Myanmar vs South Africa Demographics: Median age, Gender, Race, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
Myanmar vs South Africa

Table

Year	Median age
	Myanmar	South Africa
1960	20.9	19
1961	20.7	19
1962	20.5	18.9
1963	20.3	18.9
1964	20.1	18.9
1965	19.9	18.8
1966	19.8	18.8
1967	19.7	18.8
1968	19.6	18.8
1969	19.5	18.8
1970	19.5	18.8
1971	19.5	18.8
1972	19.6	18.8
1973	19.6	18.8
1974	19.7	18.9
1975	19.7	18.9
1976	19.8	19
1977	19.8	19.1
1978	19.9	19.2
1979	20	19.3
1980	20.1	19.4
1981	20.2	19.6
1982	20.3	19.8
1983	20.4	20
1984	20.5	20.2
1985	20.7	20.4
1986	20.9	20.5
1987	21.1	20.7
1988	21.3	20.9
1989	21.5	21.1
1990	21.7	21.3
1991	21.9	21.5
1992	22.1	21.5
1993	22.3	21.9
1994	22.5	22
1995	22.8	21.5
1996	23	21.2
1997	23.2	21.2
1998	23.5	21.4
1999	23.7	21.6
2000	24	21.9
2001	24.2	22.2
2002	24.5	22.4
2003	24.7	22.8
2004	25	23.1
2005	25.3	23.3
2006	25.5	23.5
2007	25.8	23.8
2008	26.2	24
2009	26.5	24.3
2010	26.8	24.6
2011	27.1	25
2012	27.4	25.3
2013	27.7	25.7
2014	28	26
2015	28.3	26.4
2016	28.6	26.7
2017	28.9	27
2018	29.2	27.5
2019	29.5	27.9
2020	29.7	28.3
2021	30	28.6
2022	30.3	28.9
2023	30.5	29.2
2024	30.8	29.5
2025	31.1	29.7
2026	31.4	29.9
2027	31.7	30.1
2028	32	30.3
2029	32.3	30.4
2030	32.6	30.6
2031	32.8	30.7
2032	33.1	30.9
2033	33.4	31
2034	33.7	31
2035	34	31.2
2036	34.2	31.3
2037	34.5	31.5
2038	34.8	31.6
2039	35	31.8
2040	35.3	32
2041	35.5	32.2
2042	35.7	32.3
2043	35.9	32.5
2044	36.2	32.6
2045	36.4	32.8
2046	36.6	32.9
2047	36.8	33
2048	37	33.1
2049	37.2	33.2
2050	37.3	33.3

In 1960, the median age in Myanmar was 20.9 years compared to 19 years in South Africa. As of 2024, the median age had increased to 30.8 years in Myanmar and to 29.5 years in South Africa.

According to United Nations projections, the median age in Myanmar is expected to increased to around 37.3 years by 2050 compared to 33.3 years in South Africa. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

Demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	Myanmar		South Africa
	Male	Female	Male	Female
0-4	4.15%	3.92%	4.65%	4.58%
5-9	4.21%	3.99%	4.19%	4.17%
10-14	4.11%	3.91%	4.16%	4.14%
15-19	4.12%	3.94%	4.21%	4.16%
20-24	4.21%	4.06%	4.04%	3.93%
25-29	4.08%	3.97%	4.34%	4.37%
30-34	3.95%	3.87%	4.42%	4.52%
35-39	3.81%	3.76%	4.2%	4.25%
40-44	3.62%	3.61%	3.64%	3.66%
45-49	3.2%	3.25%	2.77%	2.86%
50-54	2.84%	2.95%	2.18%	2.44%
55-59	2.42%	2.61%	1.76%	2.17%
60-64	1.92%	2.19%	1.51%	1.96%
65-69	1.42%	1.73%	1.14%	1.55%
70-74	0.93%	1.24%	0.74%	1.11%
75-79	0.47%	0.69%	0.36%	0.63%
80+	0.3%	0.53%	0.34%	0.81%

The chart above is a variation of a population pyramid and represents a comparison of age and gender structure. Myanmar has low demographic potential with 56.5% of people in the 0-34 age group compared to 59.9% and average potential in South Africa.

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Myanmar			South Africa
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	76.7%	70.5%	6.18%	83.4%	77.2%	6.22%
1961	77.8%	71.5%	6.27%	83.4%	77.2%	6.2%
1962	78.9%	72.5%	6.35%	83.4%	77.2%	6.18%
1963	80%	73.5%	6.44%	83.3%	77.1%	6.19%
1964	80.6%	74.1%	6.52%	83.3%	77.1%	6.22%
1965	80.9%	74.3%	6.59%	83.5%	77.2%	6.26%
1966	80.9%	74.3%	6.66%	83.8%	77.5%	6.32%
1967	80.9%	74.2%	6.73%	84%	77.7%	6.39%
1968	80.8%	74%	6.81%	84.3%	77.8%	6.46%
1969	80.6%	73.8%	6.87%	84.5%	77.9%	6.54%
1970	80.4%	73.5%	6.93%	84.6%	78%	6.61%
1971	80.1%	73.1%	6.97%	84.7%	78%	6.67%
1972	79.7%	72.7%	7.01%	84.6%	77.9%	6.72%
1973	79.4%	72.4%	7.05%	84.5%	77.7%	6.76%
1974	79.2%	72.1%	7.09%	84.3%	77.5%	6.79%
1975	78.9%	71.8%	7.13%	84%	77.2%	6.83%
1976	78.6%	71.4%	7.16%	83.7%	76.9%	6.85%
1977	78.1%	70.9%	7.18%	83.3%	76.4%	6.87%
1978	77.6%	70.4%	7.2%	82.6%	75.7%	6.88%
1979	77.1%	69.9%	7.23%	82%	75.1%	6.89%
1980	76.5%	69.3%	7.26%	80.9%	74%	6.88%
1981	75.9%	68.6%	7.31%	79.6%	72.7%	6.87%
1982	75.5%	68.1%	7.37%	78.4%	71.5%	6.88%
1983	74.9%	67.5%	7.43%	77.5%	70.6%	6.91%
1984	74.3%	66.8%	7.46%	76.7%	69.8%	6.95%
1985	73.6%	66.1%	7.49%	76%	69%	6.98%
1986	72.7%	65.2%	7.51%	75.2%	68.2%	6.98%
1987	71.7%	64.2%	7.52%	74.4%	67.4%	6.96%
1988	70.7%	63.1%	7.52%	73.5%	66.6%	6.93%
1989	69.6%	62%	7.54%	72.6%	65.7%	6.86%
1990	68.6%	61%	7.56%	71.5%	64.7%	6.78%
1991	67.6%	60%	7.6%	70.9%	64.1%	6.74%
1992	66.7%	59.1%	7.65%	71.1%	64.3%	6.82%
1993	65.8%	58.1%	7.69%	70.2%	63.4%	6.79%
1994	64.9%	57.1%	7.74%	70.2%	63.3%	6.89%
1995	63.9%	56.1%	7.78%	71.5%	64.3%	7.18%
1996	62.9%	55.1%	7.83%	72%	64.6%	7.46%
1997	61.8%	53.9%	7.86%	71.6%	63.9%	7.69%
1998	60.6%	52.7%	7.89%	69.8%	62%	7.79%
1999	59.4%	51.5%	7.91%	67.8%	60%	7.84%
2000	58.2%	50.3%	7.91%	65.7%	57.8%	7.87%
2001	57.2%	49.3%	7.92%	63.5%	55.7%	7.88%
2002	56.4%	48.5%	7.92%	61.4%	53.5%	7.88%
2003	55.8%	47.8%	7.93%	59.5%	51.6%	7.9%
2004	55.1%	47.1%	7.93%	57.9%	49.9%	7.93%
2005	54.3%	46.4%	7.92%	56.7%	48.7%	7.98%
2006	53.6%	45.6%	7.91%	55.7%	47.7%	8.03%
2007	52.8%	44.9%	7.9%	54.8%	46.8%	8.05%
2008	51.9%	44.1%	7.88%	54.2%	46.1%	8.07%
2009	51.1%	43.2%	7.87%	53.7%	45.6%	8.07%
2010	50.4%	42.5%	7.89%	53%	45%	8.03%
2011	49.6%	41.7%	7.91%	52.4%	44.4%	7.99%
2012	48.9%	41%	7.95%	51.9%	43.9%	7.97%
2013	48.2%	40.2%	8%	51.5%	43.5%	8.01%
2014	47.7%	39.6%	8.11%	51.1%	43.1%	8.06%
2015	47.3%	39.1%	8.3%	50.8%	42.7%	8.1%
2016	47%	38.5%	8.51%	51.1%	42.8%	8.27%
2017	46.8%	38%	8.73%	51.3%	42.8%	8.51%
2018	46.5%	37.6%	8.98%	50.7%	42%	8.7%
2019	46.4%	37.1%	9.25%	50.1%	41.2%	8.92%
2020	46.3%	36.8%	9.52%	49.5%	40.4%	9.13%
2021	46.2%	36.5%	9.78%	48.9%	39.6%	9.28%
2022	46.2%	36.2%	10.1%	48.6%	39.1%	9.45%
2023	46.2%	35.8%	10.4%	48.4%	38.7%	9.67%
2024	46.2%	35.5%	10.7%	48.3%	38.4%	9.92%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64.

Age dependency in Myanmar decreased from 55.1% to 46.2% between 2004 and 2024.

In South Africa, the ratio of dependent people decreased from 57.9% to 48.3% between 2004 and 2024 with a decreased share of young people and an increased proportion of people aged 65+.

Working age demographic

Table

Year	Working age population share
	Myanmar	South Africa
1960	56.6%	54.5%
1961	56.2%	54.5%
1962	55.9%	54.5%
1963	55.6%	54.6%
1964	55.4%	54.6%
1965	55.3%	54.5%
1966	55.3%	54.4%
1967	55.3%	54.3%
1968	55.3%	54.3%
1969	55.4%	54.2%
1970	55.4%	54.2%
1971	55.5%	54.2%
1972	55.6%	54.2%
1973	55.7%	54.2%
1974	55.8%	54.3%
1975	55.9%	54.3%
1976	56%	54.4%
1977	56.1%	54.6%
1978	56.3%	54.8%
1979	56.5%	55%
1980	56.7%	55.3%
1981	56.8%	55.7%
1982	57%	56.1%
1983	57.2%	56.3%
1984	57.4%	56.6%
1985	57.6%	56.8%
1986	57.9%	57.1%
1987	58.2%	57.3%
1988	58.6%	57.6%
1989	59%	57.9%
1990	59.3%	58.3%
1991	59.7%	58.5%
1992	60%	58.4%
1993	60.3%	58.8%
1994	60.6%	58.8%
1995	61%	58.3%
1996	61.4%	58.1%
1997	61.8%	58.3%
1998	62.3%	58.9%
1999	62.7%	59.6%
2000	63.2%	60.3%
2001	63.6%	61.1%
2002	63.9%	62%
2003	64.2%	62.7%
2004	64.5%	63.3%
2005	64.8%	63.8%
2006	65.1%	64.2%
2007	65.5%	64.6%
2008	65.8%	64.9%
2009	66.2%	65.1%
2010	66.5%	65.3%
2011	66.8%	65.6%
2012	67.2%	65.8%
2013	67.5%	66%
2014	67.7%	66.2%
2015	67.9%	66.3%
2016	68%	66.2%
2017	68.1%	66.1%
2018	68.2%	66.4%
2019	68.3%	66.6%
2020	68.3%	66.9%
2021	68.4%	67.2%
2022	68.4%	67.3%
2023	68.4%	67.4%
2024	68.4%	67.4%
2025	68.4%	67.4%
2026	68.4%	67.3%
2027	68.4%	67.3%
2028	68.4%	67.2%
2029	68.4%	67.2%
2030	68.4%	67.1%
2031	68.4%	67%
2032	68.4%	67%
2033	68.5%	67.1%
2034	68.5%	67.2%
2035	68.5%	67.4%
2036	68.5%	67.6%
2037	68.5%	67.7%
2038	68.5%	67.9%
2039	68.4%	68%
2040	68.4%	68.1%
2041	68.4%	68.1%
2042	68.3%	68.2%
2043	68.2%	68.2%
2044	68.2%	68.1%
2045	68.1%	68%
2046	68%	67.9%
2047	67.8%	67.8%
2048	67.7%	67.6%
2049	67.5%	67.4%
2050	67.3%	67.2%

Between 2004 and 2024, the share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 changed from 64.5% to 68.4% in Myanmar and from 63.3% to 67.4% in South Africa.

Share of young demographic (0-14 years old)

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Myanmar	South Africa
1960	39.9%	42.1%
1961	40.2%	42.1%
1962	40.6%	42.1%
1963	40.9%	42.1%
1964	41%	42.1%
1965	41.1%	42.1%
1966	41.1%	42.1%
1967	41%	42.2%
1968	40.9%	42.2%
1969	40.8%	42.2%
1970	40.7%	42.3%
1971	40.6%	42.2%
1972	40.5%	42.2%
1973	40.3%	42.1%
1974	40.2%	42%
1975	40.1%	41.9%
1976	40%	41.8%
1977	39.8%	41.7%
1978	39.6%	41.5%
1979	39.4%	41.3%
1980	39.2%	40.9%
1981	39%	40.5%
1982	38.8%	40.1%
1983	38.6%	39.8%
1984	38.3%	39.5%
1985	38.1%	39.2%
1986	37.8%	38.9%
1987	37.4%	38.7%
1988	37%	38.4%
1989	36.6%	38.1%
1990	36.2%	37.7%
1991	35.8%	37.5%
1992	35.4%	37.6%
1993	35.1%	37.3%
1994	34.7%	37.2%
1995	34.2%	37.5%
1996	33.8%	37.5%
1997	33.3%	37.2%
1998	32.8%	36.5%
1999	32.3%	35.7%
2000	31.8%	34.9%
2001	31.4%	34%
2002	31%	33.2%
2003	30.7%	32.3%
2004	30.4%	31.6%
2005	30.1%	31.1%
2006	29.7%	30.6%
2007	29.4%	30.2%
2008	29%	29.9%
2009	28.6%	29.7%
2010	28.2%	29.4%
2011	27.9%	29.1%
2012	27.5%	28.9%
2013	27.1%	28.7%
2014	26.8%	28.5%
2015	26.5%	28.3%
2016	26.2%	28.3%
2017	25.9%	28.3%
2018	25.6%	27.9%
2019	25.4%	27.4%
2020	25.1%	27%
2021	24.9%	26.6%
2022	24.7%	26.3%
2023	24.5%	26.1%
2024	24.3%	25.9%
2025	24.1%	25.7%
2026	23.9%	25.6%
2027	23.6%	25.4%
2028	23.4%	25.3%
2029	23.2%	25.2%
2030	23%	25.2%
2031	22.7%	25.1%
2032	22.4%	25%
2033	22.2%	24.8%
2034	21.9%	24.5%
2035	21.7%	24.3%
2036	21.4%	23.9%
2037	21.2%	23.6%
2038	21%	23.4%
2039	20.8%	23.1%
2040	20.6%	22.9%
2041	20.4%	22.7%
2042	20.2%	22.5%
2043	20.1%	22.4%
2044	19.9%	22.2%
2045	19.8%	22.1%
2046	19.6%	21.9%
2047	19.5%	21.8%
2048	19.4%	21.7%
2049	19.2%	21.6%
2050	19.1%	21.5%

The share of young people aged below 15 is 24.3% in Myanmar and 25.9% in South Africa. Birth rates in Myanmar compared to South Africa .

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Myanmar	South Africa
1960	3.5%	3.39%
1961	3.52%	3.38%
1962	3.55%	3.37%
1963	3.58%	3.38%
1964	3.61%	3.39%
1965	3.64%	3.41%
1966	3.68%	3.44%
1967	3.72%	3.47%
1968	3.76%	3.51%
1969	3.8%	3.54%
1970	3.84%	3.58%
1971	3.87%	3.61%
1972	3.9%	3.64%
1973	3.93%	3.66%
1974	3.96%	3.69%
1975	3.98%	3.71%
1976	4.01%	3.73%
1977	4.03%	3.75%
1978	4.05%	3.77%
1979	4.08%	3.79%
1980	4.11%	3.8%
1981	4.15%	3.83%
1982	4.2%	3.86%
1983	4.25%	3.89%
1984	4.28%	3.93%
1985	4.32%	3.97%
1986	4.35%	3.98%
1987	4.38%	3.99%
1988	4.41%	3.99%
1989	4.44%	3.98%
1990	4.49%	3.95%
1991	4.53%	3.95%
1992	4.59%	3.99%
1993	4.64%	3.99%
1994	4.7%	4.05%
1995	4.75%	4.19%
1996	4.8%	4.34%
1997	4.86%	4.48%
1998	4.91%	4.59%
1999	4.96%	4.67%
2000	5%	4.75%
2001	5.04%	4.82%
2002	5.07%	4.88%
2003	5.09%	4.95%
2004	5.11%	5.02%
2005	5.13%	5.1%
2006	5.15%	5.15%
2007	5.17%	5.2%
2008	5.19%	5.24%
2009	5.21%	5.25%
2010	5.24%	5.25%
2011	5.29%	5.24%
2012	5.34%	5.25%
2013	5.4%	5.29%
2014	5.49%	5.33%
2015	5.63%	5.37%
2016	5.78%	5.47%
2017	5.95%	5.63%
2018	6.13%	5.78%
2019	6.32%	5.95%
2020	6.51%	6.11%
2021	6.69%	6.23%
2022	6.88%	6.36%
2023	7.09%	6.52%
2024	7.3%	6.69%
2025	7.52%	6.89%
2026	7.74%	7.08%
2027	7.97%	7.26%
2028	8.19%	7.44%
2029	8.43%	7.61%
2030	8.66%	7.76%
2031	8.9%	7.89%
2032	9.14%	8.01%
2033	9.38%	8.14%
2034	9.61%	8.26%
2035	9.85%	8.39%
2036	10.1%	8.52%
2037	10.3%	8.64%
2038	10.6%	8.76%
2039	10.8%	8.88%
2040	11%	9.01%
2041	11.2%	9.15%
2042	11.5%	9.3%
2043	11.7%	9.48%
2044	11.9%	9.68%
2045	12.2%	9.9%
2046	12.4%	10.1%
2047	12.7%	10.4%
2048	13%	10.7%
2049	13.3%	11%
2050	13.5%	11.3%

The share of older people aged 65 and over is 7.3% in Myanmar and 6.69% in South Africa. Life expectancy in Myanmar compared to South Africa .