Table 8.6 Age pattern of five year migration

Population, number of migrants between states and divisions and 
migration rate, by age and sex, Myanmar, 1986-1990
                                                                                                
                      Population                         Migrants              Migration rate
                                                                                                
           Total       Female        Male       Total     Female     Male    Total  Female  Male
                                                                                                
Total   31,551,236   16,267,247   15,283,989   536,653   277,768   258,885    17.0   17.1   16.9

 5-9     4,341,567    2,134,002    2,207,565    58,414    28,042    30,372    13.5   13.1   13.8
10-14    4,083,489    2,047,812    2,035,677    54,108    25,399    28,709    13.3   12.4   14.1
15-19    3,809,203    1,906,257    1,902,946    76,013    41,055    34,958    20.0   21.5   18.4
20-24    3,566,456    1,844,501    1,721,955    84,337    47,651    36,686    23.6   25.8   21.3
25-29    2,957,411    1,559,669    1,397,742    74,893    40,306    34,587    25.3   25.8   24.7
30-34    2,588,459    1,350,905    1,237,554    56,492    28,501    27,991    21.8   21.1   22.6
35-39    2,203,149    1,129,898    1,073,251    39,385    16,873    22,512    17.9   14.9   21.0
40-44    1,723,354      900,760      822,594    26,671    12,714    13,957    15.5   14.1   17.0
45-49    1,249,467      642,629      606,838    17,668     9,275     8,393    14.1   14.4   13.8
50-54    1,334,863      718,808      616,055    12,969     6,159     6,810     9.7    8.6   11.1
55-59    1,153,343      625,964      527,379     8,039     4,180     3,859     7.0    6.7    7.3
60-64      948,383      509,836      438,547     9,761     5,114     4,647    10.3   10.0   10.6
65-69      662,265      364,313      297,952     6,121     3,585     2,536     9.2    9.8    8.5
70-74      459,559      257,455      202,104     3,151     2,254       897     6.9    8.8    4.4
 75+       470,268      274,438      195,830     8,631     6,660     1,971    18.4   24.3   10.1
                                                                                                
Note: `Migrant' defined in this table as person whose current state or 
division of usual residence is not the same as the state or division of 
usual residence five years prior to the survey.