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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Myanmar	Vietnam	Myanmar	Vietnam
1960	21,730,250	32,531,933	-	-
1961	22,210,581	33,409,059	2.21%	2.7%
1962	22,704,719	34,288,560	2.22%	2.63%
1963	23,213,408	35,249,101	2.24%	2.8%
1964	23,737,315	36,201,563	2.26%	2.7%
1965	24,279,431	37,129,656	2.28%	2.56%
1966	24,836,496	38,024,836	2.29%	2.41%
1967	25,406,429	38,895,080	2.29%	2.29%
1968	25,989,662	39,734,609	2.3%	2.16%
1969	26,585,112	40,582,096	2.29%	2.13%
1970	27,193,016	41,475,230	2.29%	2.2%
1971	27,807,219	42,449,276	2.26%	2.35%
1972	28,428,324	43,429,168	2.23%	2.31%
1973	29,026,388	44,409,861	2.1%	2.26%
1974	29,598,167	45,413,537	1.97%	2.26%
1975	30,176,565	46,482,903	1.95%	2.35%
1976	30,758,811	47,684,931	1.93%	2.59%
1977	31,355,966	48,954,872	1.94%	2.66%
1978	31,972,976	50,249,552	1.97%	2.64%
1979	32,596,550	51,378,211	1.95%	2.25%
1980	33,227,204	52,490,101	1.93%	2.16%
1981	33,858,783	53,738,141	1.9%	2.38%
1982	34,482,965	55,011,289	1.84%	2.37%
1983	35,162,715	56,337,921	1.97%	2.41%
1984	35,899,313	57,706,067	2.09%	2.43%
1985	36,622,827	59,060,622	2.02%	2.35%
1986	37,314,878	60,347,048	1.89%	2.18%
1987	37,971,594	61,584,651	1.76%	2.05%
1988	38,600,927	62,843,228	1.66%	2.04%
1989	39,214,618	64,147,348	1.59%	2.08%
1990	39,817,251	65,504,552	1.54%	2.12%
1991	40,394,154	66,891,775	1.45%	2.12%
1992	40,950,342	68,260,337	1.38%	2.05%
1993	41,502,429	69,586,384	1.35%	1.94%
1994	42,055,143	70,854,391	1.33%	1.82%
1995	42,605,338	72,049,940	1.31%	1.69%
1996	43,154,860	73,156,447	1.29%	1.54%
1997	43,708,798	74,226,889	1.28%	1.46%
1998	44,257,793	75,299,660	1.26%	1.45%
1999	44,787,724	76,287,452	1.2%	1.31%
2000	45,290,841	77,154,011	1.12%	1.14%
2001	45,771,139	77,969,361	1.06%	1.06%
2002	46,232,653	78,772,224	1.01%	1.03%
2003	46,667,192	79,563,777	0.94%	1%
2004	47,068,772	80,338,971	0.86%	0.97%
2005	47,438,365	81,088,313	0.79%	0.93%
2006	47,785,135	82,167,897	0.73%	1.33%
2007	48,125,043	83,633,375	0.71%	1.78%
2008	48,390,793	85,175,788	0.55%	1.84%
2009	48,660,459	86,460,018	0.56%	1.51%
2010	49,024,382	87,455,152	0.75%	1.15%
2011	49,419,820	88,468,314	0.81%	1.16%
2012	49,837,446	89,510,356	0.85%	1.18%
2013	50,262,658	90,573,104	0.85%	1.19%
2014	50,681,634	91,679,578	0.83%	1.22%
2015	51,089,056	92,823,254	0.8%	1.25%
2016	51,495,696	94,000,117	0.8%	1.27%
2017	51,894,938	95,176,977	0.78%	1.25%
2018	52,272,247	96,237,319	0.73%	1.11%
2019	52,640,713	97,173,776	0.7%	0.97%
2020	53,016,522	98,079,191	0.71%	0.93%
2021	53,387,102	98,935,098	0.7%	0.87%
2022	53,756,787	99,680,655	0.69%	0.75%
2023	54,133,798	100,352,192	0.7%	0.67%
2024	54,500,091	100,987,686	0.68%	0.63%
2025	54,850,652	101,598,531	0.64%	0.6%
2026	55,184,831	102,177,434	0.61%	0.57%
2027	55,502,494	102,727,392	0.58%	0.54%
2028	55,802,778	103,255,746	0.54%	0.51%
2029	56,085,147	103,761,151	0.51%	0.49%
2030	56,351,028	104,254,900	0.47%	0.48%
2031	56,601,632	104,737,913	0.44%	0.46%
2032	56,836,048	105,204,401	0.41%	0.45%
2033	57,054,552	105,656,307	0.38%	0.43%
2034	57,257,183	106,097,515	0.36%	0.42%
2035	57,444,471	106,530,671	0.33%	0.41%
2036	57,616,158	106,945,842	0.3%	0.39%
2037	57,773,912	107,346,046	0.27%	0.37%
2038	57,919,868	107,732,019	0.25%	0.36%
2039	58,052,183	108,097,653	0.23%	0.34%
2040	58,169,863	108,437,634	0.2%	0.31%
2041	58,274,275	108,752,199	0.18%	0.29%
2042	58,365,927	109,040,314	0.16%	0.26%
2043	58,443,291	109,292,559	0.13%	0.23%
2044	58,506,418	109,506,274	0.11%	0.2%
2045	58,558,173	109,685,396	0.09%	0.16%
2046	58,596,775	109,827,664	0.07%	0.13%
2047	58,620,774	109,930,243	0.04%	0.09%
2048	58,632,733	109,994,024	0.02%	0.06%
2049	58,633,128	110,018,017	0.001%	0.02%
2050	58,623,237	110,008,910	-0.02%	-0.008%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Myanmar increased by 3,710,561 people (a 7.77% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,832,220 people (a 14.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Myanmar gained 3,692,606 (a 7.17% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 8,183,327 (a 8.71% growth).

Myanmar was ranked 26th most populous country in 2006 and is 27th in 2026. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2006 and ranked 16th 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 Vietnam will increase by 7.66% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.