A numbers of local media reported that the numbers of Muslims and Christians in Myanmar have increased while the number of Buddhists is in decline. Their report is based on the religion data of the population census, which was conducted in 2014 .The data on religion, was released on 14 July. The 7 Day Newspaper headline says “The numbers of Buddhists slightly declined and Christian and Muslims number on the rise” The newspaper has calculated the numbers of Muslims and Christians in term of percentage of the total population. However, there is no significant change in the numbers of people belong to the two religions, in compared to the result of the previous census, which was conducted in 1983. A Union Minister has also commented that the percentage of Christians and Muslims are on the rise and the Buddhists are in decline, his comment was quoted by the state owned television station MRTV 4. A headline in a local The Ladies News said, “Muslim population in Myanmar is 2.3 per cent of total population, not including the Muslims in Northern Rakhine”. The headline seems to indicate that the Muslim population is on the rise. The headline in the other local publication Popular Journal says, “More than 1 million people from Rakhine State that were not included in the census count, are Muslims”. The 7 Day News quoted Union Minister as saying, “we have counted correctly, the numbers of Muslim population has risen due to a certain circumstances, and we need to consider what to do in the future”. The census report said over the past 40 years the numbers of Buddhists and animists in the country has decreased by 0. 9 per cent and 1.4 per cent respectively. While the number of Christians has increased by 1.6 per cent, so as Muslims by 0.4 per cent, Hindus by 0.1 percent and atheists by 0.1 per cent. Reference: Source of BHRN (http://www.7daydaily.com/story/70815 http://frontiermyanmar.net/mm/news/2269 https://www.facebook.com/News.TheLadies/photos/a.179109772264000.1073741828.178829095625401/596564283851878/?type=3&theater / https://www.facebook.com/popularnewsjournal/photos/a.362239160458552.107216.287336421282160/1407150425967415/?type=3&theater )