Myanmar Population
Myanmar (also known as Burma) had an estimated population of 54,850,648 in mid-2025 (World Bank), making it the 27th most populous of 217 countries and territories, with 0.67% of everyone alive. The counter above projects that figure forward at the current growth rate of +0.64% a year.
Myanmar at a glance
How Myanmar's population is changing
Myanmar's population is growing: +0.64% a year, which works out to about +351,682 people per year, or +963 a day. Births (16.5 per 1,000) and deaths (9.2 per 1,000) alone would give +0.73% a year; net migration removes about 39,661 people a year (−0.07%). Roughly one in every 150 people on Earth lives in Myanmar.
Population of Myanmar since 1960
In 1960, Myanmar had 21,730,250 people. By 2025 that was 54,850,648 — 2.5× larger. The fastest growth came between 1962 and 1972, when the population rose by 25%.
| Year | Population | Change vs previous row |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 21,730,250 | — |
| 1970 | 27,193,016 | +25.1% |
| 1980 | 33,227,204 | +22.2% |
| 1990 | 39,817,251 | +19.8% |
| 2000 | 45,290,841 | +13.7% |
| 2010 | 49,024,382 | +8.2% |
| 2020 | 53,016,522 | +8.1% |
| 2025 | 54,850,648 | +3.5% |
Myanmar from 1800 to 2100
Modelled estimates put Myanmar at about 6,000,000 people in 1800; the UN estimates 54,850,648 in 2025 (9× 1800) and projects 49,658,883 for 2100 in its medium scenario. The population is projected to peak around 2049 at 58,633,124 and decline afterwards.
| Year | Population | Kind |
|---|---|---|
| 1800 | 6,000,000 | modelled estimate |
| 1850 | 3,932,075 | modelled estimate |
| 1900 | 9,411,380 | modelled estimate |
| 1950 | 17,737,123 | UN estimate |
| 2000 | 45,290,850 | UN estimate |
| 2025 | 54,850,648 | UN projection |
| 2050 | 58,623,233 | UN projection |
| 2075 | 55,480,851 | UN projection |
| 2100 | 49,658,883 | UN projection |
Country live/base figures use World Bank estimates; this historical/future chart uses a separate UN series and need not match the World Bank base in overlapping years. Before 1950: HYDE 3.3 / Gapminder reconstructions via Our World in Data — historical modelling, not censuses. 1950–2023: UN World Population Prospects 2024. 2024–2100: UN medium projection. Open the time machine to see the whole map in any year.
Largest listed places in Myanmar
10 records sorted by displayed base population. Definitions vary (province/administrative unit, UN urban centre or GeoNames settlement); this is not a harmonised city ranking. Shares use World Bank 2025 country population 54,850,648. Dates and boundaries may differ. Overlapping entities are not summed.
| # | Place | Population | Definition | Share | Source / reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yangon | 5,618,303 | UN urban centre | 10.24% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 2 | Mandalay | 1,541,309 | UN urban centre | 2.81% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 3 | Hlaingthaya | 687,867 | GeoNames settlement | 1.25% | GeoNames settlement record; Population reference date not supplied in local record |
| 4 | Kalemyo | 348,573 | GeoNames settlement | 0.64% | GeoNames settlement record; Population reference date not supplied in local record |
| 5 | Myeik | 291,218 | UN urban centre | 0.53% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 6 | Taunggyi | 277,312 | UN urban centre | 0.51% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 7 | Myitkyina | 272,633 | UN urban centre | 0.50% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 8 | Hpa-An | 271,474 | UN urban centre | 0.49% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 9 | Pathein | 253,953 | UN urban centre | 0.46% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 10 | Insein | 247,675 | GeoNames settlement | 0.45% | GeoNames settlement record; Population reference date not supplied in local record |
How Myanmar compares
Myanmar has almost the same population as Colombia (53,425,635).
| Rank | Country | Population | vs Myanmar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #25 |  Italy | 58,915,656 | +7% | compare → |
| #26 |  Kenya | 57,532,493 | +5% | compare → |
| #28 |  Colombia | 53,425,635 | −3% | compare → |
| #29 |  South Korea | 51,684,564 | −6% | compare → |
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Same region (East Asia & Pacific): China, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand.
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Land neighbours (5)
India 1,463,865,525 · 26.7× the population · compare
China 1,406,585,000 · 25.6× the population · compare
Bangladesh 175,686,899 · 3.2× the population · compare
Thailand 71,619,863 · 1.3× the population · compare
Laos 7,873,046 · 7.0× smaller · compare
Myanmar's 5 neighbours together hold 3,125,630,333 people — 57.0× Myanmar's population. The most populous is India (1,463,865,525).
In its region
Myanmar is the 7th most populous of the 37 economies in East Asia & Pacific, holding 2.3% of the region's 2,367,527,180 people.
Rankings
Largest countries, fastest-growing, oldest populations, densest — all rankings.
Cities
Yangon, Mandalay, Hlaingthaya, Kalemyo, Myeik, Taunggyi, Myitkyina, Hpa-An — all Myanmar's cities on the map.
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Population, growth, birth and death rates, migration, density, age structure, life expectancy, fertility and GDP per capita come from the World Bank Indicators API (latest available year shown beside each figure). The live counter applies the annual growth rate continuously from 1 July 2025 — a model, not a measurement. City populations are the latest census or official estimate held by GeoNames and are not projected. Sub-city units are folded into their parent city.
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