Comparative Disability
Indicators: Sri Lanka and Myanmar
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Sri
Lanka |
Myanmar |
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Total
population |
20,359,439 |
(Year 2012) |
51,486,253[1] |
(Year 2014) |
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% of total population |
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% of total population |
% of disabled population |
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Aged
population (LK over 60. MM over 65) |
2,524,570 |
12.4 |
2,897,563 |
5.8 |
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Disabled
population (those having any kind of disability) |
1,617,924 |
8.7 |
2,311,250 |
4.48 |
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1.
Visual disability |
1,099,409 |
5.4 |
1,250,386 |
2.5 |
54.1 |
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2.
Hearing disability |
427,548 |
2.1 |
669,321 |
1.3 |
29.1 |
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3.
Handicapped (e. g., walking) |
794,018 |
3.9 |
978,238 |
1.9 |
41.4 |
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4.
Remembering/mental disabilities |
366,469 |
1.8 |
875,266 |
1.7 |
36.2 |
Note: Total disabled population includes anyone who has one or more types of limitations. Therefore, the total disabled population can be less than the sum of those with visual, hearing, handicapped and mental disabilities.
Sources :
Myanmar Population Census 2015
https://drive.google.com/a/lirneasia.net/file/d/0B067GBtstE5TeUlIVjRjSjVzWlk/view
https://drive.google.com/a/lirneasia.net/file/d/0B067GBtstE5TWkJiaThxY08zZVU/view
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Population and Housing Census 2012
http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/CPH2011/index.php?fileName=Key_E&gp=Activities&tpl=3
[1] Union total. This includes a population of persons estimated not to have been counted during the census in parts of Rakhine State, Kachin State and Kayin State