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Cyclone statistics 

Number of people killed: 77,000 (UN estimate)

Number of people missing: 55,000 (UN estimate)

Number of people affected: 2.4 million (UN estimate)

 
Myanmar factfile 

Population: 54 million

Life expectancy: 61 years

Religion: Buddhists (89 per cent); Christians, Muslims

Number of people living on less than $1 a day: 15 million

Government funding for education: 0.3 per cent of GDP

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