Myanmar vs Sri Lanka statistics compared

Myanmar has a population of 54.5M (ranked 27/197), compared with 21.9M in Sri Lanka (ranked 61/197). Myanmar's land area is 251,997 sq mi versus 23,884 sq mi for Sri Lanka (ranked 39th vs. 122nd).

By GDP, Myanmar ranks 85/197 ($74.1B) and Sri Lanka ranks 71/197 ($99B). By GDP per capita, Myanmar ranks 165/197 ($1,359), while Sri Lanka ranks 125/197 ($4,516).

Myanmar and Sri Lanka: Comparison Charts

Myanmar and Sri Lanka economies compared

GDP

Myanmar

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	GDP
	Myanmar	Sri Lanka
1960	$545,098,448	$1,409,873,950
1961	$605,581,577	$1,444,327,731
1962	$634,528,872	$1,434,156,379
1963	$598,998,419	$1,240,672,269
1964	$411,419,906	$1,309,747,899
1965	$367,053,117	$1,698,319,328
1966	$293,103,479	$1,751,470,588
1967	$420,359,036	$1,859,465,021
1968	$559,956,130	$1,801,344,538
1969	$571,854,215	$1,965,546,218
1970	$563,555,631	$2,296,470,588
1971	$587,448,405	$2,369,308,600
1972	$662,213,083	$2,553,936,348
1973	$719,754,655	$2,875,625,000
1974	$1,225,589,878	$3,574,586,466
1975	$1,061,107,354	$3,791,298,146
1976	$1,204,699,849	$3,591,319,857
1977	$873,579,932	$4,104,509,583
1978	$935,408,775	$2,733,183,857
1979	$952,265,043	$3,364,611,432
1980	$1,038,225,167	$4,024,621,900
1981	$1,111,000,765	$4,415,844,156
1982	$1,481,165,468	$4,768,765,017
1983	$1,381,573,615	$5,167,913,302
1984	$1,304,063,253	$6,043,474,843
1985	$1,478,908,173	$5,978,460,972
1986	$1,582,873,750	$6,405,210,564
1987	$1,562,448,077	$6,682,167,120
1988	$1,541,088,312	$6,978,371,581
1989	$2,013,448,229	$6,987,267,684
1990	$2,115,193,513	$8,032,551,173
1991	$2,069,832,687	$9,000,362,582
1992	$2,411,552,289	$9,703,011,636
1993	$3,163,020,035	$10,338,679,636
1994	$4,432,257,174	$11,717,604,209
1995	$5,289,174,943	$13,029,697,561
1996	$6,123,556,717	$13,897,738,375
1997	$4,722,288,496	$15,091,913,884
1998	$6,459,461,639	$15,794,972,847
1999	$8,486,832,801	$15,656,327,860
2000	$8,905,066,164	$16,330,814,180
2001	$6,477,790,688	$15,749,753,805
2002	$6,777,632,512	$16,536,535,647
2003	$10,467,109,978	$18,881,765,437
2004	$10,567,354,056	$20,662,525,941
2005	$11,986,972,419	$24,405,791,045
2006	$14,502,553,710	$28,279,802,406
2007	$20,182,477,481	$32,350,238,760
2008	$31,862,554,102	$40,713,826,215
2009	$36,906,181,381	$42,066,224,093
2010	$49,540,813,342	$58,636,161,082
2011	$59,977,326,086	$67,753,284,044
2012	$59,937,796,648	$70,447,216,891
2013	$60,269,732,855	$77,000,578,167
2014	$65,531,374,200	$82,528,535,714
2015	$59,607,290,408	$85,090,301,052
2016	$63,298,361,996	$88,000,211,172
2017	$66,053,040,483	$94,369,350,286
2018	$67,860,515,990	$94,450,015,983
2019	$75,065,106,228	$88,998,706,297
2020	$79,006,113,643	$84,335,574,582
2021	$66,345,291,160	$88,556,698,938
2022	$62,253,049,892	$74,143,020,263
2023	$66,757,619,000	$83,716,142,582
2024	$74,079,772,652	$98,963,185,510

Myanmar and Sri Lanka economies compared

GDP per capita

Myanmar

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Myanmar	Sri Lanka
1960	$25.1	$145.9
1961	$27.3	$145.9
1962	$27.9	$141.4
1963	$25.8	$119.4
1964	$17.3	$122.9
1965	$15.1	$155.6
1966	$11.8	$156.6
1967	$16.5	$162.3
1968	$21.5	$153.5
1969	$21.5	$163.6
1970	$20.7	$186.9
1971	$21.1	$188.8
1972	$23.3	$199.4
1973	$24.8	$220.2
1974	$41.4	$268.7
1975	$35.2	$279.8
1976	$39.2	$260.3
1977	$27.9	$292.1
1978	$29.3	$191
1979	$29.2	$230.8
1980	$31.2	$271.1
1981	$32.8	$292.5
1982	$43	$312
1983	$39.3	$336
1984	$36.3	$391
1985	$40.4	$385
1986	$42.4	$407
1987	$41.1	$420
1988	$39.9	$434
1989	$51.3	$430
1990	$53.1	$491
1991	$51.2	$546
1992	$58.9	$580
1993	$76.2	$607
1994	$105.4	$678
1995	$124.1	$742
1996	$141.9	$776
1997	$108	$827
1998	$146	$849
1999	$189.5	$826
2000	$196.6	$846
2001	$141.5	$804
2002	$146.6	$835
2003	$224.3	$946
2004	$224.5	$1,029
2005	$252.7	$1,207
2006	$303	$1,390
2007	$419	$1,579
2008	$658	$1,974
2009	$758	$2,027
2010	$1,011	$2,808
2011	$1,214	$3,225
2012	$1,203	$3,328
2013	$1,199	$3,741
2014	$1,293	$3,972
2015	$1,167	$4,058
2016	$1,229	$4,149
2017	$1,273	$4,399
2018	$1,298	$4,359
2019	$1,426	$4,082
2020	$1,490	$3,848
2021	$1,243	$3,997
2022	$1,158	$3,343
2023	$1,233	$3,799
2024	$1,359	$4,516

Myanmar vs. Sri Lanka life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Myanmar

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Myanmar	Sri Lanka
1950	35.7	53.2
1951	36.5	54
1952	37.7	54.9
1953	38.6	55.6
1954	39.6	56.4
1955	40.4	57.2
1956	41.2	57.9
1957	42	58.5
1958	42.8	59.3
1959	43.4	60
1960	44.1	60.6
1961	44.6	61.2
1962	45.3	61.6
1963	46	62
1964	46.7	62.4
1965	47.4	62.8
1966	48.2	63.2
1967	48.9	63.6
1968	49.4	63.9
1969	50	64.1
1970	50.5	64.4
1971	51	64.2
1972	51.4	64.6
1973	51.8	64.8
1974	52.1	65
1975	52.5	65.4
1976	52.9	65.8
1977	53.3	66.4
1978	53.5	66.8
1979	54	67.5
1980	54.4	68
1981	54.7	68.4
1982	55	68.7
1983	55.3	68.7
1984	55.6	68.8
1985	55.8	68.9
1986	56.1	69
1987	56.4	69
1988	56.6	69
1989	56.9	67.3
1990	57.2	69.2
1991	57.4	69.1
1992	57.7	69.6
1993	58	70
1994	58.3	70.2
1995	58.7	69.7
1996	59.2	69.8
1997	59.5	69.9
1998	59.9	70.1
1999	60.1	70.4
2000	60.4	71.2
2001	60.6	71.8
2002	60.9	72.3
2003	61.2	72.4
2004	61.4	68
2005	61.7	73.1
2006	62	72.8
2007	62.4	73
2008	56.4	72.6
2009	63.1	70.3
2010	63.5	74.5
2011	63.9	74.7
2012	64.3	75.2
2013	64.6	75.5
2014	65	75.8
2015	65.3	76
2016	65.6	76.1
2017	65.9	76.2
2018	66.2	76.5
2019	66.5	76.7
2020	66.6	76.9
2021	65.6	76.3
2022	66.5	77.3
2023	66.9	77.5
2024	67.1	77.7
2025	67.3	77.9

Myanmar and Sri Lanka population clocks and comparison

Population

Myanmar

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Population
	Myanmar	Sri Lanka
1960	21,730,250	9,661,389
1961	22,210,581	9,899,372
1962	22,704,719	10,143,754
1963	23,213,408	10,395,040
1964	23,737,315	10,653,397
1965	24,279,431	10,916,965
1966	24,836,496	11,183,928
1967	25,406,429	11,457,328
1968	25,989,662	11,736,088
1969	26,585,112	12,013,858
1970	27,193,016	12,287,110
1971	27,807,219	12,551,910
1972	28,428,324	12,809,205
1973	29,026,388	13,060,916
1974	29,598,167	13,305,693
1975	30,176,565	13,548,984
1976	30,758,811	13,796,770
1977	31,355,966	14,049,371
1978	31,972,976	14,310,128
1979	32,596,550	14,579,614
1980	33,227,204	14,847,974
1981	33,858,783	15,099,414
1982	34,482,965	15,286,567
1983	35,162,715	15,388,794
1984	35,899,313	15,441,860
1985	36,622,827	15,544,154
1986	37,314,878	15,731,256
1987	37,971,594	15,916,576
1988	38,600,927	16,078,621
1989	39,214,618	16,248,557
1990	39,817,251	16,352,458
1991	40,394,154	16,475,354
1992	40,950,342	16,739,284
1993	41,502,429	17,025,918
1994	42,055,143	17,275,773
1995	42,605,338	17,564,068
1996	43,154,860	17,905,018
1997	43,708,798	18,248,200
1998	44,257,793	18,596,003
1999	44,787,724	18,944,731
2000	45,290,841	19,293,054
2001	45,771,139	19,600,362
2002	46,232,653	19,805,752
2003	46,667,192	19,951,521
2004	47,068,772	20,087,605
2005	47,438,365	20,216,524
2006	47,785,135	20,352,411
2007	48,125,043	20,492,545
2008	48,390,793	20,629,378
2009	48,660,459	20,756,435
2010	49,024,382	20,879,089
2011	49,419,820	21,009,048
2012	49,837,446	21,169,458
2013	50,262,658	20,585,000
2014	50,681,634	20,778,000
2015	51,089,056	20,970,000
2016	51,495,696	21,209,000
2017	51,894,938	21,453,000
2018	52,272,247	21,670,000
2019	52,640,713	21,803,000
2020	53,016,522	21,919,000
2021	53,387,102	22,156,000
2022	53,756,787	22,181,000
2023	54,133,798	22,037,000
2024	54,500,091	21,916,000

Fertility rates in Myanmar and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate

Myanmar

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Myanmar	Sri Lanka
1960	5.9	5.35
1961	5.9	5.24
1962	5.9	5.18
1963	5.91	5.12
1964	5.91	5.06
1965	5.91	4.93
1966	5.88	4.83
1967	5.84	4.79
1968	5.8	4.66
1969	5.75	4.5
1970	5.68	4.39
1971	5.62	4.27
1972	5.53	4.16
1973	5.44	4
1974	5.34	3.86
1975	5.25	3.82
1976	5.16	3.78
1977	5.07	3.74
1978	4.99	3.81
1979	4.9	3.82
1980	4.79	3.73
1981	4.69	3.65
1982	4.66	3.32
1983	4.63	3.11
1984	4.52	3.01
1985	4.32	2.9
1986	4.08	2.74
1987	3.86	2.64
1988	3.67	2.57
1989	3.59	2.58
1990	3.5	2.54
1991	3.43	2.51
1992	3.35	2.49
1993	3.28	2.44
1994	3.2	2.4
1995	3.13	2.35
1996	3.06	2.29
1997	2.99	2.22
1998	2.91	2.14
1999	2.85	2.14
2000	2.81	2.21
2001	2.79	2.28
2002	2.77	2.31
2003	2.68	2.3
2004	2.59	2.27
2005	2.52	2.26
2006	2.47	2.29
2007	2.45	2.3
2008	2.4	2.23
2009	2.37	2.18
2010	2.34	2.13
2011	2.31	2.14
2012	2.28	2.17
2013	2.26	2.18
2014	2.25	2.13
2015	2.27	2.09
2016	2.27	2.06
2017	2.25	2.04
2018	2.23	2.03
2019	2.21	2.02
2020	2.18	2.01
2021	2.16	2
2022	2.13	1.98
2023	2.12	1.97

Myanmar and Sri Lanka demographics compared

Median age

Myanmar

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Myanmar	Sri Lanka
1960	20.9	19.5
1961	20.7	19.5
1962	20.5	19.5
1963	20.3	19.5
1964	20.1	19.5
1965	19.9	19.5
1966	19.8	19.6
1967	19.7	19.7
1968	19.6	19.8
1969	19.5	19.9
1970	19.5	20
1971	19.5	20.1
1972	19.6	20.2
1973	19.6	20.4
1974	19.7	20.6
1975	19.7	20.7
1976	19.8	20.9
1977	19.8	21
1978	19.9	21.2
1979	20	21.3
1980	20.1	21.5
1981	20.2	21.6
1982	20.3	21.7
1983	20.4	21.9
1984	20.5	22
1985	20.7	22.2
1986	20.9	22.5
1987	21.1	22.8
1988	21.3	23.1
1989	21.5	23.4
1990	21.7	23.6
1991	21.9	23.9
1992	22.1	24.3
1993	22.3	24.6
1994	22.5	24.9
1995	22.8	25.3
1996	23	25.8
1997	23.2	26.2
1998	23.5	26.5
1999	23.7	26.9
2000	24	27.2
2001	24.2	27.6
2002	24.5	27.9
2003	24.7	28.2
2004	25	28.5
2005	25.3	28.8
2006	25.5	29
2007	25.8	29.3
2008	26.2	29.6
2009	26.5	29.9
2010	26.8	30.2
2011	27.1	30.5
2012	27.4	30.8
2013	27.7	31.1
2014	28	31.4
2015	28.3	31.7
2016	28.6	32
2017	28.9	32.3
2018	29.2	32.5
2019	29.5	32.8
2020	29.7	33.1
2021	30	33.3
2022	30.3	33.6
2023	30.5	33.8
2024	30.8	34.1

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