Population = 51 million 46% under 25 yrs 88% literate 30% urban GDP/capita = US$1,200
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Socialist dictatorship that ended with nationwide uprising
British colony
1885 to 1948
Transition to semidemocracy now ruled by Aung San Suu Kyi’s NLD party
1948 to 1962
Parliamentary democracy postIndependence
1962 to 1988
1990 to 2010
Elections in 1990 followed by military junta
Since independence: 20 years of democracy + 49 years of dictatorship
2011 to now
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