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The results showed a nationwide population density of 76 per square kilometre (200/sq mi). Yangon Region was the most densely populated Region, (723 per square kilometre (1,870/sq mi)), followed by
Mandalay (206 per square kilometre (530/sq mi)). The least densely populated States were
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The provisional census results indicated that there were 10,889,348 households in
Myanmar. On average, 4.4 people lived in each household in the country. The average household size was highest in Kachin State and Chin State at 5.1. The lowest household sizes were observed in Ayeyawady Region,
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October 2012. This total population included 50,213,067 persons counted during the census and an estimated 1,206,353 persons in parts of northern
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There were 14,864,119 persons living in Wards (urban areas) throughout the country. This represented 29.6% of the total population. Yangon Region was the most urbanised (70.1%), followed by Kachin State (36.0%). Magway Region (15.1%) and
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residents. On 29 March 2014, the government banned the word
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