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3.4.4 Country IPP Report: Myanmar<br />
Country Profile<br />
Latitude: 9°32´ - 28°31´<br />
Longitude: 92°10´ - 101°11´<br />
Land frontier:<br />
with Thailand 2 099 km<br />
with Laos 235 km<br />
with China 2 227 km<br />
with Bangladesh 272 km<br />
with India 1 453 km<br />
Sea frontier:<br />
Rakhine coastline 713 km<br />
Delta coastline 438 km<br />
Tanintharyi coastline 1 078 km<br />
Area of Myanmar : 676,593 km2<br />
Introduction<br />
• Myanmar is one of the ASEAN member countries.<br />
• Its economy mainly relies on agriculture sector.<br />
• Agriculture sector constitutes 45.1 percent of the GDP, 18 percent of total export value.<br />
• The country’s population in 2004-05 is estimated to be 53 million with the annual<br />
growth rate of 2.02 percent.<br />
• 72 percent of people live in rural area and their livelihood mainly rely on agriculture<br />
and livestock farming.<br />
• The country’s total area accounts for 67.66 million hectares.<br />
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