18+ Myanmar Muslim Percentage Pics. The 2014 census counted 1,147,495 muslims, or 2.3 percent of an enumerated population of 50,279,900. There is no official state religion, but the government shows extreme preference for theravada buddhism, the majority religion of the nation.

12/26/2017 violence in myanmar pushes at least 18,500 rohingya into bangladesh: 3 other ethnic groups include the shan, karen, mon, chinese, indian, and rohingya. The overwhelming majority of myanmar's population practices theravada buddhism—around 88 percent.

The overwhelming majority of myanmar's population practices theravada buddhism—around 88 percent.

Christians make up just 6 percent of the population, 4 percent of the population is muslim, 0.8 percent is animist, and 0.05 percent practice hinduism. According to both the 2014 census of the burmese government buddhism is the dominant religion, of 88% of the population, practiced especially by the bamar, rakhine, shan, mon, karen people and chinese ethnic. Muslim populations of 35 percent or more. Berlie, white lotus press editor, bangkok, thailand, published in 2008.