Population in Myanmar compared to Syria: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Myanmar and Syria: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Myanmar	Syria	Myanmar	Syria
1960	21,730,250	4,673,500	-	-
1961	22,210,581	4,815,466	2.21%	3.04%
1962	22,704,719	4,959,340	2.22%	2.99%
1963	23,213,408	5,110,467	2.24%	3.05%
1964	23,737,315	5,269,087	2.26%	3.1%
1965	24,279,431	5,435,267	2.28%	3.15%
1966	24,836,496	5,609,047	2.29%	3.2%
1967	25,406,429	5,790,198	2.29%	3.23%
1968	25,989,662	5,978,742	2.3%	3.26%
1969	26,585,112	6,175,166	2.29%	3.29%
1970	27,193,016	6,380,609	2.29%	3.33%
1971	27,807,219	6,598,094	2.26%	3.41%
1972	28,428,324	6,826,024	2.23%	3.45%
1973	29,026,388	7,060,321	2.1%	3.43%
1974	29,598,167	7,302,160	1.97%	3.43%
1975	30,176,565	7,554,364	1.95%	3.45%
1976	30,758,811	7,817,320	1.93%	3.48%
1977	31,355,966	8,090,501	1.94%	3.49%
1978	31,972,976	8,372,759	1.97%	3.49%
1979	32,596,550	8,661,909	1.95%	3.45%
1980	33,227,204	8,957,663	1.93%	3.41%
1981	33,858,783	9,260,189	1.9%	3.38%
1982	34,482,965	9,572,511	1.84%	3.37%
1983	35,162,715	9,904,809	1.97%	3.47%
1984	35,899,313	10,258,398	2.09%	3.57%
1985	36,622,827	10,625,672	2.02%	3.58%
1986	37,314,878	11,002,844	1.89%	3.55%
1987	37,971,594	11,388,923	1.76%	3.51%
1988	38,600,927	11,782,264	1.66%	3.45%
1989	39,214,618	12,179,060	1.59%	3.37%
1990	39,817,251	12,579,208	1.54%	3.29%
1991	40,394,154	12,980,821	1.45%	3.19%
1992	40,950,342	13,385,571	1.38%	3.12%
1993	41,502,429	13,795,686	1.35%	3.06%
1994	42,055,143	14,208,583	1.33%	2.99%
1995	42,605,338	14,616,801	1.31%	2.87%
1996	43,154,860	15,018,104	1.29%	2.75%
1997	43,708,798	15,417,542	1.28%	2.66%
1998	44,257,793	15,820,413	1.26%	2.61%
1999	44,787,724	16,228,061	1.2%	2.58%
2000	45,290,841	16,637,888	1.12%	2.53%
2001	45,771,139	17,051,338	1.06%	2.48%
2002	46,232,653	17,468,332	1.01%	2.45%
2003	46,667,192	17,889,296	0.94%	2.41%
2004	47,068,772	18,336,875	0.86%	2.5%
2005	47,438,365	18,814,091	0.79%	2.6%
2006	47,785,135	19,637,022	0.73%	4.37%
2007	48,125,043	20,884,125	0.71%	6.35%
2008	48,390,793	21,636,564	0.55%	3.6%
2009	48,660,459	21,976,969	0.56%	1.57%
2010	49,024,382	22,482,421	0.75%	2.3%
2011	49,419,820	22,878,098	0.81%	1.76%
2012	49,837,446	22,759,763	0.85%	-0.52%
2013	50,262,658	21,666,917	0.85%	-4.8%
2014	50,681,634	20,273,659	0.83%	-6.43%
2015	51,089,056	19,424,618	0.8%	-4.19%
2016	51,495,696	19,193,834	0.8%	-1.19%
2017	51,894,938	19,224,668	0.78%	0.16%
2018	52,272,247	19,577,845	0.73%	1.84%
2019	52,640,713	20,353,534	0.7%	3.96%
2020	53,016,522	21,049,429	0.71%	3.42%
2021	53,387,102	21,628,839	0.7%	2.75%
2022	53,756,787	22,462,173	0.69%	3.85%
2023	54,133,798	23,594,623	0.7%	5.04%
2024	54,500,091	24,672,760	0.68%	4.57%
2025	54,850,652	25,620,422	0.64%	3.84%
2026	55,184,831	26,472,499	0.61%	3.33%
2027	55,502,494	27,261,544	0.58%	2.98%
2028	55,802,778	28,006,558	0.54%	2.73%
2029	56,085,147	28,719,309	0.51%	2.54%
2030	56,351,028	29,395,545	0.47%	2.35%
2031	56,601,632	30,029,824	0.44%	2.16%
2032	56,836,048	30,633,661	0.41%	2.01%
2033	57,054,552	31,212,478	0.38%	1.89%
2034	57,257,183	31,768,138	0.36%	1.78%
2035	57,444,471	32,294,792	0.33%	1.66%
2036	57,616,158	32,788,153	0.3%	1.53%
2037	57,773,912	33,258,407	0.27%	1.43%
2038	57,919,868	33,710,718	0.25%	1.36%
2039	58,052,183	34,131,238	0.23%	1.25%
2040	58,169,863	34,533,185	0.2%	1.18%
2041	58,274,275	34,916,936	0.18%	1.11%
2042	58,365,927	35,279,863	0.16%	1.04%
2043	58,443,291	35,623,325	0.13%	0.97%
2044	58,506,418	35,944,394	0.11%	0.9%
2045	58,558,173	36,265,295	0.09%	0.89%
2046	58,596,775	36,583,260	0.07%	0.88%
2047	58,620,774	36,878,640	0.04%	0.81%
2048	58,632,733	37,171,029	0.02%	0.79%
2049	58,633,128	37,477,690	0.001%	0.83%
2050	58,623,237	37,793,378	-0.02%	0.84%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Myanmar increased by 3,710,561 people (a 7.77% growth), while Syria lost 443,188 people (a 2.26% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Myanmar gained 3,692,606 (a 7.17% growth), while Syria's population increased by 7,287,288 (a 38% growth).

Myanmar was ranked 26th most populous country in 2006 and is 27th in 2026. Syria was ranked 58th in 2006 and ranked 57th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Myanmar's population will grow by 6.22% to 58,623,237 people with a rank change from 27th to 35th. The population of Syria will increase by 42.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.