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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Myanmar	Philippines	Myanmar	Philippines
1960	21,730,250	27,891,897	-	-
1961	22,210,581	28,792,621	2.21%	3.23%
1962	22,704,719	29,723,536	2.22%	3.23%
1963	23,213,408	30,674,731	2.24%	3.2%
1964	23,737,315	31,643,032	2.26%	3.16%
1965	24,279,431	32,625,316	2.28%	3.1%
1966	24,836,496	33,617,170	2.29%	3.04%
1967	25,406,429	34,621,320	2.29%	2.99%
1968	25,989,662	35,638,342	2.3%	2.94%
1969	26,585,112	36,660,799	2.29%	2.87%
1970	27,193,016	37,622,204	2.29%	2.62%
1971	27,807,219	38,518,659	2.26%	2.38%
1972	28,428,324	39,408,560	2.23%	2.31%
1973	29,026,388	40,294,130	2.1%	2.25%
1974	29,598,167	41,174,341	1.97%	2.18%
1975	30,176,565	42,120,826	1.95%	2.3%
1976	30,758,811	43,201,488	1.93%	2.57%
1977	31,355,966	44,367,962	1.94%	2.7%
1978	31,972,976	45,575,281	1.97%	2.72%
1979	32,596,550	46,807,103	1.95%	2.7%
1980	33,227,204	48,043,740	1.93%	2.64%
1981	33,858,783	49,311,727	1.9%	2.64%
1982	34,482,965	50,695,707	1.84%	2.81%
1983	35,162,715	52,194,620	1.97%	2.96%
1984	35,899,313	53,726,181	2.09%	2.93%
1985	36,622,827	55,213,006	2.02%	2.77%
1986	37,314,878	56,645,077	1.89%	2.59%
1987	37,971,594	58,157,496	1.76%	2.67%
1988	38,600,927	59,739,052	1.66%	2.72%
1989	39,214,618	61,265,260	1.59%	2.55%
1990	39,817,251	62,854,666	1.54%	2.59%
1991	40,394,154	64,382,249	1.45%	2.43%
1992	40,950,342	65,926,125	1.38%	2.4%
1993	41,502,429	67,530,621	1.35%	2.43%
1994	42,055,143	69,019,291	1.33%	2.2%
1995	42,605,338	70,546,246	1.31%	2.21%
1996	43,154,860	72,190,242	1.29%	2.33%
1997	43,708,798	73,908,810	1.28%	2.38%
1998	44,257,793	75,791,024	1.26%	2.55%
1999	44,787,724	77,753,257	1.2%	2.59%
2000	45,290,841	79,625,397	1.12%	2.41%
2001	45,771,139	81,401,488	1.06%	2.23%
2002	46,232,653	83,068,889	1.01%	2.05%
2003	46,667,192	84,731,835	0.94%	2%
2004	47,068,772	86,394,504	0.86%	1.96%
2005	47,438,365	88,015,962	0.79%	1.88%
2006	47,785,135	89,508,986	0.73%	1.7%
2007	48,125,043	91,075,184	0.71%	1.75%
2008	48,390,793	92,699,095	0.55%	1.78%
2009	48,660,459	94,384,250	0.56%	1.82%
2010	49,024,382	96,337,125	0.75%	2.07%
2011	49,419,820	98,248,614	0.81%	1.98%
2012	49,837,446	100,175,512	0.85%	1.96%
2013	50,262,658	102,076,336	0.85%	1.9%
2014	50,681,634	103,767,130	0.83%	1.66%
2015	51,089,056	105,312,992	0.8%	1.49%
2016	51,495,696	106,735,719	0.8%	1.35%
2017	51,894,938	108,119,693	0.78%	1.3%
2018	52,272,247	109,465,287	0.73%	1.24%
2019	52,640,713	110,804,683	0.7%	1.22%
2020	53,016,522	112,081,264	0.71%	1.15%
2021	53,387,102	113,100,950	0.7%	0.91%
2022	53,756,787	113,964,338	0.69%	0.76%
2023	54,133,798	114,891,199	0.7%	0.81%
2024	54,500,091	115,843,670	0.68%	0.83%
2025	54,850,652	116,786,968	0.64%	0.81%
2026	55,184,831	117,724,479	0.61%	0.8%
2027	55,502,494	118,656,426	0.58%	0.79%
2028	55,802,778	119,583,984	0.54%	0.78%
2029	56,085,147	120,502,132	0.51%	0.77%
2030	56,351,028	121,408,897	0.47%	0.75%
2031	56,601,632	122,301,606	0.44%	0.74%
2032	56,836,048	123,180,341	0.41%	0.72%
2033	57,054,552	124,049,036	0.38%	0.71%
2034	57,257,183	124,904,124	0.36%	0.69%
2035	57,444,471	125,740,977	0.33%	0.67%
2036	57,616,158	126,558,232	0.3%	0.65%
2037	57,773,912	127,352,607	0.27%	0.63%
2038	57,919,868	128,118,535	0.25%	0.6%
2039	58,052,183	128,850,047	0.23%	0.57%
2040	58,169,863	129,546,666	0.2%	0.54%
2041	58,274,275	130,209,810	0.18%	0.51%
2042	58,365,927	130,837,005	0.16%	0.48%
2043	58,443,291	131,427,404	0.13%	0.45%
2044	58,506,418	131,979,673	0.11%	0.42%
2045	58,558,173	132,492,038	0.09%	0.39%
2046	58,596,775	132,962,001	0.07%	0.35%
2047	58,620,774	133,385,290	0.04%	0.32%
2048	58,632,733	133,759,436	0.02%	0.28%
2049	58,633,128	134,089,011	0.001%	0.25%
2050	58,623,237	134,373,439	-0.02%	0.21%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Myanmar increased by 3,650,691 people (a 7.7% growth), while the Philippines gained 17,297,030 people (a 19.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Myanmar gained 4,030,034 (a 7.89% growth), while the Philippines' population increased by 12,227,058 (a 11.6% growth).

Myanmar was ranked 27th most populous country in 2005 and is still 27th in 2025. The Philippines was ranked 12th in 2005 and ranked 14th 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 Philippines will increase by 14.3% to 134,373,439 people and will still be ranked 14th.