Population in Myanmar compared to Nepal: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Myanmar and Nepal: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Myanmar	Nepal	Myanmar	Nepal
1960	21,730,250	10,123,658	-	-
1961	22,210,581	10,318,396	2.21%	1.92%
1962	22,704,719	10,521,116	2.22%	1.96%
1963	23,213,408	10,729,818	2.24%	1.98%
1964	23,737,315	10,946,392	2.26%	2.02%
1965	24,279,431	11,173,411	2.28%	2.07%
1966	24,836,496	11,408,710	2.29%	2.11%
1967	25,406,429	11,652,716	2.29%	2.14%
1968	25,989,662	11,906,266	2.3%	2.18%
1969	26,585,112	12,167,036	2.29%	2.19%
1970	27,193,016	12,436,190	2.29%	2.21%
1971	27,807,219	12,710,061	2.26%	2.2%
1972	28,428,324	12,989,099	2.23%	2.2%
1973	29,026,388	13,275,239	2.1%	2.2%
1974	29,598,167	13,568,435	1.97%	2.21%
1975	30,176,565	13,870,695	1.95%	2.23%
1976	30,758,811	14,177,649	1.93%	2.21%
1977	31,355,966	14,499,175	1.94%	2.27%
1978	31,972,976	14,839,695	1.97%	2.35%
1979	32,596,550	15,190,590	1.95%	2.36%
1980	33,227,204	15,553,105	1.93%	2.39%
1981	33,858,783	15,922,423	1.9%	2.37%
1982	34,482,965	16,297,987	1.84%	2.36%
1983	35,162,715	16,689,119	1.97%	2.4%
1984	35,899,313	17,085,242	2.09%	2.37%
1985	36,622,827	17,477,692	2.02%	2.3%
1986	37,314,878	17,868,124	1.89%	2.23%
1987	37,971,594	18,250,505	1.76%	2.14%
1988	38,600,927	18,638,661	1.66%	2.13%
1989	39,214,618	19,057,807	1.59%	2.25%
1990	39,817,251	19,524,573	1.54%	2.45%
1991	40,394,154	20,036,500	1.45%	2.62%
1992	40,950,342	20,609,707	1.38%	2.86%
1993	41,502,429	21,180,159	1.35%	2.77%
1994	42,055,143	21,717,479	1.33%	2.54%
1995	42,605,338	22,245,439	1.31%	2.43%
1996	43,154,860	22,741,862	1.29%	2.23%
1997	43,708,798	23,219,463	1.28%	2.1%
1998	44,257,793	23,680,357	1.26%	1.98%
1999	44,787,724	24,125,199	1.2%	1.88%
2000	45,290,841	24,546,509	1.12%	1.75%
2001	45,771,139	24,946,748	1.06%	1.63%
2002	46,232,653	25,328,981	1.01%	1.53%
2003	46,667,192	25,688,758	0.94%	1.42%
2004	47,068,772	26,016,656	0.86%	1.28%
2005	47,438,365	26,309,458	0.79%	1.13%
2006	47,785,135	26,565,425	0.73%	0.97%
2007	48,125,043	26,788,492	0.71%	0.84%
2008	48,390,793	26,990,037	0.55%	0.75%
2009	48,660,459	27,173,035	0.56%	0.68%
2010	49,024,382	27,341,952	0.75%	0.62%
2011	49,419,820	27,464,494	0.81%	0.45%
2012	49,837,446	27,534,915	0.85%	0.26%
2013	50,262,658	27,589,996	0.85%	0.2%
2014	50,681,634	27,672,370	0.83%	0.3%
2015	51,089,056	27,823,629	0.8%	0.55%
2016	51,495,696	27,955,462	0.8%	0.47%
2017	51,894,938	28,011,258	0.78%	0.2%
2018	52,272,247	28,079,689	0.73%	0.24%
2019	52,640,713	28,414,064	0.7%	1.19%
2020	53,016,522	28,966,574	0.71%	1.94%
2021	53,387,102	29,475,010	0.7%	1.76%
2022	53,756,787	29,715,436	0.69%	0.82%
2023	54,133,798	29,694,614	0.7%	-0.07%
2024	54,500,091	29,651,054	0.68%	-0.15%
2025	54,850,652	29,618,120	0.64%	-0.11%
2026	55,184,831	29,629,406	0.61%	0.04%
2027	55,502,494	29,727,164	0.58%	0.33%
2028	55,802,778	29,947,588	0.54%	0.74%
2029	56,085,147	30,232,115	0.51%	0.95%
2030	56,351,028	30,509,999	0.47%	0.92%
2031	56,601,632	30,780,916	0.44%	0.89%
2032	56,836,048	31,045,411	0.41%	0.86%
2033	57,054,552	31,304,035	0.38%	0.83%
2034	57,257,183	31,555,068	0.36%	0.8%
2035	57,444,471	31,798,003	0.33%	0.77%
2036	57,616,158	32,033,714	0.3%	0.74%
2037	57,773,912	32,262,286	0.27%	0.71%
2038	57,919,868	32,484,801	0.25%	0.69%
2039	58,052,183	32,700,695	0.23%	0.66%
2040	58,169,863	32,909,540	0.2%	0.64%
2041	58,274,275	33,112,254	0.18%	0.62%
2042	58,365,927	33,309,062	0.16%	0.59%
2043	58,443,291	33,499,440	0.13%	0.57%
2044	58,506,418	33,683,331	0.11%	0.55%
2045	58,558,173	33,861,058	0.09%	0.53%
2046	58,596,775	34,032,994	0.07%	0.51%
2047	58,620,774	34,197,261	0.04%	0.48%
2048	58,632,733	34,352,077	0.02%	0.45%
2049	58,633,128	34,500,201	0.001%	0.43%
2050	58,623,237	34,642,021	-0.02%	0.41%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Myanmar increased by 3,710,561 people (a 7.77% growth), while Nepal gained 1,390,037 people (a 5.23% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Myanmar gained 3,692,606 (a 7.17% growth), while Nepal's population increased by 1,675,012 (a 5.99% growth).

Myanmar was ranked 26th most populous country in 2006 and is 27th in 2026. Nepal was ranked 43rd in 2006 and ranked 52nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Myanmar's population will grow by 6.22% to 58,623,237 people with a rank change from 27th to 35th. The population of Nepal will increase by 16.9% to 34,642,021 people and rank change from 52nd to 58th.