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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Myanmar	Thailand	Myanmar	Thailand
1960	21,730,250	26,851,747	-	-
1961	22,210,581	27,650,334	2.21%	2.97%
1962	22,704,719	28,481,040	2.22%	3%
1963	23,213,408	29,342,322	2.24%	3.02%
1964	23,737,315	30,232,141	2.26%	3.03%
1965	24,279,431	31,149,337	2.28%	3.03%
1966	24,836,496	32,086,071	2.29%	3.01%
1967	25,406,429	33,037,801	2.29%	2.97%
1968	25,989,662	34,002,560	2.3%	2.92%
1969	26,585,112	34,973,782	2.29%	2.86%
1970	27,193,016	35,954,408	2.29%	2.8%
1971	27,807,219	36,937,387	2.26%	2.73%
1972	28,428,324	37,933,929	2.23%	2.7%
1973	29,026,388	38,947,787	2.1%	2.67%
1974	29,598,167	39,952,891	1.97%	2.58%
1975	30,176,565	40,940,005	1.95%	2.47%
1976	30,758,811	41,896,504	1.93%	2.34%
1977	31,355,966	42,843,974	1.94%	2.26%
1978	31,972,976	43,788,976	1.97%	2.21%
1979	32,596,550	44,718,434	1.95%	2.12%
1980	33,227,204	45,650,022	1.93%	2.08%
1981	33,858,783	46,575,855	1.9%	2.03%
1982	34,482,965	47,494,577	1.84%	1.97%
1983	35,162,715	48,423,309	1.97%	1.96%
1984	35,899,313	49,351,708	2.09%	1.92%
1985	36,622,827	50,270,753	2.02%	1.86%
1986	37,314,878	51,177,834	1.89%	1.8%
1987	37,971,594	52,074,105	1.76%	1.75%
1988	38,600,927	52,969,595	1.66%	1.72%
1989	39,214,618	53,848,956	1.59%	1.66%
1990	39,817,251	54,738,329	1.54%	1.65%
1991	40,394,154	55,637,434	1.45%	1.64%
1992	40,950,342	56,528,834	1.38%	1.6%
1993	41,502,429	57,408,198	1.35%	1.56%
1994	42,055,143	58,260,854	1.33%	1.49%
1995	42,605,338	59,098,232	1.31%	1.44%
1996	43,154,860	59,920,064	1.29%	1.39%
1997	43,708,798	60,724,584	1.28%	1.34%
1998	44,257,793	61,522,630	1.26%	1.31%
1999	44,787,724	62,299,043	1.2%	1.26%
2000	45,290,841	63,007,815	1.12%	1.14%
2001	45,771,139	63,651,141	1.06%	1.02%
2002	46,232,653	64,266,437	1.01%	0.97%
2003	46,667,192	64,868,166	0.94%	0.94%
2004	47,068,772	65,452,047	0.86%	0.9%
2005	47,438,365	66,017,420	0.79%	0.86%
2006	47,785,135	66,567,687	0.73%	0.83%
2007	48,125,043	67,102,394	0.71%	0.8%
2008	48,390,793	67,619,830	0.55%	0.77%
2009	48,660,459	68,121,080	0.56%	0.74%
2010	49,024,382	68,579,447	0.75%	0.67%
2011	49,419,820	69,007,208	0.81%	0.62%
2012	49,837,446	69,436,098	0.85%	0.62%
2013	50,262,658	69,845,114	0.85%	0.59%
2014	50,681,634	70,216,367	0.83%	0.53%
2015	51,089,056	70,540,795	0.8%	0.46%
2016	51,495,696	70,859,841	0.8%	0.45%
2017	51,894,938	71,160,187	0.78%	0.42%
2018	52,272,247	71,376,079	0.73%	0.3%
2019	52,640,713	71,522,271	0.7%	0.2%
2020	53,016,522	71,641,484	0.71%	0.17%
2021	53,387,102	71,727,332	0.7%	0.12%
2022	53,756,787	71,735,329	0.69%	0.01%
2023	54,133,798	71,702,435	0.7%	-0.05%
2024	54,500,091	71,668,011	0.68%	-0.05%
2025	54,850,652	71,619,867	0.64%	-0.07%
2026	55,184,831	71,559,621	0.61%	-0.08%
2027	55,502,494	71,488,156	0.58%	-0.1%
2028	55,802,778	71,406,996	0.54%	-0.11%
2029	56,085,147	71,316,195	0.51%	-0.13%
2030	56,351,028	71,215,017	0.47%	-0.14%
2031	56,601,632	71,104,025	0.44%	-0.16%
2032	56,836,048	70,982,286	0.41%	-0.17%
2033	57,054,552	70,847,947	0.38%	-0.19%
2034	57,257,183	70,701,651	0.36%	-0.21%
2035	57,444,471	70,540,884	0.33%	-0.23%
2036	57,616,158	70,366,496	0.3%	-0.25%
2037	57,773,912	70,180,031	0.27%	-0.26%
2038	57,919,868	69,979,034	0.25%	-0.29%
2039	58,052,183	69,763,928	0.23%	-0.31%
2040	58,169,863	69,535,003	0.2%	-0.33%
2041	58,274,275	69,288,477	0.18%	-0.35%
2042	58,365,927	69,025,348	0.16%	-0.38%
2043	58,443,291	68,748,075	0.13%	-0.4%
2044	58,506,418	68,456,533	0.11%	-0.42%
2045	58,558,173	68,150,148	0.09%	-0.45%
2046	58,596,775	67,827,309	0.07%	-0.47%
2047	58,620,774	67,489,358	0.04%	-0.5%
2048	58,632,733	67,136,737	0.02%	-0.52%
2049	58,633,128	66,767,316	0.001%	-0.55%
2050	58,623,237	66,382,732	-0.02%	-0.58%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Myanmar increased by 3,650,691 people (a 7.7% growth), while Thailand gained 4,523,375 people (a 6.85% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Myanmar gained 4,030,034 (a 7.89% growth), while Thailand's population increased by 1,079,072 (a 1.53% growth).

Myanmar was ranked 27th most populous country in 2005 and is still 27th in 2025. Thailand was ranked 19th in 2005 and ranked 21st 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 Thailand will decrease by 7.31% to 66,382,732 people and rank change from 21st to 31st.