Fertility & birth rates in Myanmar and United States

Fertility rate in Myanmar vs United States 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 1.62 in the United States in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Myanmar vs the United States 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	United States
1960	5.9	3.65
1961	5.9	3.62
1962	5.9	3.46
1963	5.91	3.32
1964	5.91	3.19
1965	5.91	2.91
1966	5.88	2.72
1967	5.84	2.56
1968	5.8	2.46
1969	5.75	2.46
1970	5.68	2.48
1971	5.62	2.27
1972	5.53	2.01
1973	5.44	1.88
1974	5.34	1.84
1975	5.25	1.77
1976	5.16	1.74
1977	5.07	1.79
1978	4.99	1.76
1979	4.9	1.81
1980	4.79	1.84
1981	4.69	1.81
1982	4.66	1.83
1983	4.63	1.8
1984	4.52	1.81
1985	4.32	1.84
1986	4.08	1.84
1987	3.86	1.87
1988	3.67	1.93
1989	3.59	2.01
1990	3.5	2.08
1991	3.43	2.06
1992	3.35	2.05
1993	3.28	2.02
1994	3.2	2
1995	3.13	1.98
1996	3.06	1.98
1997	2.99	1.97
1998	2.91	2
1999	2.85	2.01
2000	2.81	2.06
2001	2.79	2.03
2002	2.77	2.02
2003	2.68	2.05
2004	2.59	2.05
2005	2.52	2.06
2006	2.47	2.11
2007	2.45	2.12
2008	2.4	2.07
2009	2.37	2
2010	2.34	1.93
2011	2.31	1.89
2012	2.28	1.88
2013	2.26	1.86
2014	2.25	1.86
2015	2.27	1.84
2016	2.27	1.82
2017	2.25	1.77
2018	2.23	1.73
2019	2.21	1.71
2020	2.18	1.64
2021	2.16	1.66
2022	2.13	1.66
2023	2.12	1.62
2024	2.1	1.62
2025	2.08	1.62
2026	2.06	1.62
2027	2.04	1.62
2028	2.02	1.62
2029	2.01	1.62
2030	2	1.62
2031	1.98	1.62
2032	1.97	1.62
2033	1.96	1.63
2034	1.94	1.62
2035	1.93	1.63
2036	1.92	1.63
2037	1.92	1.63
2038	1.91	1.63
2039	1.9	1.63
2040	1.89	1.63
2041	1.89	1.63
2042	1.88	1.63
2043	1.87	1.63
2044	1.86	1.63
2045	1.86	1.64
2046	1.85	1.64
2047	1.85	1.63
2048	1.84	1.64
2049	1.83	1.63
2050	1.83	1.64

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Myanmar	United States
1960	39.9%	31.3%
1961	40.2%	31.4%
1962	40.6%	31.3%
1963	40.9%	31.1%
1964	41%	30.9%
1965	41.1%	30.7%
1966	41.1%	30.4%
1967	41%	30%
1968	40.9%	29.5%
1969	40.8%	29%
1970	40.7%	28.6%
1971	40.6%	28%
1972	40.5%	27.4%
1973	40.3%	26.6%
1974	40.2%	25.9%
1975	40.1%	25.2%
1976	40%	24.4%
1977	39.8%	23.8%
1978	39.6%	23.2%
1979	39.4%	22.8%
1980	39.2%	22.4%
1981	39%	22.1%
1982	38.8%	22%
1983	38.6%	21.8%
1984	38.3%	21.7%
1985	38.1%	21.5%
1986	37.8%	21.3%
1987	37.4%	21.3%
1988	37%	21.3%
1989	36.6%	21.5%
1990	36.2%	21.6%
1991	35.8%	21.7%
1992	35.4%	21.8%
1993	35.1%	21.9%
1994	34.7%	21.9%
1995	34.2%	21.8%
1996	33.8%	21.7%
1997	33.3%	21.5%
1998	32.8%	21.4%
1999	32.3%	21.3%
2000	31.8%	21.2%
2001	31.4%	21%
2002	31%	20.9%
2003	30.7%	20.7%
2004	30.4%	20.5%
2005	30.1%	20.3%
2006	29.7%	20.2%
2007	29.4%	20%
2008	29%	19.9%
2009	28.6%	19.8%
2010	28.2%	19.7%
2011	27.9%	19.6%
2012	27.5%	19.5%
2013	27.1%	19.4%
2014	26.8%	19.3%
2015	26.5%	19.2%
2016	26.2%	19.1%
2017	25.9%	18.9%
2018	25.6%	18.8%
2019	25.4%	18.6%
2020	25.1%	18.4%
2021	24.9%	18.1%
2022	24.7%	17.9%
2023	24.5%	17.6%
2024	24.3%	17.3%
2025	24.1%	17.1%
2026	23.9%	16.9%
2027	23.6%	16.7%
2028	23.4%	16.6%
2029	23.2%	16.4%
2030	23%	16.3%
2031	22.7%	16.1%
2032	22.4%	16%
2033	22.2%	16%
2034	21.9%	15.9%
2035	21.7%	15.9%
2036	21.4%	15.9%
2037	21.2%	15.9%
2038	21%	15.9%
2039	20.8%	15.9%
2040	20.6%	15.9%
2041	20.4%	16%
2042	20.2%	16%
2043	20.1%	16%
2044	19.9%	16%
2045	19.8%	16%
2046	19.6%	16%
2047	19.5%	16%
2048	19.4%	16%
2049	19.2%	15.9%
2050	19.1%	15.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.3% of the population in Myanmar and 17.3% in the United States in 2024, compared to 36.2% and 21.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Myanmar and the United States compared.

Natural population change in Myanmar vs United States by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.88% in Myanmar and +0.25% in the United States. 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	United States
1960	465,049	2,565,530
1961	474,818	2,571,681
1962	487,925	2,406,337
1963	501,548	2,289,826
1964	516,334	2,245,099
1965	533,443	1,943,030
1966	546,378	1,749,387
1967	559,577	1,669,181
1968	571,123	1,565,507
1969	584,979	1,702,487
1970	595,337	1,824,965
1971	608,784	1,640,519
1972	616,411	1,301,355
1973	624,619	1,165,499
1974	628,458	1,218,968
1975	635,005	1,252,644
1976	642,829	1,264,604
1977	649,915	1,431,556
1978	658,068	1,402,283
1979	669,338	1,597,894
1980	673,815	1,608,450
1981	679,851	1,652,153
1982	701,212	1,714,317
1983	719,710	1,636,544
1984	723,623	1,627,192
1985	705,905	1,689,258
1986	679,467	1,656,917
1987	652,960	1,720,252
1988	630,392	1,735,943
1989	636,610	1,875,826
1990	636,081	2,026,068
1991	637,622	1,926,543
1992	634,484	1,875,328
1993	633,576	1,717,685
1994	626,411	1,633,302
1995	620,376	1,546,031
1996	619,488	1,510,137
1997	613,103	1,501,014
1998	606,110	1,573,857
1999	597,916	1,564,050
2000	596,979	1,664,758
2001	601,524	1,595,826
2002	602,873	1,581,938
2003	582,173	1,653,615
2004	556,494	1,698,271
2005	537,429	1,684,445
2006	527,165	1,849,955
2007	523,745	1,897,757
2008	373,287	1,794,154
2009	505,144	1,717,920
2010	497,745	1,548,182
2011	492,271	1,441,697
2012	487,210	1,411,822
2013	487,648	1,322,711
2014	488,114	1,357,281
2015	495,769	1,270,126
2016	499,508	1,197,627
2017	492,276	1,028,037
2018	482,316	955,022
2019	469,924	887,476
2020	448,626	208,862
2021	394,104	199,137
2022	415,647	399,926
2023	408,331	502,372

Maternal mortality chart: Myanmar vs United States

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 17 deaths in the United States.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Myanmar	United States
1985	674	11
1986	652	11
1987	631	11
1988	616	12
1989	603	12
1990	586	12
1991	566	12
1992	542	11
1993	522	12
1994	498	11
1995	472	12
1996	442	11
1997	416	11
1998	398	11
1999	388	12
2000	375	12
2001	361	13
2002	347	13
2003	335	13
2004	324	13
2005	312	13
2006	301	13
2007	290	13
2008	286	14
2009	268	15
2010	259	15
2011	249	15
2012	243	16
2013	237	16
2014	228	17
2015	222	17
2016	215	18
2017	209	18
2018	201	18
2019	195	18
2020	198	22
2021	231	31
2022	193	20
2023	185	17

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.87% in Myanmar and 0.65% in the United States. 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	United States
1960	-	3.01%
1961	-	2.95%
1962	-	2.89%
1963	-	2.83%
1964	-	2.77%
1965	-	2.71%
1966	-	2.64%
1967	-	2.57%
1968	18%	2.49%
1969	17.7%	2.41%
1970	17.4%	2.32%
1971	17%	2.24%
1972	16.7%	2.15%
1973	16.3%	2.06%
1974	16%	1.97%
1975	15.6%	1.88%
1976	15.3%	1.79%
1977	14.9%	1.71%
1978	14.6%	1.63%
1979	14.3%	1.56%
1980	14%	1.5%
1981	13.7%	1.44%
1982	13.4%	1.39%
1983	13.1%	1.34%
1984	12.9%	1.3%
1985	12.7%	1.27%
1986	12.5%	1.24%
1987	12.2%	1.21%
1988	12%	1.19%
1989	11.8%	1.16%
1990	11.5%	1.12%
1991	11.3%	1.09%
1992	11%	1.05%
1993	10.7%	1.01%
1994	10.5%	0.98%
1995	10.2%	0.95%
1996	9.94%	0.92%
1997	9.68%	0.89%
1998	9.43%	0.87%
1999	9.19%	0.86%
2000	8.95%	0.84%
2001	8.71%	0.83%
2002	8.47%	0.82%
2003	8.22%	0.81%
2004	7.97%	0.81%
2005	7.71%	0.8%
2006	7.44%	0.79%
2007	7.16%	0.77%
2008	10.1%	0.76%
2009	6.6%	0.75%
2010	6.32%	0.73%
2011	6.05%	0.72%
2012	5.8%	0.7%
2013	5.56%	0.69%
2014	5.34%	0.68%
2015	5.13%	0.68%
2016	4.95%	0.67%
2017	4.77%	0.66%
2018	4.6%	0.65%
2019	4.44%	0.65%
2020	4.29%	0.65%
2021	4.14%	0.65%
2022	4%	0.65%
2023	3.87%	0.65%