</ref> Such persecution and targeting of civilians is particularly notable in eastern Myanmar, where over 3,000 villages have been destroyed in the past ten years.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tbbc.org/resources.html#reports |title=Internal Displacement in Eastern Burma 2006 Survey |access-date=4 February 2007 |author=Thailand Burma Border Consortium |year=2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070515121040/http://www.tbbc.org/resources.html |archive-date=15 May 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Harry |last=Priestly |url=http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=5380 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119160146/http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=5380 |archive-date=19 January 2012 |title=The Outsiders |work=[[The Irrawaddy]] |date=17 January 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://isrc.payap.ac.th/document/papers/paper23.pdf |title=The Encounter of Missionary Christianity and Resurgent Buddhism in Post-colonial Myanmar |access-date=14 July 2006 |author=Ling, Samuel Ngun |year=2003 |publisher=Payap University |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060302235658/http://isrc.payap.ac.th/document/papers/paper23.pdf |archive-date=2 March 2006}}</ref> More than 200,000 Muslims have fled to Bangladesh by 2007 to escape persecution.<ref>{{cite book |last=Zatko |first=Martin |title=The Rough Guide to Myanmar|date=2015|page=357}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Dummett |first=Mark |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7019882.stm |title=Burmese exiles in desperate conditions |publisher=BBC News |date=29 September 2007 |access-date=20 November 2012 |archive-date=1 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901205917/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7019882.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>[[File:A nun and group of monks praying before idols in Myanmar.jpg|thumb|Praying Buddhist monks in [[Shwedagon Pagoda]]]]

A large majority of the population practices Buddhism; estimates range from 80%<ref name="pew">[http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/burma-myanmar/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Burma] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010114310/http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/burma-myanmar/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 |date=10 October 2017 }}. [[Pew Research Center]]. 2010.</ref> to 89%.<ref name="Buddhanet">{{cite web | url = http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/buddhistworld/burma-txt.htm | title = Buddhanet.net | access-date = 17 February 2011 | archive-date = 31 March 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170331000030/http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/buddhistworld/burma-txt.htm | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="COTM">{{cite web | url = https://www.childrenofthemekong.org/in-myanmar-the-worst-is-yet-to-come-an-exclusive-interview/ | title = Children of the Mekong | date = 2 March 2023 | access-date = 14 March 2023 | archive-date = 14 March 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230314154216/https://www.childrenofthemekong.org/in-myanmar-the-worst-is-yet-to-come-an-exclusive-interview/ | url-status = live }}</ref> According to the [[2014 Myanmar Census]], 87.9% of the population identifies as Buddhists.<ref name="TUR" /> [[Theravāda]] Buddhism is the most widespread.<ref name="Buddhanet" /> There are some 500,000 Buddhist monks and 75,000 nuns in this country of 54 million.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pyone |first1=Taung |title=Monks in Myanmar have a new target |url=https://www.economist.com/asia/2019/11/14/monks-in-myanmar-have-a-new-target |access-date=17 November 2019 |newspaper=The Economist |date=14 November 2019 |archive-date=17 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191117122716/https://www.economist.com/asia/2019/11/14/monks-in-myanmar-have-a-new-target |url-status=live }}</ref> Other religions are practised largely without obstruction, with the notable exception of some religious minorities such as the Rohingya people, who have continued to have their citizenship status denied and treated as illegal immigrants instead,<ref name="rohingya">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7872635.stm |title=What drive the Rohingya to sea? |publisher=BBC |date=5 February 2009 |access-date=29 July 2012 |author=Head, Jonathan |archive-date=1 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001062936/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7872635.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> and Christians in Chin State.<ref name="2007-religious-freedom-report">{{cite web |url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2007/90131.htm |title=International Religious Freedom Report 2007&nbsp;– Burma |publisher=U.S. Department of State |access-date=17 April 2010 |date=14 September 2007 |archive-date=8 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508105248/https://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2007/90131.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> According to 2014 census, 6.2% of the population identifies as Christian; 4.3% as Muslim; 0.8% as followers of tribal religions; 0.5% as [[Hinduism|Hindus]]; 0.2% as followers of other religions; and 0.1% follow no religion.<ref name="TUR">{{cite book | title=The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census Report Volume 2-C | publisher=Department of Population Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population| date=July 2016 | pages=12–15}}</ref> According to the 2010 estimates of the [[Pew Research Center]], 7% of the population is Christian; 4% is Muslim; 1% follows traditional [[animistic]] beliefs; and 2% follow other religions, including [[Mahayana Buddhism]], [[Hinduism]], and [[East Asian religions]].<ref name="2007-religious-freedom-report" /><ref name="statedept" /> Jehovah's Witnesses have been present since 1914<ref>{{cite book |title=2013 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses |publisher=Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc. |year=2013 |page=85}}</ref> and have about 80 congregations around the country and a branch office in Yangon publishing in 16 languages.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/offices/myanmar |title=Office and Tour Information |publisher=jw.org |access-date=6 November 2015 |archive-date=9 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151009050318/http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/offices/myanmar/ |url-status=live }}</ref> A tiny Jewish community in Yangon had a synagogue but no resident rabbi.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2010/148859.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121191852/http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2010/148859.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 November 2010 |title=Burma—International Religious Freedom Report 2010 |publisher=U.S. Department of State |date=17 November 2010 |access-date=22 February 2011}}</ref>

Although Hinduism is practised by 0.5% of the population, it was a major religion in Myanmar's past.<ref>{{cite book |last=Aung-Thwin |first=Michael A. |title=The Mists of Rāmañña: The Legend that was Lower Burma |publisher=University of Hawai'i Press |location=Honolulu |edition=illustrated |year=2005 |pages=31–34 |isbn=978-0-8248-2886-8}}</ref><ref>[[#Lieberman|Lieberman]], pp. 115–116</ref> [[Burmese folk religion]] is practised by many [[Bamars]] alongside Buddhism.