The current population of Myanmar is 55,119,090 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 54,500,091 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Myanmar is ranked 27/197 by population and was ranked 27th in 2005.
- Myanmar accounts for 0.67% of the world's population.
- Myanmar is projected to reach 58.6M people in 2049.
- For the last 20 years, Myanmar has had an average growth rate of 0.81% per year.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 47.4M people to 55.1M (16.2% growth in 20 years).
Myanmar population clock
Myanmar
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
55119090
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 27/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.67% | N/A |
| One net population change |
1.43 minutes
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
34.9 seconds
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
1.06 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +1,004 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +366,293 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.68% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 121/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
13.8 minutes
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -37,979 | N/A |
Myanmar population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 21,730,250 | - |
| 1961 | 22,210,581 | 2.21% |
| 1962 | 22,704,719 | 2.22% |
| 1963 | 23,213,408 | 2.24% |
| 1964 | 23,737,315 | 2.26% |
| 1965 | 24,279,431 | 2.28% |
| 1966 | 24,836,496 | 2.29% |
| 1967 | 25,406,429 | 2.29% |
| 1968 | 25,989,662 | 2.3% |
| 1969 | 26,585,112 | 2.29% |
| 1970 | 27,193,016 | 2.29% |
| 1971 | 27,807,219 | 2.26% |
| 1972 | 28,428,324 | 2.23% |
| 1973 | 29,026,388 | 2.1% |
| 1974 | 29,598,167 | 1.97% |
| 1975 | 30,176,565 | 1.95% |
| 1976 | 30,758,811 | 1.93% |
| 1977 | 31,355,966 | 1.94% |
| 1978 | 31,972,976 | 1.97% |
| 1979 | 32,596,550 | 1.95% |
| 1980 | 33,227,204 | 1.93% |
| 1981 | 33,858,783 | 1.9% |
| 1982 | 34,482,965 | 1.84% |
| 1983 | 35,162,715 | 1.97% |
| 1984 | 35,899,313 | 2.09% |
| 1985 | 36,622,827 | 2.02% |
| 1986 | 37,314,878 | 1.89% |
| 1987 | 37,971,594 | 1.76% |
| 1988 | 38,600,927 | 1.66% |
| 1989 | 39,214,618 | 1.59% |
| 1990 | 39,817,251 | 1.54% |
| 1991 | 40,394,154 | 1.45% |
| 1992 | 40,950,342 | 1.38% |
| 1993 | 41,502,429 | 1.35% |
| 1994 | 42,055,143 | 1.33% |
| 1995 | 42,605,338 | 1.31% |
| 1996 | 43,154,860 | 1.29% |
| 1997 | 43,708,798 | 1.28% |
| 1998 | 44,257,793 | 1.26% |
| 1999 | 44,787,724 | 1.2% |
| 2000 | 45,290,841 | 1.12% |
| 2001 | 45,771,139 | 1.06% |
| 2002 | 46,232,653 | 1.01% |
| 2003 | 46,667,192 | 0.94% |
| 2004 | 47,068,772 | 0.86% |
| 2005 | 47,438,365 | 0.79% |
| 2006 | 47,785,135 | 0.73% |
| 2007 | 48,125,043 | 0.71% |
| 2008 | 48,390,793 | 0.55% |
| 2009 | 48,660,459 | 0.56% |
| 2010 | 49,024,382 | 0.75% |
| 2011 | 49,419,820 | 0.81% |
| 2012 | 49,837,446 | 0.85% |
| 2013 | 50,262,658 | 0.85% |
| 2014 | 50,681,634 | 0.83% |
| 2015 | 51,089,056 | 0.8% |
| 2016 | 51,495,696 | 0.8% |
| 2017 | 51,894,938 | 0.78% |
| 2018 | 52,272,247 | 0.73% |
| 2019 | 52,640,713 | 0.7% |
| 2020 | 53,016,522 | 0.71% |
| 2021 | 53,387,102 | 0.7% |
| 2022 | 53,756,787 | 0.69% |
| 2023 | 54,133,798 | 0.7% |
| 2024 | 54,500,091 | 0.68% |
| 2025 | 54,850,652 | 0.64% |
| 2026 | 55,184,831 | 0.61% |
| 2027 | 55,502,494 | 0.58% |
| 2028 | 55,802,778 | 0.54% |
| 2029 | 56,085,147 | 0.51% |
| 2030 | 56,351,028 | 0.47% |
| 2031 | 56,601,632 | 0.44% |
| 2032 | 56,836,048 | 0.41% |
| 2033 | 57,054,552 | 0.38% |
| 2034 | 57,257,183 | 0.36% |
| 2035 | 57,444,471 | 0.33% |
| 2036 | 57,616,158 | 0.3% |
| 2037 | 57,773,912 | 0.27% |
| 2038 | 57,919,868 | 0.25% |
| 2039 | 58,052,183 | 0.23% |
| 2040 | 58,169,863 | 0.2% |
| 2041 | 58,274,275 | 0.18% |
| 2042 | 58,365,927 | 0.16% |
| 2043 | 58,443,291 | 0.13% |
| 2044 | 58,506,418 | 0.11% |
| 2045 | 58,558,173 | 0.09% |
| 2046 | 58,596,775 | 0.07% |
| 2047 | 58,620,774 | 0.04% |
| 2048 | 58,632,733 | 0.02% |
| 2049 | 58,633,128 | 0.001% |
| 2050 | 58,623,237 | -0.02% |
Myanmar has a population of 55.1M as of 2025, compared to 51.1M in 2015, 47.4M in 2005, and 42.6M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 0.79% per year. Myanmar is ranked 125th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Myanmar will have 58,558,173 people (6.24% growth) with a rank change from 27th to 33rd.
By the year 2100, Myanmar's population is projected to decline by 9.91% to 49.7M people.
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Myanmar population statistics
|
Myanmar
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 67.3 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 32.6 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 30.8 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.8:50.2 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 2.12 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 216.3 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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