Population in Myanmar compared to South Africa: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Myanmar and South Africa: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Myanmar	South Africa	Myanmar	South Africa
1960	21,730,250	16,440,172	-	-
1961	22,210,581	16,908,035	2.21%	2.85%
1962	22,704,719	17,418,522	2.22%	3.02%
1963	23,213,408	17,954,564	2.24%	3.08%
1964	23,737,315	18,511,361	2.26%	3.1%
1965	24,279,431	19,089,380	2.28%	3.12%
1966	24,836,496	19,690,087	2.29%	3.15%
1967	25,406,429	20,314,066	2.29%	3.17%
1968	25,989,662	20,957,287	2.3%	3.17%
1969	26,585,112	21,614,676	2.29%	3.14%
1970	27,193,016	22,279,984	2.29%	3.08%
1971	27,807,219	22,942,143	2.26%	2.97%
1972	28,428,324	23,609,456	2.23%	2.91%
1973	29,026,388	24,294,263	2.1%	2.9%
1974	29,598,167	24,989,108	1.97%	2.86%
1975	30,176,565	25,690,940	1.95%	2.81%
1976	30,758,811	26,395,450	1.93%	2.74%
1977	31,355,966	27,118,952	1.94%	2.74%
1978	31,972,976	27,869,507	1.97%	2.77%
1979	32,596,550	28,634,162	1.95%	2.74%
1980	33,227,204	29,518,857	1.93%	3.09%
1981	33,858,783	30,541,044	1.9%	3.46%
1982	34,482,965	31,615,339	1.84%	3.52%
1983	35,162,715	32,739,304	1.97%	3.56%
1984	35,899,313	33,892,788	2.09%	3.52%
1985	36,622,827	35,042,093	2.02%	3.39%
1986	37,314,878	36,180,515	1.89%	3.25%
1987	37,971,594	37,326,190	1.76%	3.17%
1988	38,600,927	38,480,649	1.66%	3.09%
1989	39,214,618	39,628,575	1.59%	2.98%
1990	39,817,251	40,746,268	1.54%	2.82%
1991	40,394,154	41,687,898	1.45%	2.31%
1992	40,950,342	42,443,509	1.38%	1.81%
1993	41,502,429	43,297,156	1.35%	2.01%
1994	42,055,143	44,004,139	1.33%	1.63%
1995	42,605,338	44,541,554	1.31%	1.22%
1996	43,154,860	45,123,018	1.29%	1.31%
1997	43,708,798	45,666,838	1.28%	1.21%
1998	44,257,793	46,223,880	1.26%	1.22%
1999	44,787,724	46,730,335	1.2%	1.1%
2000	45,290,841	47,159,719	1.12%	0.92%
2001	45,771,139	47,566,800	1.06%	0.86%
2002	46,232,653	48,019,415	1.01%	0.95%
2003	46,667,192	48,500,348	0.94%	1%
2004	47,068,772	48,991,421	0.86%	1.01%
2005	47,438,365	49,490,033	0.79%	1.02%
2006	47,785,135	49,998,277	0.73%	1.03%
2007	48,125,043	50,528,584	0.71%	1.06%
2008	48,390,793	51,114,599	0.55%	1.16%
2009	48,660,459	51,728,516	0.56%	1.2%
2010	49,024,382	52,344,051	0.75%	1.19%
2011	49,419,820	52,995,205	0.81%	1.24%
2012	49,837,446	53,782,567	0.85%	1.49%
2013	50,262,658	54,678,791	0.85%	1.67%
2014	50,681,634	55,594,838	0.83%	1.68%
2015	51,089,056	56,723,537	0.8%	2.03%
2016	51,495,696	57,259,551	0.8%	0.94%
2017	51,894,938	57,635,162	0.78%	0.66%
2018	52,272,247	58,613,001	0.73%	1.7%
2019	52,640,713	59,587,885	0.7%	1.66%
2020	53,016,522	60,562,381	0.71%	1.64%
2021	53,387,102	61,502,603	0.7%	1.55%
2022	53,756,787	62,378,410	0.69%	1.42%
2023	54,133,798	63,212,384	0.7%	1.34%
2024	54,500,091	64,007,187	0.68%	1.26%
2025	54,850,652	64,747,317	0.64%	1.16%
2026	55,184,831	65,453,086	0.61%	1.09%
2027	55,502,494	66,143,018	0.58%	1.05%
2028	55,802,778	66,830,384	0.54%	1.04%
2029	56,085,147	67,506,850	0.51%	1.01%
2030	56,351,028	68,161,357	0.47%	0.97%
2031	56,601,632	68,798,574	0.44%	0.93%
2032	56,836,048	69,426,441	0.41%	0.91%
2033	57,054,552	70,040,484	0.38%	0.88%
2034	57,257,183	70,641,572	0.36%	0.86%
2035	57,444,471	71,234,749	0.33%	0.84%
2036	57,616,158	71,816,372	0.3%	0.82%
2037	57,773,912	72,387,807	0.27%	0.8%
2038	57,919,868	72,949,611	0.25%	0.78%
2039	58,052,183	73,496,152	0.23%	0.75%
2040	58,169,863	74,035,615	0.2%	0.73%
2041	58,274,275	74,575,444	0.18%	0.73%
2042	58,365,927	75,111,899	0.16%	0.72%
2043	58,443,291	75,641,512	0.13%	0.71%
2044	58,506,418	76,164,461	0.11%	0.69%
2045	58,558,173	76,681,448	0.09%	0.68%
2046	58,596,775	77,199,542	0.07%	0.68%
2047	58,620,774	77,716,650	0.04%	0.67%
2048	58,632,733	78,215,323	0.02%	0.64%
2049	58,633,128	78,699,584	0.001%	0.62%
2050	58,623,237	79,177,329	-0.02%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Myanmar increased by 3,650,691 people (a 7.7% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Myanmar gained 4,030,034 (a 7.89% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Myanmar was ranked 27th most populous country in 2005 and is still 27th in 2025. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2005 and still ranked 24th 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 South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.