Religion by ethnicity in Myanmar 1983

	Total	Restricted areas estimation	Total enumerated	Buddhist	Baptist	Catholic	Church of England	Other Christians	Sunni Islam	Shiite Islam	Animist	Hindu	Others
Union	35307913	1183005	34124908	30520175	1077563	353022	41178	205942	1290885	17639	391578	174401	52525
Kachin			465484	23746	263364	57465	6685	67691	368	17	44711	48	1389
Kayah			141028	30705	18168	68504	1726	184	14	-	21041	3	683
Karen			2122825	1559965	414237	84289	16632	8808	2834	87	17618	55	18300
Chin			745463	158145	260603	65112	11272	122100	121	8	117340	155	10607
Burmese			23532433	23219755	19704	22248	2095	2060	249634	4030	3011	2988	6908
Mon			826801	819953	3186	314	43	77	2634	22	387	27	158
Rakhine			1536725	1510049	656	460	192	212	22345	263	2187	99	262
Shan			2890437	2619283	85187	34257	468	1136	5428	142	143272	69	1195
Other indigenous			33227	5182	1428	531	6	596	18217	609	3585	2966	107
Mixed foreign & Burmese			456445	201499	4151	4581	530	586	227227	5960	3217	4882	3812
Chinese			233470	191699	3775	722	187	739	2897	68	31272	43	2068
Indian			428428	116216	2709	13652	1183	1591	137094	3320	3912	143545	5206
Pakistani			42140	1345	32	100	29	26	37643	1865	1	567	532
Bangladeshi			567985	2187	24	109	19	8	562565	1136	11	865	1061
Nepalese			73511	55420	186	67	26	61	117	7	12	17410	205
Other foreign			28506	5026	153	611	85	67	21747	105	1	679	32
	Total	Restricted areas estimation	Total enumerated	Buddhist	Baptist	Catholic	Church of England	Other Christians	Sunni Islam	Shiite Islam	Animist	Hindu	Others
Chin State	368949	-	368949	39752	160063	36962	7622	63446	222	2	52573	127	8180
Kachin			15	3	7	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	1
Kayah			5	2	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Karen			61	19	15	22	1	2	-	-	1	-	1
Chin			349109	21305	159851	36834	7485	63242	4	2	52209	9	8168
Burmese			2915	2734	86	29	5	28	25	-	6	2	-
Mon			13	12	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rakhine			16163	15414	38	44	129	158	16	-	354	-	10
Shan			62	45	8	5	1	3	-	-	-	-	-
Other indigenous			2	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Mixed foreign & Burmese			113	67	18	18	1	-	3	-	3	3	-
Chinese			26	21	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Indian			118	58	18	5	-	10	-	-	-	27	-
Pakistani			11	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-
Bangladeshi			224	54	1	-	-	-	162	-	-	7	-
Nepalese			111	18	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	79	-
Other foreign			1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Total	Restricted areas estimation	Total enumerated	Buddhist	Baptist	Catholic	Church of England	Other Christians	Sunni Islam	Shiite Islam	Animist	Hindu	Others
Irrawaddy Division	4994061	-	4994061	4635303	217195	53964	4173	3183	58530	2607	5845	5275	7986
Kachin			668	211	325	93	11	26	-	-	-	-	2
Kayah			244	119	43	70	-	3	1	-	-	-	8
Karen			1020110	742658	211023	47639	3926	2847	855	32	5234	17	5879
Chin			7580	4845	1391	1194	17	89	3	-	18	-	23
Burmese			3784541	3767810	3069	1786	159	56	10352	277	355	48	629
Mon			3661	3388	73	163	1	5	14	-	5	-	12
Rakhine			54477	53896	83	51	3	2	411	-	6	3	22
Shan			2465	2245	120	59	1	16	12	-	6	-	6
Other indigenous			108	88	5	2	-	-	3	-	-	-	10
Mixed foreign & Burmese			75312	39889	781	654	30	33	31551	1407	41	411	515
Chinese			12724	12499	47	84	1	-	16	-	19	11	47
Indian			23439	7278	222	2124	17	101	7760	528	160	4603	646
Pakistani			3557	139	3	27	-	4	3060	124	-	105	95
Bangladeshi			5034	150	1	3	-	-	4484	239	1	68	88
Nepalese			86	70	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	9	4
Other foreign			55	18	7	15	7	-	8	-	-	-	-
	Total	Restricted areas estimation	Total enumerated	Buddhist	Baptist	Catholic	Church of England	Other Christians	Sunni Islam	Shiite Islam	Animist	Hindu	Others
Kachin State	904794	85020	819774	473939	178355	49758	5260	65055	12628	202	23649	9430	1498
Kachin			312195	4347	171459	45927	5043	64328	141	1	19736	8	1205
Kayah			168	71	17	74	2	4	-	-	-	-	-
Karen			2019	801	968	148	33	48	19	-	1	-	1
Chin			5769	948	2896	1556	27	180	15	1	139	-	7
Burmese			240159	232572	1008	808	46	117	5457	35	23	23	70
Mon			268	251	10	2	-	2	3	-	-	-	-
Rakhine			1821	1496	47	14	-	9	238	14	1	-	2
Shan			198266	195578	734	645	59	60	414	-	749	1	26
Other indigenous			405	41	129	13	-	221	-	-	-	-	1
Mixed foreign & Burmese			12325	7940	607	339	34	43	3053	57	99	90	63
Chinese			18200	14530	416	63	5	20	187	23	2889	-	67
Indian			11007	5326	20	142	2	7	1730	52	4	3713	11
Pakistani			1084	38	-	-	-	-	989	18	-	12	27
Bangladeshi			469	76	-	-	-	-	362	1	-	19	11
Nepalese			15586	9895	43	26	9	15	19	-	8	5564	7
Other foreign			33	29	1	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
	Total	Restricted areas estimation	Total enumerated	Buddhist	Baptist	Catholic	Church of England	Other Christians	Sunni Islam	Shiite Islam	Animist	Hindu	Others
Karen State	1055359	422397	632962	529891	29859	19883	8474	1027	32376	474	1526	4800	4652
Kachin			414	207	165	36	-	3	-	-	3	-	-
Kayah			8977	149	1547	5670	1426	-	-	-	-	-	185
Karen			361544	306356	27593	13559	6949	990	890	8	1064	3	4132
Chin			414	225	155	18	3	9	4	-	-	-	-
Burmese			89587	86772	221	83	62	12	2367	30	23	1	16
Mon			112137	111380	20	1	1	2	644	-	86	-	3
Rakhine			1638	1600	13	5	4	-	15	-	-	-	1
Shan			18834	17944	69	14	9	2	507	3	274	1	11
Other indigenous			48	5	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	42
Mixed foreign & Burmese			17228	2210	54	53	17	5	14644	154	-	64	27
Chinese			500	484	3	2	-	-	10	-	-	-	1
Indian			9941	2321	8	440	-	3	2302	72	76	4667	52
Pakistani			1033	5	-	-	-	-	871	151	-	6	-
Bangladeshi			10478	74	1	1	1	1	10115	56	-	49	180
Nepalese			181	158	9	1	2	-	-	-	-	9	2
Other foreign			8	1	1	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-
	Total	Restricted areas estimation	Total enumerated	Buddhist	Baptist	Catholic	Church of England	Other Christians	Sunni Islam	Shiite Islam	Animist	Hindu	Others
Kayah State	168429	8768	159661	73803	22462	40192	493	222	1855	72	19940	158	464
Kachin			593	146	131	73	1	16	7	-	219	-	-
Kayah			89287	16293	14277	38610	18	132	5	-	19620	1	331
Karen			10272	1593	7166	915	449	53	22	-	40	-	34
Chin			573	86	389	80	3	6	-	-	8	-	1
Burmese			27975	26684	174	174	12	5	864	36	-	1	25
Mon			668	640	18	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rakhine			435	388	12	5	-	-	29	-	1	-	-
Shan			26515	25922	197	171	6	3	158	4	52	-	2
Other indigenous			30	18	7	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mixed foreign & Burmese			947	556	77	61	2	6	232	-	-	4	9
Chinese			335	296	3	33	-	-	2	-	-	-	1
Indian			359	125	1	47	1	-	124	21	-	12	28
Pakistani			259	17	-	-	-	-	223	-	-	-	19
Bangladeshi			181	2	-	-	-	-	153	11	-	1	14
Nepalese			1219	1037	9	4	-	1	29	-	-	139	-
Other foreign			13	-	1	4	1	-	7	-	-	-	-
	Total	Restricted areas estimation	Total enumerated	Buddhist	Baptist	Catholic	Church of England	Other Christians	Sunni Islam	Shiite Islam	Animist	Hindu	Others
Magwe Division	3243166	-	3243166	3208974	7705	3167	230	523	9839	334	9968	1518	908
Kachin			661	298	246	72	5	33	2	-	1	3	1
Kayah			414	229	13	168	1	1	-	-	2	-	-
Karen			2008	1048	728	171	30	22	2	-	4	-	3
Chin			80057	61065	6253	2260	160	395	7	-	9840	-	77
Burmese			3135826	3132150	372	168	17	46	2239	60	103	33	638
Mon			266	244	9	7	-	2	-	-	1	-	3
Rakhine			2198	2133	5	1	-	-	58	-	-	1	-
Shan			1377	1280	40	24	3	8	14	1	5	-	2
Other indigenous			25	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
Mixed foreign & Burmese			10365	5595	21	81	4	7	4308	203	3	86	57
Chinese			2520	2477	8	11	-	-	4	-	8	-	12
Indian			5921	2252	8	183	2	1	1936	59	1	1391	88
Pakistani			1056	30	-	8	-	-	1012	3	-	1	2
Bangladeshi			283	30	-	-	-	2	233	8	-	2	8
Nepalese			107	94	2	2	1	-	1	-	-	1	6
Other foreign			82	30	-	11	7	6	23	-	-	-	5
	Total	Restricted areas estimation	Total enumerated	Buddhist	Baptist	Catholic	Church of England	Other Christians	Sunni Islam	Shiite Islam	Animist	Hindu	Others
Mandalay Division	4577762	-	4577762	4392497	19644	10122	1881	2313	134556	1558	2025	11207	1959
Kachin			21538	7115	10903	431	721	772	28	3	1542	13	10
Kayah			436	154	33	231	2	6	-	-	1	-	9
Karen			14720	8355	3202	1907	567	619	29	1	9	1	30
Chin			6585	2624	2985	565	40	303	16	-	27	5	20
Burmese			4359854	4262807	1525	4568	365	355	87101	868	198	843	1224
Mon			1071	1036	18	1	-	2	10	-	-	-	4
Rakhine			5141	4934	16	12	-	3	165	7	1	1	2
Shan			51755	50911	404	126	22	31	191	4	23	3	40
Other indigenous			3380	617	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	2747	8
Mixed foreign & Burmese			43213	14039	206	437	74	69	27470	369	71	227	251
Chinese			13145	12231	211	30	21	45	385	1	150	1	70
Indian			22408	6471	98	1714	55	77	8998	151	3	4706	135
Pakistani			2654	69	-	-	4	-	2491	44	-	10	36
Bangladeshi			8025	174	-	5	-	-	7636	110	-	75	25
Nepalese			23675	20938	28	11	5	27	11	-	-	2564	91
Other foreign			162	22	11	80	5	4	25	-	-	11	4
	Total	Restricted areas estimation	Total enumerated	Buddhist	Baptist	Catholic	Church of England	Other Christians	Sunni Islam	Shiite Islam	Animist	Hindu	Others
Mon State	1680157	-	1680157	1549285	6872	1584	202	160	99366	1338	1055	19519	776
Kachin			430	157	228	33	-	6	2	-	2	1	1
Kayah			734	700	19	8	-	2	3	-	-	-	2
Karen			263990	259344	3419	443	67	68	294	2	131	11	211
Chin			1578	672	793	62	8	22	9	-	7	-	5
Burmese			624489	603789	566	281	28	20	18670	160	42	824	109
Mon			642185	638966	1538	46	23	21	1228	17	217	26	103
Rakhine			4094	3875	19	1	-	1	190	5	-	-	3
Shan			10514	10334	47	5	1	3	117	-	1	-	6
Other indigenous			104	19	1	-	-	-	84	-	-	-	-
Mixed foreign & Burmese			47127	12348	95	154	19	13	32737	358	27	1237	139
Chinese			2547	2489	15	2	-	1	11	-	24	-	5
Indian			52022	16304	128	520	39	2	16963	129	604	17190	143
Pakistani			7666	47	1	2	7	-	6922	519	-	166	2
Bangladeshi			22460	89	-	3	1	-	22127	148	-	49	43
Nepalese			172	146	-	2	-	1	5	-	-	15	3
Other foreign			45	6	3	22	9	-	4	-	-	-	1
	Total	Restricted areas estimation	Total enumerated	Buddhist	Baptist	Catholic	Church of England	Other Christians	Sunni Islam	Shiite Islam	Animist	Hindu	Others
Pegu Division	3799791	-	3799791	3581862	68004	12212	4966	3016	42031	2008	11199	66289	8204
Kachin			1327	566	574	96	16	34	2	1	13	3	22
Kayah			1806	213	731	572	264	13	-	-	2	2	9
Karen			181107	93031	60184	7197	3325	2060	104	9	9580	1	5616
Chin			30389	21641	3873	3083	1102	436	2	1	221	1	29
Burmese			3376576	3355033	1954	752	174	181	16739	477	289	247	730
Mon			15308	15220	28	2	-	1	21	-	10	-	26
Rakhine			9671	9232	35	7	2	8	352	12	-	1	22
Shan			44181	43710	274	74	26	29	20	-	23	1	24
Other indigenous			29	11	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	8	8
Mixed foreign & Burmese			33507	16946	183	146	5	29	14057	831	30	392	888
Chinese			10729	10532	48	21	2	53	26	-	10	1	36
Indian			89681	15189	106	254	32	172	6740	320	1021	65108	739
Pakistani			2610	108	1	-	9	-	2203	252	-	14	23
Bangladeshi			2098	199	1	-	1	-	1761	103	-	8	25
Nepalese			241	214	2	2	-	-	3	-	-	14	6
Other foreign			531	17	9	5	8	-	1	2	-	488	1
	Total	Restricted areas estimation	Total enumerated	Buddhist	Baptist	Catholic	Church of England	Other Christians	Sunni Islam	Shiite Islam	Animist	Hindu	Others
Rakhine State	2045559	-	2045559	1425093	4521	3094	193	72	583944	574	24113	3261	694
Kachin			171	38	63	6	2	8	-	-	50	-	4
Kayah			19	3	1	13	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
Karen			864	514	276	52	14	3	5	-	-	-	-
Chin			64404	35913	3838	2672	128	35	17	-	21763	1	37
Burmese			14178	13814	100	46	5	9	197	1	-	1	5
Mon			280	263	7	1	-	1	8	-	-	-	-
Rakhine			1387450	1368447	198	249	33	9	16388	107	1815	62	142
Shan			354	301	21	5	-	4	8	-	15	-	-
Other indigenous			37	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	32	-
Mixed foreign & Burmese			9396	963	10	15	2	-	8362	19	-	15	10
Chinese			724	716	-	3	-	-	3	-	1	1	-
Indian			48574	3780	1	15	1	-	41294	239	463	2745	36
Pakistani			394	125	-	-	-	-	266	-	-	3	-
Bangladeshi			497208	167	4	12	7	3	496108	193	6	249	459
Nepalese			41	36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-
Other foreign			21465	9	1	5	1	-	21287	15	-	147	-
	Total	Restricted areas estimation	Total enumerated	Buddhist	Baptist	Catholic	Church of England	Other Christians	Sunni Islam	Shiite Islam	Animist	Hindu	Others
Rangoon Division	3965916	-	3965916	3614056	76050	24330	3706	4882	186906	5602	2399	37967	10018
Kachin			2786	712	1643	234	58	99	23	1	6	4	6
Kayah			341	150	68	112	2	6	1	-	2	-	-
Karen			191484	120428	57351	7598	991	1658	548	24	532	19	2335
Chin			7428	1549	4690	672	148	333	4	2	19	1	10
Burmese			3314561	3244836	7391	4851	1039	765	51015	1359	214	657	2434
Mon			25575	24316	495	54	18	28	653	3	4	1	3
Rakhine			44310	40161	118	20	21	21	3792	91	6	30	50
Shan			20429	19219	692	145	32	82	239	3	6	-	11
Other indigenous			547	404	41	53	-	4	17	-	-	22	6
Mixed foreign & Burmese			131029	57343	1050	2047	281	325	65236	1854	40	1658	1195
Chinese			52484	50864	388	309	37	332	76	8	49	16	405
Indian			142445	50679	1962	7728	1019	1141	38848	1406	1516	35078	3068
Pakistani			16749	570	26	61	9	22	15049	605	1	113	293
Bangladeshi			12273	625	2	80	6	2	11045	153	4	182	174
Nepalese			1902	1655	21	-	-	8	18	7	-	180	13
Other foreign			1573	545	112	366	45	56	342	86	-	6	15
	Total	Restricted areas estimation	Total enumerated	Buddhist	Baptist	Catholic	Church of England	Other Christians	Sunni Islam	Shiite Islam	Animist	Hindu	Others
Sagaing Division	3862172	37014	3825158	3586227	74614	23689	2951	57975	39776	499	33645	2117	3665
Kachin			6637	1000	3401	841	676	372	2	1	328	1	15
Kayah			92	72	10	8	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
Karen			2265	1271	838	89	9	42	3	-	1	-	12
Chin			184934	5752	69299	15630	2096	56712	29	1	33059	138	2218
Burmese			3447823	3409460	692	6991	127	364	29015	127	213	76	758
Mon			356	340	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rakhine			1753	1710	6	3	-	1	25	-	3	-	5
Shan			154308	153966	151	23	7	68	33	-	20	-	40
Other indigenous			801	183	97	-	6	364	8	-	8	128	7
Mixed foreign & Burmese			13259	5049	55	44	20	12	7322	286	5	81	385
Chinese			4512	4433	35	4	1	1	12	-	5	-	21
Indian			4312	1336	9	48	7	38	1757	48	2	946	121
Pakistani			268	10	-	-	-	-	224	12	-	1	21
Bangladeshi			1477	66	-	5	1	-	1346	24	-	5	30
Nepalese			2343	1569	2	-	1	1	-	-	-	741	29
Other foreign			18	10	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Total	Restricted areas estimation	Total enumerated	Buddhist	Baptist	Catholic	Church of England	Other Christians	Sunni Islam	Shiite Islam	Animist	Hindu	Others
Shan State	3716841	626502	3090339	2592120	173404	69774	921	3613	34865	1169	200792	10469	3212
Kachin			117937	8918	74158	9606	149	1989	160	9	22811	15	122
Kayah			38487	12541	1407	22964	11	12	2	-	1413	-	137
Karen			12695	6691	4600	981	211	54	36	11	104	-	7
Chin			6279	1408	3983	462	53	323	11	1	26	-	12
Burmese			343941	331389	1881	1143	33	32	8849	365	60	52	137
Mon			1554	1438	57	24	-	1	34	-	-	-	-
Rakhine			6318	5602	66	42	-	-	589	17	-	1	1
Shan			2360541	2097024	82413	32960	301	827	3705	127	142097	63	1024
Other indigenous			8662	3678	1140	453	-	7	9	-	3343	29	3
Mixed foreign & Burmese			39265	23518	937	470	27	39	10586	305	2877	291	215
Chinese			111108	76315	2590	149	118	284	2161	34	28049	13	1395
Indian			11075	3570	101	418	8	38	4970	175	8	1681	106
Pakistani			2491	171	1	1	-	-	2095	82	-	134	7
Bangladeshi			2203	397	13	-	1	-	1603	43	-	144	2
Nepalese			27596	19406	54	18	8	7	27	-	4	8028	44
Other foreign			187	54	3	83	1	-	28	-	-	18	-
	Total	Restricted areas estimation	Total enumerated	Buddhist	Baptist	Catholic	Church of England	Other Christians	Sunni Islam	Shiite Islam	Animist	Hindu	Others
Tenasserim Division	917247	3304	913943	810781	38513	4177	73	432	53393	1172	2849	2249	304
Kachin			99	27	53	13	2	3	1	-	-	-	-
Kayah			18	9	1	3	-	4	1	-	-	-	-
Karen			59548	17822	36789	3558	54	341	25	-	917	3	39
Chin			334	109	193	17	2	9	-	-	4	-	-
Burmese			763595	743999	507	505	7	60	16501	221	1485	179	131
Mon			23430	22434	893	2	-	12	19	2	64	-	4
Rakhine			1167	1086	-	5	-	-	64	10	-	-	2
Shan			735	718	4	-	-	-	9	-	1	-	3
Other indigenous			19049	95	1	-	-	-	18094	609	234	-	16
Mixed foreign & Burmese			22856	14726	42	39	6	2	7534	108	21	322	56
Chinese			3766	3678	1	5	-	-	4	2	68	-	8
Indian			6884	1510	27	13	-	1	3465	116	54	1665	33
Pakistani			2308	16	-	1	-	-	2227	55	-	2	7
Bangladeshi			5572	84	1	-	1	-	5430	47	-	7	2
Nepalese			251	184	-	1	-	-	4	-	-	62	-
Other foreign			4331	4284	1	15	1	-	15	2	1	9	3
	Total	Restricted areas estimation	Total enumerated	Buddhist	Baptist	Catholic	Church of England	Other Christians	Sunni Islam	Shiite Islam	Animist	Hindu	Others
Burmese nationals abroad			7710	6592	302	114	33	23	598	28	-	15	5
Kachin			13	1	8	2	1	-	-	1	-	-	-
Kayah			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karen			138	34	85	10	6	1	2	-	-	-	-
Chin			30	3	14	7	-	6	-	-	-	-	-
Burmese			6413	5906	158	63	16	10	243	14	-	1	2
Mon			29	25	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rakhine			89	75	-	1	-	-	13	-	-	-	-
Shan			101	86	13	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Other indigenous			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mixed foreign & Burmese			503	310	15	23	8	3	132	9	-	1	2
Chinese			150	134	6	5	2	3	-	-	-	-	-
Indian			242	17	-	1	-	-	207	4	-	13	-
Pakistani			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bangladeshi			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nepalese			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other foreign			2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1

Source: The Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma 1983 population census [publications by each state/division]. Ministry of Home and Religious affairs, Immigration and Manpower Department, Rangoon, 1986-1987