Myanmar birth & fertility rate charts by year

Fertility rate in Myanmar chart

According to the latest birth rate data available, the fertility rate in Myanmar is 2.12, which is at the replacement level of 2.1 children per woman. In 1993, the fertility rate was 3.28 — a -35.5% decline in 30 years.

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The chart below showcases the historical changes in birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Myanmar	World
1960	5.9	4.69
1961	5.9	4.56
1962	5.9	5.02
1963	5.91	5.31
1964	5.91	5.13
1965	5.91	5.08
1966	5.88	4.97
1967	5.84	4.87
1968	5.8	4.98
1969	5.75	4.88
1970	5.68	4.84
1971	5.62	4.69
1972	5.53	4.55
1973	5.44	4.42
1974	5.34	4.26
1975	5.25	4.07
1976	5.16	3.97
1977	5.07	3.84
1978	4.99	3.77
1979	4.9	3.76
1980	4.79	3.73
1981	4.69	3.71
1982	4.66	3.72
1983	4.63	3.59
1984	4.52	3.57
1985	4.32	3.53
1986	4.08	3.51
1987	3.86	3.48
1988	3.67	3.39
1989	3.59	3.35
1990	3.5	3.31
1991	3.43	3.13
1992	3.35	3.04
1993	3.28	2.97
1994	3.2	2.92
1995	3.13	2.87
1996	3.06	2.82
1997	2.99	2.78
1998	2.91	2.75
1999	2.85	2.72
2000	2.81	2.73
2001	2.79	2.69
2002	2.77	2.66
2003	2.68	2.64
2004	2.59	2.63
2005	2.52	2.61
2006	2.47	2.61
2007	2.45	2.6
2008	2.4	2.6
2009	2.37	2.59
2010	2.34	2.57
2011	2.31	2.55
2012	2.28	2.56
2013	2.26	2.53
2014	2.25	2.52
2015	2.27	2.49
2016	2.27	2.49
2017	2.25	2.46
2018	2.23	2.39
2019	2.21	2.35
2020	2.18	2.28
2021	2.16	2.25
2022	2.13	2.22
2023	2.12	2.2
2024	2.1	2.19
2025	2.08	2.18
2026	2.06	2.18
2027	2.04	2.17
2028	2.02	2.16
2029	2.01	2.15
2030	2	2.14
2031	1.98	2.13
2032	1.97	2.12
2033	1.96	2.12
2034	1.94	2.11
2035	1.93	2.1
2036	1.92	2.09
2037	1.92	2.09
2038	1.91	2.08
2039	1.9	2.08
2040	1.89	2.08
2041	1.89	2.07
2042	1.88	2.07
2043	1.87	2.07
2044	1.86	2.07
2045	1.86	2.06
2046	1.85	2.06
2047	1.85	2.06
2048	1.84	2.05
2049	1.83	2.05
2050	1.83	2.05

Birth rates by women ages chart

In 2025, of all live births 7.93% were to women under 20 years old, 52.7% to women ages 20-29, and 39.4% to women ages 30 and above. In comparison, the percentages in 1990 were 9.51%, 52.5%, and 38% for the same age groups respectively. A chart displaying the historical birth rates in Myanmar by maternal age is provided below.

Annual births per 1,000 women ages

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Children 0-14 as share of population
	Myanmar	World
1960	39.9%	37.4%
1961	40.2%	37.5%
1962	40.6%	37.6%
1963	40.9%	37.8%
1964	41%	38%
1965	41.1%	38%
1966	41.1%	38%
1967	41%	38%
1968	40.9%	37.9%
1969	40.8%	37.8%
1970	40.7%	37.7%
1971	40.6%	37.6%
1972	40.5%	37.5%
1973	40.3%	37.3%
1974	40.2%	37.2%
1975	40.1%	37.1%
1976	40%	36.9%
1977	39.8%	36.7%
1978	39.6%	36.3%
1979	39.4%	35.9%
1980	39.2%	35.5%
1981	39%	35.2%
1982	38.8%	34.9%
1983	38.6%	34.6%
1984	38.3%	34.3%
1985	38.1%	34%
1986	37.8%	33.8%
1987	37.4%	33.6%
1988	37%	33.4%
1989	36.6%	33.2%
1990	36.2%	33%
1991	35.8%	32.9%
1992	35.4%	32.7%
1993	35.1%	32.5%
1994	34.7%	32.3%
1995	34.2%	32.1%
1996	33.8%	31.8%
1997	33.3%	31.5%
1998	32.8%	31.1%
1999	32.3%	30.8%
2000	31.8%	30.4%
2001	31.4%	30%
2002	31%	29.6%
2003	30.7%	29.2%
2004	30.4%	28.8%
2005	30.1%	28.5%
2006	29.7%	28.1%
2007	29.4%	27.9%
2008	29%	27.6%
2009	28.6%	27.5%
2010	28.2%	27.3%
2011	27.9%	27.1%
2012	27.5%	27%
2013	27.1%	26.9%
2014	26.8%	26.8%
2015	26.5%	26.6%
2016	26.2%	26.5%
2017	25.9%	26.4%
2018	25.6%	26.2%
2019	25.4%	26%
2020	25.1%	25.8%
2021	24.9%	25.6%
2022	24.7%	25.3%
2023	24.5%	25%
2024	24.3%	24.7%
2025	24.1%	24.4%
2026	23.9%	24.1%
2027	23.6%	23.8%
2028	23.4%	23.4%
2029	23.2%	23.1%
2030	23%	22.8%
2031	22.7%	22.6%
2032	22.4%	22.3%
2033	22.2%	22.1%
2034	21.9%	21.9%
2035	21.7%	21.7%
2036	21.4%	21.6%
2037	21.2%	21.5%
2038	21%	21.4%
2039	20.8%	21.3%
2040	20.6%	21.2%
2041	20.4%	21.1%
2042	20.2%	21%
2043	20.1%	21%
2044	19.9%	20.9%
2045	19.8%	20.8%
2046	19.6%	20.7%
2047	19.5%	20.7%
2048	19.4%	20.6%
2049	19.2%	20.5%
2050	19.1%	20.4%

The share of children aged 0-14 in Myanmar was 39.9% in 1960, 35.1% in 1993, and 24.3% as of the latest data in 2025.

More about the demographics of Myanmar.

Natural population change by year

For the past 10 years, the natural population change in Myanmar, excluding migration, has been +0.88% annually. On average, 459,461 more people were born each year than died.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Myanmar
1960	465,049
1961	474,818
1962	487,925
1963	501,548
1964	516,334
1965	533,443
1966	546,378
1967	559,577
1968	571,123
1969	584,979
1970	595,337
1971	608,784
1972	616,411
1973	624,619
1974	628,458
1975	635,005
1976	642,829
1977	649,915
1978	658,068
1979	669,338
1980	673,815
1981	679,851
1982	701,212
1983	719,710
1984	723,623
1985	705,905
1986	679,467
1987	652,960
1988	630,392
1989	636,610
1990	636,081
1991	637,622
1992	634,484
1993	633,576
1994	626,411
1995	620,376
1996	619,488
1997	613,103
1998	606,110
1999	597,916
2000	596,979
2001	601,524
2002	602,873
2003	582,173
2004	556,494
2005	537,429
2006	527,165
2007	523,745
2008	373,287
2009	505,144
2010	497,745
2011	492,271
2012	487,210
2013	487,648
2014	488,114
2015	495,769
2016	499,508
2017	492,276
2018	482,316
2019	469,924
2020	448,626
2021	394,104
2022	415,647
2023	408,331

Maternal mortality chart

The maternal mortality rate in Myanmar was 185 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2023 — a 0.19% chance of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination. This is a -50.7% decrease compared to the year 2000.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Myanmar	World
1985	674	460
1986	652	438
1987	631	429
1988	616	414
1989	603	401
1990	586	391
1991	566	395
1992	542	395
1993	522	389
1994	498	382
1995	472	371
1996	442	366
1997	416	358
1998	398	360
1999	388	340
2000	375	328
2001	361	321
2002	347	311
2003	335	301
2004	324	291
2005	312	283
2006	301	276
2007	290	269
2008	286	264
2009	268	258
2010	259	253
2011	249	247
2012	243	239
2013	237	235
2014	228	231
2015	222	228
2016	215	220
2017	209	215
2018	201	211
2019	195	207
2020	198	211
2021	231	242
2022	193	203
2023	185	197

Under-five mortality rate chart

The under-5 mortality rate in Myanmar was 38.7 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2023 — a 3.87% chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five. This is down from 89.5 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2000.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Myanmar	World
1960	-	18.5%
1961	-	18.1%
1962	-	17.8%
1963	-	17.5%
1964	-	17.7%
1965	-	17.5%
1966	-	17.3%
1967	-	17%
1968	18%	16.5%
1969	17.7%	15.5%
1970	17.4%	15.2%
1971	17%	15.1%
1972	16.7%	14.4%
1973	16.3%	14.1%
1974	16%	13.7%
1975	15.6%	13.4%
1976	15.3%	13%
1977	14.9%	12.5%
1978	14.6%	12.1%
1979	14.3%	11.7%
1980	14%	11.4%
1981	13.7%	11%
1982	13.4%	10.8%
1983	13.1%	10.6%
1984	12.9%	10.4%
1985	12.7%	10.1%
1986	12.5%	9.81%
1987	12.2%	9.47%
1988	12%	9.31%
1989	11.8%	9.02%
1990	11.5%	8.81%
1991	11.3%	8.66%
1992	11%	8.46%
1993	10.7%	8.19%
1994	10.5%	7.98%
1995	10.2%	7.76%
1996	9.94%	7.52%
1997	9.68%	7.28%
1998	9.43%	7.05%
1999	9.19%	6.76%
2000	8.95%	6.48%
2001	8.71%	6.21%
2002	8.47%	5.94%
2003	8.22%	5.65%
2004	7.97%	5.43%
2005	7.71%	5.16%
2006	7.44%	4.92%
2007	7.16%	4.7%
2008	10.1%	4.5%
2009	6.6%	4.31%
2010	6.32%	4.11%
2011	6.05%	3.97%
2012	5.8%	3.77%
2013	5.56%	3.61%
2014	5.34%	3.48%
2015	5.13%	3.35%
2016	4.95%	3.23%
2017	4.77%	3.11%
2018	4.6%	2.97%
2019	4.44%	2.86%
2020	4.29%	2.75%
2021	4.14%	2.66%
2022	4%	2.59%
2023	3.87%	2.49%