The primary launch presentation for Myanmar's 2014 Population and Housing Census religion results (Census Report Volume 2-C), released by the Department of Population on July 21, 2016, reporting 87.9 percent of Myanmar's population as Buddhist once the census's own estimate of non-enumerated Rakhine State residents is included (89.8 percent among only the population actually enumerated), against 88.8 percent in 1973 and 89.4 percent in 1983, the two prior censuses the report presents for comparison. The report is explicit that Rohingya residents largely went uncounted and that the non-enumerated Rakhine population is assumed, for this estimate only, to be entirely Muslim.
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Citation
PublisherDepartment of Population, Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population, Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Publication Year2016
URLhttps://www.dop.gov.mm/sites/dop.gov.mm/files/publication_docs/religion_presentation_-_census_report_volume_18-07-2016.pdf
Source TypeGovernment report
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
Myanmar's own Department of Population, part of the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population, launching the primary 2014 Population and Housing Census religion results in Nay Pyi Taw on July 21, 2016, the results themselves collected by enumeration conducted 30 March to 10 April 2014; a primary government census document, read directly rather than relayed by a third party, with international technical advisory board oversight named in the document itself. Connections
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This source names Rohingya directly: "The report is explicit that Rohingya residents largely went uncounted and that the non-enumerated Rakhine population is assumed, for this estimate only, to be entirely Muslim."
Source Release of 2014 Census Data on Religion
Claims Backed By This Source (10 claims)
This source backs 10 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Denominations, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
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