Fertility & birth rates in Myanmar and Pakistan

Fertility rate in Myanmar vs Pakistan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Myanmar was 2.12 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.61 in Pakistan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Myanmar vs Pakistan population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Myanmar	Pakistan
1960	5.9	6.8
1961	5.9	6.8
1962	5.9	6.8
1963	5.91	6.8
1964	5.91	6.8
1965	5.91	6.8
1966	5.88	6.8
1967	5.84	6.8
1968	5.8	6.8
1969	5.75	6.8
1970	5.68	6.8
1971	5.62	6.8
1972	5.53	6.81
1973	5.44	6.81
1974	5.34	6.81
1975	5.25	6.81
1976	5.16	6.81
1977	5.07	6.8
1978	4.99	6.78
1979	4.9	6.76
1980	4.79	6.73
1981	4.69	6.7
1982	4.66	6.67
1983	4.63	6.64
1984	4.52	6.62
1985	4.32	6.59
1986	4.08	6.55
1987	3.86	6.52
1988	3.67	6.48
1989	3.59	6.43
1990	3.5	6.36
1991	3.43	6.29
1992	3.35	6.21
1993	3.28	6.11
1994	3.2	6.01
1995	3.13	5.89
1996	3.06	5.77
1997	2.99	5.64
1998	2.91	5.51
1999	2.85	5.46
2000	2.81	5.35
2001	2.79	5.18
2002	2.77	5.01
2003	2.68	4.89
2004	2.59	4.68
2005	2.52	4.6
2006	2.47	4.59
2007	2.45	4.55
2008	2.4	4.51
2009	2.37	4.47
2010	2.34	4.4
2011	2.31	4.31
2012	2.28	4.2
2013	2.26	4.13
2014	2.25	4.06
2015	2.27	3.99
2016	2.27	3.9
2017	2.25	3.9
2018	2.23	3.86
2019	2.21	3.81
2020	2.18	3.77
2021	2.16	3.72
2022	2.13	3.66
2023	2.12	3.61
2024	2.1	3.55
2025	2.08	3.5
2026	2.06	3.44
2027	2.04	3.39
2028	2.02	3.34
2029	2.01	3.3
2030	2	3.25
2031	1.98	3.21
2032	1.97	3.16
2033	1.96	3.12
2034	1.94	3.08
2035	1.93	3.04
2036	1.92	3.01
2037	1.92	2.97
2038	1.91	2.94
2039	1.9	2.9
2040	1.89	2.87
2041	1.89	2.83
2042	1.88	2.8
2043	1.87	2.77
2044	1.86	2.74
2045	1.86	2.71
2046	1.85	2.69
2047	1.85	2.66
2048	1.84	2.63
2049	1.83	2.61
2050	1.83	2.58

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Myanmar	Pakistan
1960	39.9%	41.3%
1961	40.2%	41.4%
1962	40.6%	41.6%
1963	40.9%	41.8%
1964	41%	42.2%
1965	41.1%	42.7%
1966	41.1%	43%
1967	41%	43.3%
1968	40.9%	43.5%
1969	40.8%	43.7%
1970	40.7%	43.9%
1971	40.6%	44%
1972	40.5%	44.1%
1973	40.3%	44.1%
1974	40.2%	44.1%
1975	40.1%	44.1%
1976	40%	44%
1977	39.8%	43.9%
1978	39.6%	43.8%
1979	39.4%	43.7%
1980	39.2%	43.3%
1981	39%	43.1%
1982	38.8%	43%
1983	38.6%	43.1%
1984	38.3%	43.3%
1985	38.1%	43.5%
1986	37.8%	43.6%
1987	37.4%	43.7%
1988	37%	43.8%
1989	36.6%	44%
1990	36.2%	44.1%
1991	35.8%	44.1%
1992	35.4%	44.3%
1993	35.1%	44.5%
1994	34.7%	44.5%
1995	34.2%	44.5%
1996	33.8%	44.3%
1997	33.3%	44.1%
1998	32.8%	43.9%
1999	32.3%	43.6%
2000	31.8%	43.3%
2001	31.4%	42.9%
2002	31%	42.6%
2003	30.7%	42.3%
2004	30.4%	41.8%
2005	30.1%	41.3%
2006	29.7%	40.9%
2007	29.4%	40.4%
2008	29%	40%
2009	28.6%	39.6%
2010	28.2%	39.3%
2011	27.9%	39.1%
2012	27.5%	39%
2013	27.1%	38.9%
2014	26.8%	38.9%
2015	26.5%	38.8%
2016	26.2%	38.6%
2017	25.9%	38.5%
2018	25.6%	38.3%
2019	25.4%	38.1%
2020	25.1%	37.9%
2021	24.9%	37.6%
2022	24.7%	37.3%
2023	24.5%	37%
2024	24.3%	36.7%
2025	24.1%	36.2%
2026	23.9%	35.8%
2027	23.6%	35.3%
2028	23.4%	34.9%
2029	23.2%	34.5%
2030	23%	34.2%
2031	22.7%	33.8%
2032	22.4%	33.5%
2033	22.2%	33.3%
2034	21.9%	33%
2035	21.7%	32.7%
2036	21.4%	32.5%
2037	21.2%	32.2%
2038	21%	32%
2039	20.8%	31.7%
2040	20.6%	31.5%
2041	20.4%	31.3%
2042	20.2%	31%
2043	20.1%	30.8%
2044	19.9%	30.5%
2045	19.8%	30.3%
2046	19.6%	30%
2047	19.5%	29.7%
2048	19.4%	29.5%
2049	19.2%	29.2%
2050	19.1%	28.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.3% of the population in Myanmar and 36.7% in Pakistan in 2024, compared to 36.2% and 44.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Myanmar and Pakistan compared.

Natural population change in Myanmar vs Pakistan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.88% in Myanmar and +2.23% in Pakistan. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Myanmar	Pakistan
1960	465,049	1,217,147
1961	474,818	1,273,772
1962	487,925	1,328,675
1963	501,548	1,384,934
1964	516,334	1,447,394
1965	533,443	1,496,050
1966	546,378	1,566,343
1967	559,577	1,626,737
1968	571,123	1,683,296
1969	584,979	1,733,601
1970	595,337	1,793,570
1971	608,784	1,695,374
1972	616,411	1,912,774
1973	624,619	1,971,909
1974	628,458	2,028,061
1975	635,005	2,099,811
1976	642,829	2,171,812
1977	649,915	2,257,849
1978	658,068	2,356,601
1979	669,338	2,461,311
1980	673,815	2,598,421
1981	679,851	2,790,454
1982	701,212	2,934,689
1983	719,710	3,052,738
1984	723,623	3,145,772
1985	705,905	3,233,315
1986	679,467	3,341,643
1987	652,960	3,448,813
1988	630,392	3,554,755
1989	636,610	3,648,132
1990	636,081	3,731,730
1991	637,622	3,822,363
1992	634,484	3,888,637
1993	633,576	3,915,776
1994	626,411	3,956,699
1995	620,376	3,977,175
1996	619,488	4,021,758
1997	613,103	4,043,912
1998	606,110	4,104,824
1999	597,916	4,228,026
2000	596,979	4,281,169
2001	601,524	4,304,297
2002	602,873	4,307,607
2003	582,173	4,340,688
2004	556,494	4,294,654
2005	537,429	4,294,393
2006	527,165	4,538,426
2007	523,745	4,690,187
2008	373,287	4,885,855
2009	505,144	5,028,132
2010	497,745	5,147,142
2011	492,271	5,189,412
2012	487,210	5,191,263
2013	487,648	5,176,590
2014	488,114	5,148,994
2015	495,769	5,113,507
2016	499,508	5,044,922
2017	492,276	5,090,200
2018	482,316	5,103,858
2019	469,924	5,127,011
2020	448,626	5,011,177
2021	394,104	5,065,913
2022	415,647	5,268,077
2023	408,331	5,281,745

Maternal mortality chart: Myanmar vs Pakistan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 185 deaths per 100,000 live births in Myanmar, compared to 155 deaths in Pakistan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Myanmar	Pakistan
1985	674	432
1986	652	436
1987	631	442
1988	616	441
1989	603	439
1990	586	434
1991	566	443
1992	542	459
1993	522	473
1994	498	479
1995	472	485
1996	442	482
1997	416	476
1998	398	456
1999	388	438
2000	375	419
2001	361	400
2002	347	380
2003	335	358
2004	324	333
2005	312	316
2006	301	284
2007	290	265
2008	286	254
2009	268	246
2010	259	240
2011	249	234
2012	243	227
2013	237	220
2014	228	211
2015	222	202
2016	215	193
2017	209	184
2018	201	178
2019	195	173
2020	198	178
2021	231	193
2022	193	160
2023	185	155

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.87% in Myanmar and 5.85% in Pakistan. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Myanmar	Pakistan
1960	-	25%
1961	-	24.1%
1962	-	23.3%
1963	-	22.5%
1964	-	21.8%
1965	-	21.2%
1966	-	20.6%
1967	-	20.2%
1968	18%	19.7%
1969	17.7%	19.4%
1970	17.4%	19%
1971	17%	18.7%
1972	16.7%	18.4%
1973	16.3%	18.1%
1974	16%	17.8%
1975	15.6%	17.6%
1976	15.3%	17.4%
1977	14.9%	17.1%
1978	14.6%	16.9%
1979	14.3%	16.7%
1980	14%	16.5%
1981	13.7%	16.3%
1982	13.4%	16.1%
1983	13.1%	15.8%
1984	12.9%	15.6%
1985	12.7%	15.3%
1986	12.5%	15%
1987	12.2%	14.8%
1988	12%	14.5%
1989	11.8%	14.2%
1990	11.5%	14%
1991	11.3%	13.7%
1992	11%	13.4%
1993	10.7%	13.1%
1994	10.5%	12.8%
1995	10.2%	12.5%
1996	9.94%	12.1%
1997	9.68%	11.8%
1998	9.43%	11.5%
1999	9.19%	11.1%
2000	8.95%	10.8%
2001	8.71%	10.5%
2002	8.47%	10.3%
2003	8.22%	10.1%
2004	7.97%	9.85%
2005	7.71%	9.65%
2006	7.44%	9.47%
2007	7.16%	9.29%
2008	10.1%	9.1%
2009	6.6%	8.91%
2010	6.32%	8.71%
2011	6.05%	8.49%
2012	5.8%	8.27%
2013	5.56%	8.04%
2014	5.34%	7.8%
2015	5.13%	7.56%
2016	4.95%	7.33%
2017	4.77%	7.1%
2018	4.6%	6.88%
2019	4.44%	6.67%
2020	4.29%	6.46%
2021	4.14%	6.25%
2022	4%	6.05%
2023	3.87%	5.85%