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YANGON, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar will conduct 10 research papers to compile lists of ethnic races existing in the country, official media reported Tuesday.
Negotiation is being made with ethnic groups in regions and states to analyze the existing facts and figures issued by international organizations in order to release the correct and exact data of ethnic minorities, an official of the Ministry of Labor, Immigration and Population was quoted as saying.
The ministry has carried out check on figures and data of the 2014 national population and housing census with the technical support of an independent international body.
Myanmar collected national population and housing statistics every 10 years.
The main results of the 2014 March population and housing census, the first in three decades and released in August of the year, shows that Myanmar's total population stands at 51.5 million, which includes estimates for areas not enumerated in Rakhine, Kachin and Kayin states.
