The 1992 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

rate 1.3% (1990 est.)

       Inflation rate (consumer prices):

       —0.5% (1989)

       Unemployment rate:

       NA%

       Budget:

       revenues $275 million; expenditures $287 million, including capital

       expenditures of $NA (1989)

       Exports:

       $262 million (f.o.b., 1989)

       commodities:

       oilseeds, cotton, live animals, gold

       partners:

       EC 42% (France 30%, other 12%), Taiwan 17%, Ivory Coast 15% (1985)

       Imports:

       $619 million (f.o.b., 1989)

       commodities:

       grain, dairy products, petroleum, machinery

       partners:

       EC 37% (France 23%, other 14%), Africa 31%, US 15% (1985)

       External debt:

       $962 million (December 1990 est.)

       Industrial production:

       growth rate 5.7% (1990 est.), accounts for about 15% of GDP (1988)

       Electricity:

       120,000 kW capacity; 320 million kWh produced, 40 kWh per capita (1991)

       Industries:

       cotton lint, beverages, agricultural processing, soap, cigarettes, textiles,

       gold

       Agriculture:

       accounts for about 40% of GDP; cash crops - peanuts, shea nuts, sesame,

       cotton; food crops - sorghum, millet, corn, rice; livestock; not

       self-sufficient in food grains

       Economic aid:

       US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $294 million; Western (non-US)

       countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $2.9 billion;

       Communist countries (1970-89), $113 million

       Currency:

       Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (plural - francs); 1 CFA franc (CFAF)

       = 100 centimes

       Exchange rates:

       CFA francs (CFAF) per US$1 - 269.01 (January 1992), 282.11 (1991), 272.26

       (1990), 319.01 (1989), 297.85 (1988), 300.54 (1987)

       Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      :Burkina Communications

      Railroads:

       620 km total; 520 km Ouagadougou to Ivory Coast border and 100 km

       Ouagadougou to Kaya; all 1.00-meter gauge and single track

       Highways:

       16,500 km total; 1,300 km paved, 7,400 km improved, 7,800 km unimproved

       (1985)

       Civil air:

       2 major transport aircraft

       Airports:

       48 total, 38 usable; 2 with permanent-surface runways; none with runways

       over 3,659 m; 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 8 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

       Telecommunications:

       all services only fair; radio relay, wire, and radio communication stations

       in use; broadcast stations - 2 AM, 1 FM, 2 TV; 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT

       earth station

      :Burkina Defense Forces

      Branches:

       Army, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Police, Peoples' Militia

       Manpower availability:

       males 15-49, 1,904,647; 971,954 fit for military service; no conscription

       Defense expenditures:

       exchange rate conversion - $55 million, 2.7% of GDP (1988 est.)

      :Burma Geography

      Total area:

       678,500 km2

       Land area:

       657,740 km2

       Comparative area:

       slightly smaller than Texas

       Land boundaries:

       5,876 km; Bangladesh 193 km, China 2,185 km, India 1,463 km, Laos 235 km,

       Thailand 1,800 km

       Coastline:

       1,930 km

       Maritime claims:

       Contiguous zone:

       24 nm

       Continental shelf:

       edge of continental margin or 200 nm

       Exclusive economic zone:

       200 nm

       Territorial sea:

       12 nm

       Disputes:

       none

       Climate:

       tropical monsoon; cloudy, rainy, hot, humid summers (southwest monsoon, June

       to September); less cloudy, scant rainfall, mild temperatures, lower

       humidity during winter (northeast monsoon, December to April)

       Terrain:

       central lowlands ringed by steep, rugged highlands

       Natural resources:

       crude oil, timber, tin, antimony, zinc, copper, tungsten, lead, coal, some

       marble, limestone, precious stones, natural gas

       Land use:

       arable land 15%; permanent crops 1%; meadows and pastures 1%; forest and

       woodland 49%; other 34%; includes irrigated 2%

       Environment:

       subject to destructive earthquakes and cyclones; flooding and landslides

       common during rainy season (June to September); deforestation

       Note:

       strategic location near major Indian Ocean shipping lanes

      :Burma People

      Population:

       42,642,418 (July 1992), growth rate 1.9% (1992)

       Birth rate:

       29 births/1,000 population (1992)

       Death rate:

       10 deaths/1,000 population (1992)

       Net migration rate:

       0 migrants/1,000 population (1992)

       Infant mortality rate:

       68 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)

       Life expectancy at birth:

       57 years male, 61 years female (1992)

       Total fertility rate:

       3.8 children born/woman (1992)

       Nationality:

       noun - Burmese (singular and plural); adjective - Burmese

       Ethnic divisions:

       Burman 68%, Shan 9%, Karen 7%, Rakhine 4%, Chinese 3%, Mon 2%, Indian 2%,

       other 5%

       Religions:

       Buddhist 89%, Christian 4% (Baptist 3%, Roman Catholic 1%), Muslim 4%,

       animist beliefs 1%, other 2%

       Languages:

       Burmese;