Myanmar vs Thailand statistics compared

Myanmar has a population of 54.5M (ranked 27/197), compared with 71.7M in Thailand (ranked 20/197). Myanmar's land area is 251,997 sq mi versus 197,256 sq mi for Thailand (ranked 39th vs. 50th).

By GDP, Myanmar ranks 85/197 ($74.1B) and Thailand ranks 30/197 ($526B). By GDP per capita, Myanmar ranks 165/197 ($1,359), while Thailand ranks 102/197 ($7,345).

Myanmar and Thailand: Comparison Charts

Myanmar and Thailand economies compared

GDP

Myanmar

Thailand

Table

Year	GDP
	Myanmar	Thailand
1960	$545,098,448	$2,760,750,861
1961	$605,581,577	$3,034,037,811
1962	$634,528,872	$3,308,912,797
1963	$598,998,419	$3,540,403,457
1964	$411,419,906	$3,889,129,942
1965	$367,053,117	$4,388,937,649
1966	$293,103,479	$5,279,230,817
1967	$420,359,036	$5,638,461,442
1968	$559,956,130	$6,081,009,428
1969	$571,854,215	$6,695,336,567
1970	$563,555,631	$7,086,538,438
1971	$587,448,405	$7,375,000,024
1972	$662,213,083	$8,177,873,151
1973	$719,754,655	$10,838,587,358
1974	$1,225,589,878	$13,702,998,512
1975	$1,061,107,354	$14,882,770,594
1976	$1,204,699,849	$16,985,208,648
1977	$873,579,932	$19,779,312,261
1978	$935,408,775	$24,006,566,637
1979	$952,265,043	$27,371,650,825
1980	$1,038,225,167	$32,353,514,989
1981	$1,111,000,765	$34,846,039,194
1982	$1,481,165,468	$36,589,772,404
1983	$1,381,573,615	$40,042,798,388
1984	$1,304,063,253	$41,797,647,776
1985	$1,478,908,173	$38,900,711,333
1986	$1,582,873,750	$43,096,773,981
1987	$1,562,448,077	$50,535,446,555
1988	$1,541,088,312	$61,667,253,471
1989	$2,013,448,229	$72,250,748,100
1990	$2,115,193,513	$85,343,190,719
1991	$2,069,832,687	$98,234,714,971
1992	$2,411,552,289	$111,452,746,518
1993	$3,163,020,035	$128,889,262,951
1994	$4,432,257,174	$146,683,778,959
1995	$5,289,174,943	$169,278,916,593
1996	$6,123,556,717	$183,035,237,429
1997	$4,722,288,496	$150,180,456,566
1998	$6,459,461,639	$113,675,596,788
1999	$8,486,832,801	$126,669,211,779
2000	$8,905,066,164	$126,392,224,254
2001	$6,477,790,688	$120,296,476,180
2002	$6,777,632,512	$134,300,904,400
2003	$10,467,109,978	$152,280,615,246
2004	$10,567,354,056	$172,895,685,155
2005	$11,986,972,419	$189,318,408,469
2006	$14,502,553,710	$221,758,296,022
2007	$20,182,477,481	$262,942,621,455
2008	$31,862,554,102	$291,382,982,431
2009	$36,906,181,381	$281,710,630,187
2010	$49,540,813,342	$341,104,766,329
2011	$59,977,326,086	$370,818,739,624
2012	$59,937,796,648	$397,558,325,279
2013	$60,269,732,855	$420,333,654,593
2014	$65,531,374,200	$407,339,040,198
2015	$59,607,290,408	$401,296,238,228
2016	$63,298,361,996	$413,366,349,748
2017	$66,053,040,483	$456,356,813,537
2018	$67,860,515,990	$506,754,208,404
2019	$75,065,106,228	$543,976,691,794
2020	$79,006,113,643	$500,461,898,480
2021	$66,345,291,160	$506,194,668,790
2022	$62,253,049,892	$495,644,697,588
2023	$66,757,619,000	$515,906,283,941
2024	$74,079,772,652	$526,411,265,428

Myanmar and Thailand economies compared

GDP per capita

Myanmar

Thailand

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Myanmar	Thailand
1960	$25.1	$102.8
1961	$27.3	$109.7
1962	$27.9	$116.2
1963	$25.8	$120.7
1964	$17.3	$128.6
1965	$15.1	$140.9
1966	$11.8	$164.5
1967	$16.5	$170.7
1968	$21.5	$178.8
1969	$21.5	$191.4
1970	$20.7	$197.1
1971	$21.1	$199.7
1972	$23.3	$215.6
1973	$24.8	$278.3
1974	$41.4	$343
1975	$35.2	$364
1976	$39.2	$405
1977	$27.9	$462
1978	$29.3	$548
1979	$29.2	$612
1980	$31.2	$709
1981	$32.8	$748
1982	$43	$770
1983	$39.3	$827
1984	$36.3	$847
1985	$40.4	$774
1986	$42.4	$842
1987	$41.1	$970
1988	$39.9	$1,164
1989	$51.3	$1,342
1990	$53.1	$1,559
1991	$51.2	$1,766
1992	$58.9	$1,972
1993	$76.2	$2,245
1994	$105.4	$2,518
1995	$124.1	$2,864
1996	$141.9	$3,055
1997	$108	$2,473
1998	$146	$1,848
1999	$189.5	$2,033
2000	$196.6	$2,006
2001	$141.5	$1,890
2002	$146.6	$2,090
2003	$224.3	$2,348
2004	$224.5	$2,642
2005	$252.7	$2,868
2006	$303	$3,331
2007	$419	$3,919
2008	$658	$4,309
2009	$758	$4,135
2010	$1,011	$4,974
2011	$1,214	$5,374
2012	$1,203	$5,726
2013	$1,199	$6,018
2014	$1,293	$5,801
2015	$1,167	$5,689
2016	$1,229	$5,834
2017	$1,273	$6,413
2018	$1,298	$7,100
2019	$1,426	$7,606
2020	$1,490	$6,986
2021	$1,243	$7,057
2022	$1,158	$6,909
2023	$1,233	$7,195
2024	$1,359	$7,345

Myanmar vs. Thailand life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Myanmar

Thailand

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Myanmar	Thailand
1950	35.7	45.2
1951	36.5	45.9
1952	37.7	46.5
1953	38.6	47.1
1954	39.6	47.6
1955	40.4	48.1
1956	41.2	48.6
1957	42	49.1
1958	42.8	49.5
1959	43.4	50.1
1960	44.1	50.6
1961	44.6	51.1
1962	45.3	51.4
1963	46	52
1964	46.7	52.5
1965	47.4	53.1
1966	48.2	53.7
1967	48.9	54.3
1968	49.4	55
1969	50	55.7
1970	50.5	56.5
1971	51	57.1
1972	51.4	57.7
1973	51.8	58.3
1974	52.1	59
1975	52.5	59.7
1976	52.9	60.4
1977	53.3	60.9
1978	53.5	61.3
1979	54	61.7
1980	54.4	62.2
1981	54.7	62.9
1982	55	63.6
1983	55.3	64.5
1984	55.6	65.5
1985	55.8	66.5
1986	56.1	67.3
1987	56.4	67.8
1988	56.6	68.2
1989	56.9	68.6
1990	57.2	68.9
1991	57.4	69.1
1992	57.7	69.4
1993	58	69.6
1994	58.3	69.7
1995	58.7	69.8
1996	59.2	69.9
1997	59.5	70.4
1998	59.9	70.7
1999	60.1	71
2000	60.4	71.2
2001	60.6	71.5
2002	60.9	71.8
2003	61.2	72.1
2004	61.4	72.1
2005	61.7	72.9
2006	62	73.3
2007	62.4	73.8
2008	56.4	74.2
2009	63.1	74.7
2010	63.5	75
2011	63.9	75.3
2012	64.3	75.6
2013	64.6	76
2014	65	76.3
2015	65.3	76.6
2016	65.6	76.8
2017	65.9	77
2018	66.2	77.2
2019	66.5	77.2
2020	66.6	77.3
2021	65.6	77.6
2022	66.5	75.3
2023	66.9	76.4
2024	67.1	76.6
2025	67.3	76.8

Myanmar and Thailand population clocks and comparison

Population

Myanmar

Thailand

Table

Year	Population
	Myanmar	Thailand
1960	21,730,250	26,851,747
1961	22,210,581	27,650,334
1962	22,704,719	28,481,040
1963	23,213,408	29,342,322
1964	23,737,315	30,232,141
1965	24,279,431	31,149,337
1966	24,836,496	32,086,071
1967	25,406,429	33,037,801
1968	25,989,662	34,002,560
1969	26,585,112	34,973,782
1970	27,193,016	35,954,408
1971	27,807,219	36,937,387
1972	28,428,324	37,933,929
1973	29,026,388	38,947,787
1974	29,598,167	39,952,891
1975	30,176,565	40,940,005
1976	30,758,811	41,896,504
1977	31,355,966	42,843,974
1978	31,972,976	43,788,976
1979	32,596,550	44,718,434
1980	33,227,204	45,650,022
1981	33,858,783	46,575,855
1982	34,482,965	47,494,577
1983	35,162,715	48,423,309
1984	35,899,313	49,351,708
1985	36,622,827	50,270,753
1986	37,314,878	51,177,834
1987	37,971,594	52,074,105
1988	38,600,927	52,969,595
1989	39,214,618	53,848,956
1990	39,817,251	54,738,329
1991	40,394,154	55,637,434
1992	40,950,342	56,528,834
1993	41,502,429	57,408,198
1994	42,055,143	58,260,854
1995	42,605,338	59,098,232
1996	43,154,860	59,920,064
1997	43,708,798	60,724,584
1998	44,257,793	61,522,630
1999	44,787,724	62,299,043
2000	45,290,841	63,007,815
2001	45,771,139	63,651,141
2002	46,232,653	64,266,437
2003	46,667,192	64,868,166
2004	47,068,772	65,452,047
2005	47,438,365	66,017,420
2006	47,785,135	66,567,687
2007	48,125,043	67,102,394
2008	48,390,793	67,619,830
2009	48,660,459	68,121,080
2010	49,024,382	68,579,447
2011	49,419,820	69,007,208
2012	49,837,446	69,436,098
2013	50,262,658	69,845,114
2014	50,681,634	70,216,367
2015	51,089,056	70,540,795
2016	51,495,696	70,859,841
2017	51,894,938	71,160,187
2018	52,272,247	71,376,079
2019	52,640,713	71,522,271
2020	53,016,522	71,641,484
2021	53,387,102	71,727,332
2022	53,756,787	71,735,329
2023	54,133,798	71,702,435
2024	54,500,091	71,668,011

Fertility rates in Myanmar and Thailand

Fertility rate

Myanmar

Thailand

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Myanmar	Thailand
1960	5.9	6.33
1961	5.9	6.32
1962	5.9	6.33
1963	5.91	6.34
1964	5.91	6.31
1965	5.91	6.26
1966	5.88	6.18
1967	5.84	6.08
1968	5.8	5.93
1969	5.75	5.7
1970	5.68	5.45
1971	5.62	5.25
1972	5.53	5.08
1973	5.44	4.85
1974	5.34	4.6
1975	5.25	4.36
1976	5.16	4.12
1977	5.07	3.87
1978	4.99	3.62
1979	4.9	3.45
1980	4.79	3.29
1981	4.69	3.13
1982	4.66	2.94
1983	4.63	2.76
1984	4.52	2.58
1985	4.32	2.45
1986	4.08	2.36
1987	3.86	2.26
1988	3.67	2.17
1989	3.59	2.14
1990	3.5	2.07
1991	3.43	2.04
1992	3.35	2.01
1993	3.28	1.97
1994	3.2	1.93
1995	3.13	1.89
1996	3.06	1.87
1997	2.99	1.85
1998	2.91	1.82
1999	2.85	1.77
2000	2.81	1.73
2001	2.79	1.71
2002	2.77	1.69
2003	2.68	1.67
2004	2.59	1.67
2005	2.52	1.64
2006	2.47	1.63
2007	2.45	1.62
2008	2.4	1.59
2009	2.37	1.57
2010	2.34	1.56
2011	2.31	1.57
2012	2.28	1.56
2013	2.26	1.53
2014	2.25	1.48
2015	2.27	1.45
2016	2.27	1.4
2017	2.25	1.36
2018	2.23	1.32
2019	2.21	1.29
2020	2.18	1.26
2021	2.16	1.23
2022	2.13	1.22
2023	2.12	1.21

Myanmar and Thailand demographics compared

Median age

Myanmar

Thailand

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Myanmar	Thailand
1960	20.9	18
1961	20.7	17.9
1962	20.5	17.7
1963	20.3	17.6
1964	20.1	17.5
1965	19.9	17.4
1966	19.8	17.3
1967	19.7	17.3
1968	19.6	17.3
1969	19.5	17.4
1970	19.5	17.5
1971	19.5	17.6
1972	19.6	17.8
1973	19.6	18
1974	19.7	18.2
1975	19.7	18.4
1976	19.8	18.7
1977	19.8	18.9
1978	19.9	19.2
1979	20	19.5
1980	20.1	19.9
1981	20.2	20.2
1982	20.3	20.6
1983	20.4	21
1984	20.5	21.5
1985	20.7	21.9
1986	20.9	22.4
1987	21.1	22.8
1988	21.3	23.3
1989	21.5	23.7
1990	21.7	24.3
1991	21.9	24.8
1992	22.1	25.4
1993	22.3	26
1994	22.5	26.6
1995	22.8	27.2
1996	23	27.7
1997	23.2	28.3
1998	23.5	28.9
1999	23.7	29.5
2000	24	30
2001	24.2	30.5
2002	24.5	30.9
2003	24.7	31.3
2004	25	31.7
2005	25.3	32.2
2006	25.5	32.6
2007	25.8	33.1
2008	26.2	33.6
2009	26.5	34
2010	26.8	34.5
2011	27.1	35
2012	27.4	35.4
2013	27.7	35.9
2014	28	36.3
2015	28.3	36.8
2016	28.6	37.3
2017	28.9	37.7
2018	29.2	38.2
2019	29.5	38.7
2020	29.7	39.2
2021	30	39.7
2022	30.3	40.2
2023	30.5	40.7
2024	30.8	41.1

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