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Population in Myanmar compared to the Netherlands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Myanmar was 54,500,091 in 2024 vs 17,994,237 people in the Netherlands in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Myanmar's population is 55,119,090 people compared to 18,191,638 in the Netherlands.

Population statistics:

  • Myanmar's population is 3.03 times bigger than the Netherlands'.
  • Myanmar is ranked the 27th most populous country in the world, while the Netherlands is the 72nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.89% of the world: 0.67% for Myanmar vs 0.22% for the Netherlands.
  • For the last 10 years, Myanmar has had an average growth rate of +0.74% per year vs +0.62% in the Netherlands.
  • Since 2005, the population of Myanmar has increased from 47.4M people to 55.1M (16.2% growth), while the Netherlands has grown from 16.3M to 18.2M (11.5% growth).
  • Myanmar is projected to reach its peak in 2049 at 58.6M people compared to the peak of 18.8M people in 2041 for the Netherlands.

Myanmar vs Netherlands: live population counter

Myanmar Netherlands
Current population
55119090
18191638
Population rank 27/197 72/197
Percent of world population 0.67% 0.22%
One net population change
1.43 minutes
4.49 minutes
One birth every
34.9 seconds
3.2 minutes
One death every
1.06 minutes
3.09 minutes
One migration net change every
13.8 minutes
4.32 minutes
Annual migration change -37,979 +121,628
Daily growth/decline +1,004 +321
Annual growth/decline +366,293 +117,120
Annual growth/decline rate +0.68% +0.66%
Population growth rate rank 121/197 122/197

Myanmar and the Netherlands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Myanmar
Population

Growth rate
Netherlands
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Myanmar Netherlands Myanmar Netherlands
1960 21,730,250 11,486,631 - -
1961 22,210,581 11,638,712 2.21% 1.32%
1962 22,704,719 11,805,689 2.22% 1.43%
1963 23,213,408 11,965,966 2.24% 1.36%
1964 23,737,315 12,127,120 2.26% 1.35%
1965 24,279,431 12,294,732 2.28% 1.38%
1966 24,836,496 12,456,251 2.29% 1.31%
1967 25,406,429 12,598,201 2.29% 1.14%
1968 25,989,662 12,729,721 2.3% 1.04%
1969 26,585,112 12,877,984 2.29% 1.16%
1970 27,193,016 13,038,526 2.29% 1.25%
1971 27,807,219 13,194,497 2.26% 1.2%
1972 28,428,324 13,328,593 2.23% 1.02%
1973 29,026,388 13,439,322 2.1% 0.83%
1974 29,598,167 13,545,056 1.97% 0.79%
1975 30,176,565 13,666,335 1.95% 0.9%
1976 30,758,811 13,774,037 1.93% 0.79%
1977 31,355,966 13,856,185 1.94% 0.6%
1978 31,972,976 13,941,700 1.97% 0.62%
1979 32,596,550 14,038,270 1.95% 0.69%
1980 33,227,204 14,149,800 1.93% 0.79%
1981 33,858,783 14,247,208 1.9% 0.69%
1982 34,482,965 14,312,690 1.84% 0.46%
1983 35,162,715 14,367,070 1.97% 0.38%
1984 35,899,313 14,424,211 2.09% 0.4%
1985 36,622,827 14,491,632 2.02% 0.47%
1986 37,314,878 14,572,278 1.89% 0.56%
1987 37,971,594 14,665,037 1.76% 0.64%
1988 38,600,927 14,760,094 1.66% 0.65%
1989 39,214,618 14,848,907 1.59% 0.6%
1990 39,817,251 14,951,510 1.54% 0.69%
1991 40,394,154 15,069,798 1.45% 0.79%
1992 40,950,342 15,184,166 1.38% 0.76%
1993 41,502,429 15,290,368 1.35% 0.7%
1994 42,055,143 15,382,838 1.33% 0.6%
1995 42,605,338 15,459,006 1.31% 0.5%
1996 43,154,860 15,530,498 1.29% 0.46%
1997 43,708,798 15,610,650 1.28% 0.52%
1998 44,257,793 15,707,209 1.26% 0.62%
1999 44,787,724 15,812,088 1.2% 0.67%
2000 45,290,841 15,925,513 1.12% 0.72%
2001 45,771,139 16,046,180 1.06% 0.76%
2002 46,232,653 16,148,929 1.01% 0.64%
2003 46,667,192 16,225,302 0.94% 0.47%
2004 47,068,772 16,281,779 0.86% 0.35%
2005 47,438,365 16,319,868 0.79% 0.23%
2006 47,785,135 16,346,101 0.73% 0.16%
2007 48,125,043 16,381,696 0.71% 0.22%
2008 48,390,793 16,445,593 0.55% 0.39%
2009 48,660,459 16,530,388 0.56% 0.52%
2010 49,024,382 16,615,394 0.75% 0.51%
2011 49,419,820 16,693,074 0.81% 0.47%
2012 49,837,446 16,754,962 0.85% 0.37%
2013 50,262,658 16,804,432 0.85% 0.3%
2014 50,681,634 16,865,008 0.83% 0.36%
2015 51,089,056 16,939,923 0.8% 0.44%
2016 51,495,696 17,030,314 0.8% 0.53%
2017 51,894,938 17,131,296 0.78% 0.59%
2018 52,272,247 17,231,624 0.73% 0.59%
2019 52,640,713 17,344,874 0.7% 0.66%
2020 53,016,522 17,441,500 0.71% 0.56%
2021 53,387,102 17,533,044 0.7% 0.52%
2022 53,756,787 17,700,982 0.69% 0.96%
2023 54,133,798 17,877,117 0.7% 1%
2024 54,500,091 17,994,237 0.68% 0.66%
2025 54,850,652 18,110,800 0.64% 0.65%
2026 55,184,831 18,211,436 0.61% 0.56%
2027 55,502,494 18,299,531 0.58% 0.48%
2028 55,802,778 18,379,573 0.54% 0.44%
2029 56,085,147 18,452,044 0.51% 0.39%
2030 56,351,028 18,515,913 0.47% 0.35%
2031 56,601,632 18,571,934 0.44% 0.3%
2032 56,836,048 18,621,087 0.41% 0.26%
2033 57,054,552 18,664,975 0.38% 0.24%
2034 57,257,183 18,702,456 0.36% 0.2%
2035 57,444,471 18,733,223 0.33% 0.16%
2036 57,616,158 18,760,054 0.3% 0.14%
2037 57,773,912 18,781,793 0.27% 0.12%
2038 57,919,868 18,798,283 0.25% 0.09%
2039 58,052,183 18,810,276 0.23% 0.06%
2040 58,169,863 18,817,745 0.2% 0.04%
2041 58,274,275 18,820,870 0.18% 0.02%
2042 58,365,927 18,819,607 0.16% -0.007%
2043 58,443,291 18,815,261 0.13% -0.02%
2044 58,506,418 18,807,564 0.11% -0.04%
2045 58,558,173 18,797,005 0.09% -0.06%
2046 58,596,775 18,785,724 0.07% -0.06%
2047 58,620,774 18,771,651 0.04% -0.07%
2048 58,632,733 18,754,325 0.02% -0.09%
2049 58,633,128 18,735,299 0.001% -0.1%
2050 58,623,237 18,714,579 -0.02% -0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Myanmar increased by 3,650,691 people (a 7.7% growth), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Myanmar gained 4,030,034 (a 7.89% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

Myanmar was ranked 27th most populous country in 2005 and is still 27th in 2025. The Netherlands was ranked 61st in 2005 and ranked 72nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Myanmar's population will grow by 6.36% to 58,623,237 people with a rank change from 27th to 35th. The population of the Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.

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