Population in Myanmar compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Myanmar and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Myanmar	Sri Lanka	Myanmar	Sri Lanka
1960	21,730,250	9,661,389	-	-
1961	22,210,581	9,899,372	2.21%	2.46%
1962	22,704,719	10,143,754	2.22%	2.47%
1963	23,213,408	10,395,040	2.24%	2.48%
1964	23,737,315	10,653,397	2.26%	2.49%
1965	24,279,431	10,916,965	2.28%	2.47%
1966	24,836,496	11,183,928	2.29%	2.45%
1967	25,406,429	11,457,328	2.29%	2.44%
1968	25,989,662	11,736,088	2.3%	2.43%
1969	26,585,112	12,013,858	2.29%	2.37%
1970	27,193,016	12,287,110	2.29%	2.27%
1971	27,807,219	12,551,910	2.26%	2.16%
1972	28,428,324	12,809,205	2.23%	2.05%
1973	29,026,388	13,060,916	2.1%	1.97%
1974	29,598,167	13,305,693	1.97%	1.87%
1975	30,176,565	13,548,984	1.95%	1.83%
1976	30,758,811	13,796,770	1.93%	1.83%
1977	31,355,966	14,049,371	1.94%	1.83%
1978	31,972,976	14,310,128	1.97%	1.86%
1979	32,596,550	14,579,614	1.95%	1.88%
1980	33,227,204	14,847,974	1.93%	1.84%
1981	33,858,783	15,099,414	1.9%	1.69%
1982	34,482,965	15,286,567	1.84%	1.24%
1983	35,162,715	15,388,794	1.97%	0.67%
1984	35,899,313	15,441,860	2.09%	0.34%
1985	36,622,827	15,544,154	2.02%	0.66%
1986	37,314,878	15,731,256	1.89%	1.2%
1987	37,971,594	15,916,576	1.76%	1.18%
1988	38,600,927	16,078,621	1.66%	1.02%
1989	39,214,618	16,248,557	1.59%	1.06%
1990	39,817,251	16,352,458	1.54%	0.64%
1991	40,394,154	16,475,354	1.45%	0.75%
1992	40,950,342	16,739,284	1.38%	1.6%
1993	41,502,429	17,025,918	1.35%	1.71%
1994	42,055,143	17,275,773	1.33%	1.47%
1995	42,605,338	17,564,068	1.31%	1.67%
1996	43,154,860	17,905,018	1.29%	1.94%
1997	43,708,798	18,248,200	1.28%	1.92%
1998	44,257,793	18,596,003	1.26%	1.91%
1999	44,787,724	18,944,731	1.2%	1.88%
2000	45,290,841	19,293,054	1.12%	1.84%
2001	45,771,139	19,600,362	1.06%	1.59%
2002	46,232,653	19,805,752	1.01%	1.05%
2003	46,667,192	19,951,521	0.94%	0.74%
2004	47,068,772	20,087,605	0.86%	0.68%
2005	47,438,365	20,216,524	0.79%	0.64%
2006	47,785,135	20,352,411	0.73%	0.67%
2007	48,125,043	20,492,545	0.71%	0.69%
2008	48,390,793	20,629,378	0.55%	0.67%
2009	48,660,459	20,756,435	0.56%	0.62%
2010	49,024,382	20,879,089	0.75%	0.59%
2011	49,419,820	21,009,048	0.81%	0.62%
2012	49,837,446	21,169,458	0.85%	0.76%
2013	50,262,658	20,585,000	0.85%	-2.76%
2014	50,681,634	20,778,000	0.83%	0.94%
2015	51,089,056	20,970,000	0.8%	0.92%
2016	51,495,696	21,209,000	0.8%	1.14%
2017	51,894,938	21,453,000	0.78%	1.15%
2018	52,272,247	21,670,000	0.73%	1.01%
2019	52,640,713	21,803,000	0.7%	0.61%
2020	53,016,522	21,919,000	0.71%	0.53%
2021	53,387,102	22,156,000	0.7%	1.08%
2022	53,756,787	22,181,000	0.69%	0.11%
2023	54,133,798	22,037,000	0.7%	-0.65%
2024	54,500,091	21,916,000	0.68%	-0.55%
2025	54,850,652	22,035,440	0.64%	0.54%
2026	55,184,831	22,148,172	0.61%	0.51%
2027	55,502,494	22,255,601	0.58%	0.49%
2028	55,802,778	22,357,682	0.54%	0.46%
2029	56,085,147	22,453,922	0.51%	0.43%
2030	56,351,028	22,546,245	0.47%	0.41%
2031	56,601,632	22,635,106	0.44%	0.39%
2032	56,836,048	22,720,118	0.41%	0.38%
2033	57,054,552	22,802,043	0.38%	0.36%
2034	57,257,183	22,879,527	0.36%	0.34%
2035	57,444,471	22,952,739	0.33%	0.32%
2036	57,616,158	23,022,027	0.3%	0.3%
2037	57,773,912	23,088,877	0.27%	0.29%
2038	57,919,868	23,152,480	0.25%	0.28%
2039	58,052,183	23,211,633	0.23%	0.26%
2040	58,169,863	23,265,986	0.2%	0.23%
2041	58,274,275	23,315,260	0.18%	0.21%
2042	58,365,927	23,359,578	0.16%	0.19%
2043	58,443,291	23,398,752	0.13%	0.17%
2044	58,506,418	23,433,096	0.11%	0.15%
2045	58,558,173	23,464,943	0.09%	0.14%
2046	58,596,775	23,492,738	0.07%	0.12%
2047	58,620,774	23,512,629	0.04%	0.08%
2048	58,632,733	23,525,953	0.02%	0.06%
2049	58,633,128	23,533,940	0.001%	0.03%
2050	58,623,237	23,538,230	-0.02%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Myanmar increased by 3,650,691 people (a 7.7% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Myanmar gained 4,030,034 (a 7.89% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Myanmar was ranked 27th most populous country in 2005 and is still 27th in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.