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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Myanmar	South Korea	Myanmar	South Korea
1960	21,730,250	25,012,374	-	-
1961	22,210,581	25,765,673	2.21%	3.01%
1962	22,704,719	26,513,030	2.22%	2.9%
1963	23,213,408	27,261,747	2.24%	2.82%
1964	23,737,315	27,984,155	2.26%	2.65%
1965	24,279,431	28,704,674	2.28%	2.57%
1966	24,836,496	29,435,571	2.29%	2.55%
1967	25,406,429	30,130,983	2.29%	2.36%
1968	25,989,662	30,838,302	2.3%	2.35%
1969	26,585,112	31,544,266	2.29%	2.29%
1970	27,193,016	32,240,827	2.29%	2.21%
1971	27,807,219	32,882,704	2.26%	1.99%
1972	28,428,324	33,505,406	2.23%	1.89%
1973	29,026,388	34,103,149	2.1%	1.78%
1974	29,598,167	34,692,266	1.97%	1.73%
1975	30,176,565	35,280,725	1.95%	1.7%
1976	30,758,811	35,848,523	1.93%	1.61%
1977	31,355,966	36,411,795	1.94%	1.57%
1978	31,972,976	36,969,185	1.97%	1.53%
1979	32,596,550	37,534,236	1.95%	1.53%
1980	33,227,204	38,123,775	1.93%	1.57%
1981	33,858,783	38,723,248	1.9%	1.57%
1982	34,482,965	39,326,352	1.84%	1.56%
1983	35,162,715	39,910,403	1.97%	1.49%
1984	35,899,313	40,405,956	2.09%	1.24%
1985	36,622,827	40,805,744	2.02%	0.99%
1986	37,314,878	41,213,674	1.89%	1%
1987	37,971,594	41,621,690	1.76%	0.99%
1988	38,600,927	42,031,247	1.66%	0.98%
1989	39,214,618	42,449,038	1.59%	0.99%
1990	39,817,251	42,869,283	1.54%	0.99%
1991	40,394,154	43,295,704	1.45%	0.99%
1992	40,950,342	43,747,962	1.38%	1.04%
1993	41,502,429	44,194,628	1.35%	1.02%
1994	42,055,143	44,641,540	1.33%	1.01%
1995	42,605,338	45,092,991	1.31%	1.01%
1996	43,154,860	45,524,681	1.29%	0.96%
1997	43,708,798	45,953,580	1.28%	0.94%
1998	44,257,793	46,286,503	1.26%	0.72%
1999	44,787,724	46,616,677	1.2%	0.71%
2000	45,290,841	47,008,111	1.12%	0.84%
2001	45,771,139	47,370,164	1.06%	0.77%
2002	46,232,653	47,644,736	1.01%	0.58%
2003	46,667,192	47,892,330	0.94%	0.52%
2004	47,068,772	48,082,519	0.86%	0.4%
2005	47,438,365	48,184,561	0.79%	0.21%
2006	47,785,135	48,438,292	0.73%	0.53%
2007	48,125,043	48,683,638	0.71%	0.51%
2008	48,390,793	49,054,708	0.55%	0.76%
2009	48,660,459	49,307,835	0.56%	0.52%
2010	49,024,382	49,554,112	0.75%	0.5%
2011	49,419,820	49,936,638	0.81%	0.77%
2012	49,837,446	50,199,853	0.85%	0.53%
2013	50,262,658	50,428,893	0.85%	0.46%
2014	50,681,634	50,746,659	0.83%	0.63%
2015	51,089,056	51,014,947	0.8%	0.53%
2016	51,495,696	51,217,803	0.8%	0.4%
2017	51,894,938	51,361,911	0.78%	0.28%
2018	52,272,247	51,585,058	0.73%	0.43%
2019	52,640,713	51,764,822	0.7%	0.35%
2020	53,016,522	51,836,239	0.71%	0.14%
2021	53,387,102	51,769,539	0.7%	-0.13%
2022	53,756,787	51,672,569	0.69%	-0.19%
2023	54,133,798	51,712,619	0.7%	0.08%
2024	54,500,091	51,751,065	0.68%	0.07%
2025	54,850,652	51,700,480	0.64%	-0.1%
2026	55,184,831	51,633,793	0.61%	-0.13%
2027	55,502,494	51,552,198	0.58%	-0.16%
2028	55,802,778	51,456,707	0.54%	-0.19%
2029	56,085,147	51,347,230	0.51%	-0.21%
2030	56,351,028	51,221,713	0.47%	-0.24%
2031	56,601,632	51,081,220	0.44%	-0.27%
2032	56,836,048	50,924,233	0.41%	-0.31%
2033	57,054,552	50,747,132	0.38%	-0.35%
2034	57,257,183	50,549,508	0.36%	-0.39%
2035	57,444,471	50,333,286	0.33%	-0.43%
2036	57,616,158	50,098,951	0.3%	-0.47%
2037	57,773,912	49,845,669	0.27%	-0.51%
2038	57,919,868	49,573,234	0.25%	-0.55%
2039	58,052,183	49,283,770	0.23%	-0.58%
2040	58,169,863	48,980,369	0.2%	-0.62%
2041	58,274,275	48,661,905	0.18%	-0.65%
2042	58,365,927	48,331,004	0.16%	-0.68%
2043	58,443,291	47,990,085	0.13%	-0.71%
2044	58,506,418	47,634,183	0.11%	-0.74%
2045	58,558,173	47,263,526	0.09%	-0.78%
2046	58,596,775	46,881,228	0.07%	-0.81%
2047	58,620,774	46,482,133	0.04%	-0.85%
2048	58,632,733	46,063,595	0.02%	-0.9%
2049	58,633,128	45,626,805	0.001%	-0.95%
2050	58,623,237	45,172,356	-0.02%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Myanmar increased by 3,650,691 people (a 7.7% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Myanmar gained 4,030,034 (a 7.89% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Myanmar was ranked 27th most populous country in 2005 and is still 27th in 2025. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2005 and ranked 31st 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 Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.