Lower Myanmar Lower Myanmar Lower Burma (, also called Outer Myanmar) is a geographic region of Burma (Myanmar) and includes the low-lying Irrawaddy delta (Ayeyarwady, Bago and Yangon Regions), as well as coastal regions of the country (Rakhine and Mon States and Tanintharyi Region). In the Burmese language, people originating from Upper Burma are typically called "a-htet-tha" for men and "a-hiet-lhu" for women, whereas those from Lower Burma are called "auk tha" () for men and "auk thu" for women. While "a-nya tha" () refers to interior inhabitants of the country. Historically, Lower Burma referred to the part of Burma annexed by
2014 Myanmar Census and Mandalay Region (12.0%). The least populated States/Regions were Naypyidaw Union Territory (2.3%), Chin State (0.9%) and Kayah State (0.6%). Overall, there were 93 males for every 100 females in the country. Only in Kachin State were there more males than females; in Kayah and Shan State the numbers of males and females were almost equal. The rest of the States/Regions had more females than males. There were 14,864,119 persons living in Wards (urban areas) throughout the country. This represented 29.6% of the total population. Yangon Region had the highest urban proportion (70.1%), followed by Kachin State (36.0%). Magway Region