The Union of Myanmar is geographically situated in Southeast Asia and is bordered on the north and northeast by the People’s Republic of China, on the East and the Southeast by Lao People’s Democratic Republic and the Kingdom of Thailand, on the South by the Andaman sea and the Bay of Bengal and on the West by the People’s Republic of Bangladesh and the Republic of India. The total area of Myanmar is 2,61,228 square miles (6,77,000 square kilometers). It stretches for 582 miles (936 kilometers) from east to west and 1,275 miles (2,051 kilometers) from north to south. Myanmar is the largest country in land area in South East Asia.

The population of Myanmar is about 51 million and Buddhism is practiced by 89.3% of the population. The Christian population is 8%. In Myanmar there are 135 national races out of which eight are major races.

The first Bible in national language is Burmese Bible, translated by the American Baptist pioneer missionary Dr. Adoniram Judson, who completed the translation of the New Testament in 1823 and the Old Testament in 1834. The printing of the first Burmese Bible was completed in 1835.