Fertility & birth rates in Myanmar and United Arab Emirates

Fertility rate in Myanmar vs United Arab Emirates 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 1.2 in the United Arab Emirates in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Myanmar vs the United Arab Emirates 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	UAE
1960	5.9	6.5
1961	5.9	6.49
1962	5.9	6.49
1963	5.91	6.5
1964	5.91	6.49
1965	5.91	6.5
1966	5.88	6.5
1967	5.84	6.51
1968	5.8	6.53
1969	5.75	6.52
1970	5.68	6.52
1971	5.62	6.52
1972	5.53	6.5
1973	5.44	6.46
1974	5.34	6.41
1975	5.25	6.35
1976	5.16	6.29
1977	5.07	6.22
1978	4.99	6.15
1979	4.9	6.06
1980	4.79	5.95
1981	4.69	5.81
1982	4.66	5.66
1983	4.63	5.48
1984	4.52	5.3
1985	4.32	5.13
1986	4.08	5
1987	3.86	4.88
1988	3.67	4.77
1989	3.59	4.65
1990	3.5	4.51
1991	3.43	4.25
1992	3.35	4.09
1993	3.28	3.82
1994	3.2	3.76
1995	3.13	3.28
1996	3.06	3.06
1997	2.99	2.83
1998	2.91	2.77
1999	2.85	2.79
2000	2.81	2.73
2001	2.79	2.62
2002	2.77	2.54
2003	2.68	2.49
2004	2.59	2.38
2005	2.52	2.23
2006	2.47	1.96
2007	2.45	1.79
2008	2.4	1.52
2009	2.37	1.58
2010	2.34	1.57
2011	2.31	1.54
2012	2.28	1.53
2013	2.26	1.53
2014	2.25	1.48
2015	2.27	1.42
2016	2.27	1.37
2017	2.25	1.35
2018	2.23	1.29
2019	2.21	1.25
2020	2.18	1.29
2021	2.16	1.16
2022	2.13	1.15
2023	2.12	1.2
2024	2.1	1.21
2025	2.08	1.21
2026	2.06	1.21
2027	2.04	1.21
2028	2.02	1.22
2029	2.01	1.22
2030	2	1.23
2031	1.98	1.23
2032	1.97	1.24
2033	1.96	1.25
2034	1.94	1.25
2035	1.93	1.26
2036	1.92	1.26
2037	1.92	1.27
2038	1.91	1.28
2039	1.9	1.28
2040	1.89	1.28
2041	1.89	1.29
2042	1.88	1.29
2043	1.87	1.3
2044	1.86	1.3
2045	1.86	1.31
2046	1.85	1.31
2047	1.85	1.31
2048	1.84	1.32
2049	1.83	1.32
2050	1.83	1.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Myanmar	UAE
1960	39.9%	37.8%
1961	40.2%	36.7%
1962	40.6%	35.8%
1963	40.9%	35.1%
1964	41%	34.5%
1965	41.1%	33.9%
1966	41.1%	33.2%
1967	41%	32.1%
1968	40.9%	31.2%
1969	40.8%	30.6%
1970	40.7%	29.8%
1971	40.6%	29%
1972	40.5%	28.3%
1973	40.3%	27.8%
1974	40.2%	27.4%
1975	40.1%	27.2%
1976	40%	26.9%
1977	39.8%	26.8%
1978	39.6%	26.9%
1979	39.4%	27.1%
1980	39.2%	27.4%
1981	39%	28%
1982	38.8%	28.8%
1983	38.6%	29.5%
1984	38.3%	30.2%
1985	38.1%	30.7%
1986	37.8%	31.2%
1987	37.4%	31.2%
1988	37%	30.9%
1989	36.6%	30.3%
1990	36.2%	29.6%
1991	35.8%	28.8%
1992	35.4%	28.1%
1993	35.1%	27.4%
1994	34.7%	26.7%
1995	34.2%	25.9%
1996	33.8%	25.2%
1997	33.3%	24.3%
1998	32.8%	23.1%
1999	32.3%	22%
2000	31.8%	20.8%
2001	31.4%	19.8%
2002	31%	18.9%
2003	30.7%	18.3%
2004	30.4%	17.8%
2005	30.1%	17.5%
2006	29.7%	17.2%
2007	29.4%	17%
2008	29%	16.9%
2009	28.6%	16.9%
2010	28.2%	16.9%
2011	27.9%	16.8%
2012	27.5%	16.8%
2013	27.1%	16.8%
2014	26.8%	16.8%
2015	26.5%	16.8%
2016	26.2%	16.8%
2017	25.9%	16.8%
2018	25.6%	16.7%
2019	25.4%	16.6%
2020	25.1%	16.6%
2021	24.9%	16.5%
2022	24.7%	16.5%
2023	24.5%	16.3%
2024	24.3%	16.1%
2025	24.1%	16%
2026	23.9%	15.9%
2027	23.6%	15.9%
2028	23.4%	15.9%
2029	23.2%	15.9%
2030	23%	16%
2031	22.7%	16.1%
2032	22.4%	16.3%
2033	22.2%	16.5%
2034	21.9%	16.7%
2035	21.7%	16.9%
2036	21.4%	17.1%
2037	21.2%	17.3%
2038	21%	17.5%
2039	20.8%	17.7%
2040	20.6%	17.9%
2041	20.4%	18%
2042	20.2%	18.1%
2043	20.1%	18.2%
2044	19.9%	18.3%
2045	19.8%	18.3%
2046	19.6%	18.3%
2047	19.5%	18.3%
2048	19.4%	18.3%
2049	19.2%	18.2%
2050	19.1%	18.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.3% of the population in Myanmar and 16.1% in the United Arab Emirates in 2024, compared to 36.2% and 29.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Myanmar and the United Arab Emirates compared.

Natural population change in Myanmar vs United Arab Emirates by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.88% in Myanmar and +0.93% in the United Arab Emirates. 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	UAE
1960	465,049	3,418
1961	474,818	3,657
1962	487,925	3,901
1963	501,548	4,157
1964	516,334	4,410
1965	533,443	4,675
1966	546,378	4,955
1967	559,577	5,264
1968	571,123	5,588
1969	584,979	6,138
1970	595,337	6,922
1971	608,784	7,839
1972	616,411	8,818
1973	624,619	9,822
1974	628,458	10,835
1975	635,005	11,859
1976	642,829	12,876
1977	649,915	15,787
1978	658,068	18,879
1979	669,338	21,987
1980	673,815	25,005
1981	679,851	27,560
1982	701,212	29,585
1983	719,710	31,480
1984	723,623	33,250
1985	705,905	34,855
1986	679,467	36,829
1987	652,960	37,741
1988	630,392	38,861
1989	636,610	40,148
1990	636,081	41,339
1991	637,622	41,409
1992	634,484	42,119
1993	633,576	41,324
1994	626,411	42,976
1995	620,376	38,685
1996	619,488	37,886
1997	613,103	38,207
1998	606,110	41,176
1999	597,916	46,198
2000	596,979	49,993
2001	601,524	52,789
2002	602,873	55,922
2003	582,173	59,118
2004	556,494	60,344
2005	537,429	60,046
2006	527,165	54,338
2007	523,745	55,048
2008	373,287	55,426
2009	505,144	66,521
2010	497,745	69,907
2011	492,271	73,496
2012	487,210	78,682
2013	487,648	82,977
2014	488,114	84,277
2015	495,769	85,044
2016	499,508	87,028
2017	492,276	89,382
2018	482,316	86,840
2019	469,924	86,296
2020	448,626	87,871
2021	394,104	76,802
2022	415,647	81,758
2023	408,331	92,698

Maternal mortality chart: Myanmar vs United Arab Emirates

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 3 deaths in the United Arab Emirates.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Myanmar	UAE
1985	674	19
1986	652	19
1987	631	19
1988	616	19
1989	603	19
1990	586	19
1991	566	19
1992	542	19
1993	522	19
1994	498	19
1995	472	18
1996	442	16
1997	416	14
1998	398	12
1999	388	10
2000	375	8
2001	361	7
2002	347	5
2003	335	5
2004	324	4
2005	312	4
2006	301	3
2007	290	3
2008	286	3
2009	268	3
2010	259	3
2011	249	4
2012	243	4
2013	237	4
2014	228	3
2015	222	3
2016	215	3
2017	209	3
2018	201	3
2019	195	3
2020	198	6
2021	231	6
2022	193	2
2023	185	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.87% in Myanmar and 0.5% in the United Arab Emirates. 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	UAE
1960	-	20.1%
1961	-	19%
1962	-	18%
1963	-	16.9%
1964	-	15.8%
1965	-	14.8%
1966	-	13.7%
1967	-	12.6%
1968	18%	11.6%
1969	17.7%	10.6%
1970	17.4%	9.62%
1971	17%	8.72%
1972	16.7%	7.89%
1973	16.3%	7.12%
1974	16%	6.43%
1975	15.6%	5.8%
1976	15.3%	5.23%
1977	14.9%	4.7%
1978	14.6%	4.22%
1979	14.3%	3.78%
1980	14%	3.4%
1981	13.7%	3.06%
1982	13.4%	2.77%
1983	13.1%	2.52%
1984	12.9%	2.31%
1985	12.7%	2.12%
1986	12.5%	1.97%
1987	12.2%	1.83%
1988	12%	1.71%
1989	11.8%	1.61%
1990	11.5%	1.51%
1991	11.3%	1.43%
1992	11%	1.37%
1993	10.7%	1.31%
1994	10.5%	1.26%
1995	10.2%	1.21%
1996	9.94%	1.18%
1997	9.68%	1.15%
1998	9.43%	1.12%
1999	9.19%	1.09%
2000	8.95%	1.07%
2001	8.71%	1.05%
2002	8.47%	1.03%
2003	8.22%	1.01%
2004	7.97%	1%
2005	7.71%	0.98%
2006	7.44%	0.96%
2007	7.16%	0.94%
2008	10.1%	0.92%
2009	6.6%	0.9%
2010	6.32%	0.88%
2011	6.05%	0.86%
2012	5.8%	0.84%
2013	5.56%	0.82%
2014	5.34%	0.79%
2015	5.13%	0.77%
2016	4.95%	0.73%
2017	4.77%	0.7%
2018	4.6%	0.67%
2019	4.44%	0.63%
2020	4.29%	0.6%
2021	4.14%	0.56%
2022	4%	0.53%
2023	3.87%	0.5%