Myanmar vs Russia
Russia has 2.6× the population of Myanmar: 143,513,328 vs 54,850,648, a gap of 88.7 million. Myanmar is growing faster (+0.64% vs −0.11% a year), adding about 351,682 people a year against −156,235. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Myanmar would overtake Russia in about 128 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2153) — a projection, not a forecast. Russia is the older society: 17.8% aged 65+ against 7.5% in Myanmar, while Myanmar has more children (24.1% under 15 vs 17.0%). Myanmar is 9.4× as densely populated (82.9 vs 8.8 people per km²). People in Russia live 6.3 years longer on average (73.4 vs 67.1). GDP per capita is 11.8× higher in Russia ($17,547 vs $1,489).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Myanmar) and 2025 (Russia); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Myanmar vs Russia — side by side
 Myanmar |  Russia | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 54,850,6482025 | 143,513,3282025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +0.64%2025 | −0.11%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 16.52024 | 8.42024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 9.22024 | 12.42024 |
| Children per woman | 2.102024 | 1.422024 |
| Life expectancy | 67.1 yrs2024 | 73.4 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 24.1%2025 | 17.0%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 7.5%2025 | 17.8%2025 |
| Density | 82.9 /km²2023 | 8.8 /km²2023 |
| Area | 676,590 km²2023 | 17,125,190 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 30.6%2025 | 75.3%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | -39,6612025 | -251,8222025 |
| GDP per capita | $1,4892025 | $17,5472025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #27 | #9 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.67% | 1.75% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Myanmar: 2.5× from 1960 to 2025; Russia: 1.2× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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