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Country or area · South-Eastern Asia · Asia · UN WPP 2024

Myanmar population

Myanmar population now

55,264,865

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 54.6–56.0 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 54,133,798

Year
2026
projection · medium
Population, mid-2026
55.1848 million
95% range, 31 Dec: 54.6–56.0 million
Median age
31.4
Aged 65+
7.7%
2023 | 2024 peak 2049

male female projection · one cell = 10,000 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

MMR · 1950–2100 · in brief

Myanmar in numbers

In mid-2023 there were 54,133,798 people in Myanmar: the 27th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and 0.67% of the world's people. That is 3.1 times its 1950 population of 17.7 million.

The UN's medium projection has it peaking in 2049 at 58.6 million, then falling to 49.7 million by 2100. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 26.9 million to 88.0 million.

The medium projection has deaths passing births in 2054 and staying above them from then on.

The median age was 21.7 in 1950 and 30.5 in 2023; the projection has 44.8 in 2100. 7.1% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 23.6% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is projected to peak in 2043 at 39.9 million.

Its place in the world by population: 27th in 2023, 35th in 2050, 47th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Italy in 2034 and Thailand in 2074. It is overtaken by Sudan in 2028, Uganda in 2029 and Colombia in 2035.

Population, mid-2023
54,133,798
Rank by population, 2023
27 of 236
Share of the world, 2023
0.67%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023
+0.70% · +377,010 people
People per km² of land, 2023
83
Land area, 2023
652,670 km²
Births, 2023
903,822
Deaths, 2023
495,470
Net migration, 2023
−34,989
Children per woman, 2023
2.12
Median age, 2023
30.5 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023
66.9 years
In a city, 2025
38 of every 100
Population, mid-1950
17,737,116
Projected, mid-2050
58,623,231
Projected, mid-2100
49,658,882

MMR · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

peak 2049estimates | projections020 m40 m60 m80 m100 m1950197520002025205020752100

estimate   projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range   95% range   medium projection. Each column is the population on 1 January of one year; the paper rules cut it into equal cells.

Show the numbers: Myanmar, 1950–2100
Myanmar: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
YearKindPopulation, 1 Jan95% rangeBirthsDeathsChildren per womanLife expectancy
1950estimate17,573,124812,125489,3445.9435.7
1951estimate17,901,109823,919490,2935.9436.5
1952estimate18,239,727835,488481,6645.9337.7
1953estimate18,596,291846,712477,4485.9238.6
1954estimate18,963,509857,527470,8655.9239.6
1955estimate19,349,801866,831465,3445.9140.4
1956estimate19,751,163877,435461,5485.9241.2
1957estimate20,167,279887,311456,3405.9242.0
1958estimate20,598,129895,451451,9345.9142.8
1959estimate21,034,707903,692449,2695.9143.4
1960estimate21,493,312910,919445,8555.9044.1
1961estimate21,967,187919,863445,0545.9044.6
1962estimate22,453,974930,087442,1445.9045.3
1963estimate22,955,464940,344438,8005.9146.0
1964estimate23,471,351951,636435,3065.9146.6
1965estimate24,003,279964,719431,2705.9147.4
1966estimate24,555,583972,935426,5665.8848.2
1967estimate25,117,409982,954423,3815.8448.9
1968estimate25,695,448993,638422,5035.8049.4
1969estimate26,283,8771,005,539420,5495.7550.0
1970estimate26,886,3481,016,855421,5245.6850.5
1971estimate27,499,6841,029,583420,8165.6251.0
1972estimate28,114,7551,039,217422,8045.5351.4
1973estimate28,741,8941,049,433424,8025.4351.8
1974estimate29,310,8811,054,781426,3305.3452.1
1975estimate29,885,4541,061,450426,4665.2552.5
1976estimate30,467,6761,069,464426,6255.1652.9
1977estimate31,049,9471,077,550427,6345.0753.3
1978estimate31,661,9851,088,954430,9154.9953.5
1979estimate32,283,9671,099,185429,8574.9054.0
1980estimate32,909,1321,104,948431,1194.7954.4
1981estimate33,545,2771,112,652432,8104.6954.7
1982estimate34,172,2891,136,530435,3224.6655.0
1983estimate34,793,6421,158,931439,2154.6355.3
1984estimate35,531,7871,166,517442,8844.5255.6
1985estimate36,266,8401,151,725445,8254.3255.8
1986estimate36,978,8151,125,633446,1624.0856.1
1987estimate37,650,9411,098,578445,6273.8656.4
1988estimate38,292,2481,076,622446,2263.6756.6
1989estimate38,909,6061,083,147446,5313.5956.9
1990estimate39,519,6301,084,401448,2953.5057.2
1991estimate40,114,8731,088,514450,8983.4357.4
1992estimate40,673,4341,086,377451,9013.3557.7
1993estimate41,227,2501,085,192451,6193.2858.0
1994estimate41,777,6081,078,691452,2643.2058.3
1995estimate42,332,6771,072,184451,7693.1358.7
1996estimate42,877,9981,067,261447,7713.0659.2
1997estimate43,431,7221,060,479447,3752.9859.5
1998estimate43,985,8741,052,670446,5452.9159.9
1999estimate44,529,7111,047,707449,8092.8560.1
2000estimate45,045,7371,049,124452,1442.8160.4
2001estimate45,535,9451,055,461453,9622.7960.6
2002estimate46,006,3321,058,373455,4962.7760.9
2003estimate46,458,9741,038,439456,2742.6861.2
2004estimate46,875,4091,013,424456,9582.5961.4
2005estimate47,262,136994,616457,1482.5261.7
2006estimate47,614,594984,324457,1472.4762.0
2007estimate47,955,677980,431456,7062.4562.4
2008estimate48,294,409967,497594,2042.4056.4
2009estimate48,487,178957,663452,5512.3763.1
2010estimate48,833,740949,345451,5942.3363.5
2011estimate49,215,024943,237450,9392.3163.9
2012estimate49,624,616937,884450,6782.2864.3
2013estimate50,050,276939,101451,4822.2664.6
2014estimate50,475,039940,171452,0802.2565.0
2015estimate50,888,228950,670454,9202.2765.3
2016estimate51,289,883955,836456,3032.2765.6
2017estimate51,701,509951,790459,5192.2565.9
2018estimate52,088,367943,745461,3962.2366.2
2019estimate52,456,126935,659465,7002.2166.5
2020estimate52,825,300925,479476,8222.1866.6
2021estimate53,207,743918,313524,2232.1665.5
2022estimate53,566,461909,108493,4702.1366.5
2023estimate53,947,114903,822495,4702.1266.9
2024estimate54,320,481897,269500,0682.1067.1
2025projection54,679,70154.5–54.9 million888,309506,7452.0867.3
2026projection55,021,59554.6–55.5 million881,077513,9572.0667.5
2027projection55,348,04354.6–56.0 million872,664521,0952.0467.7
2028projection55,656,92154.7–56.6 million863,617528,5232.0267.9
2029projection55,948,62754.7–57.1 million856,674536,2622.0168.1
2030projection56,221,65354.8–57.7 million848,787544,0782.0068.3
2031projection56,480,40954.7–58.2 million841,615552,5831.9968.5
2032projection56,722,84754.7–58.8 million833,992560,9611.9768.7
2033projection56,949,24454.7–59.3 million826,658569,4981.9668.8
2034projection57,159,84454.7–59.8 million818,679578,4211.9469.0
2035projection57,354,51554.6–60.4 million812,378587,1081.9369.2
2036projection57,534,41354.5–61.0 million806,516595,7821.9269.4
2037projection57,697,88554.3–61.5 million801,864603,9351.9269.5
2038projection57,849,93254.1–61.9 million796,608612,3461.9169.7
2039projection57,989,79554.0–62.4 million792,506620,3001.9069.9
2040projection58,114,55853.9–62.8 million787,958628,3391.9070.0
2041projection58,225,15853.8–63.2 million782,116636,0681.8970.2
2042projection58,323,38253.6–63.8 million776,269643,5721.8870.4
2043projection58,408,46353.4–64.1 million771,502651,5591.8770.5
2044projection58,478,10153.2–64.5 million766,191659,0781.8670.7
2045projection58,534,70653.0–64.9 million760,479666,1541.8670.8
2046projection58,581,63852.7–65.4 million756,064673,2961.8571.0
2047projection58,611,89752.5–65.7 million750,018679,6351.8571.2
2048projection58,629,64152.1–66.2 million743,996686,1851.8471.3
2049projection58,635,81051.9–66.6 million738,294692,3711.8371.5
2050projection58,630,43351.6–67.1 million732,312697,1321.8371.6
2051projection58,616,03051.3–67.4 million726,506702,0111.8271.8
2052projection58,589,44750.9–68.0 million720,452706,7851.8271.9
2053projection58,551,79050.5–68.3 million714,057711,5081.8172.1
2054projection58,504,17050.2–68.8 million707,650716,2261.8172.2
2055projection58,443,18249.8–69.1 million701,791720,9511.8072.4
2056projection58,372,94349.4–69.6 million694,961725,3031.8072.5
2057projection58,289,12748.9–70.1 million689,287728,9771.8072.7
2058projection58,199,88748.6–70.6 million682,887732,8821.7972.8
2059projection58,103,12948.2–71.0 million677,442737,0911.7973.0
2060projection57,994,80647.8–71.5 million671,887740,5511.7973.1
2061projection57,875,81847.3–71.9 million665,806743,2031.7973.3
2062projection57,747,82246.9–72.5 million660,249745,2741.7873.4
2063projection57,618,45446.6–72.9 million654,994748,0461.7873.6
2064projection57,481,62146.1–73.5 million650,178749,4201.7873.7
2065projection57,336,08545.6–73.9 million645,592750,8141.7873.9
2066projection57,184,70845.1–74.4 million640,457752,2231.7874.0
2067projection57,028,72344.6–74.6 million635,304754,0301.7774.2
2068projection56,867,78644.0–75.0 million629,662755,3141.7774.3
2069projection56,699,92943.4–75.4 million625,125756,1991.7774.5
2070projection56,527,02542.9–75.8 million620,507756,3271.7774.6
2071projection56,347,46842.3–76.4 million615,712756,4491.7674.8
2072projection56,164,02841.8–76.8 million610,588756,5961.7674.9
2073projection55,975,33441.3–77.4 million605,013756,4671.7575.1
2074projection55,780,33840.7–77.8 million600,359755,6171.7575.2
2075projection55,581,97240.3–78.3 million595,704754,7671.7575.4
2076projection55,379,73339.6–78.7 million591,374753,7511.7575.6
2077projection55,174,84939.2–79.0 million587,608752,4761.7575.7
2078projection54,969,03838.7–79.5 million583,542751,6611.7575.9
2079projection54,756,60238.0–79.8 million578,469750,4541.7576.0
2080projection54,541,78737.3–80.2 million573,802749,5801.7576.1
2081projection54,325,42936.6–80.4 million569,238747,7431.7576.3
2082projection54,106,49035.9–80.6 million564,506746,2281.7576.4
2083projection53,884,55635.4–80.9 million558,817744,8821.7476.6
2084projection53,661,22734.9–81.4 million554,319743,0601.7476.7
2085projection53,434,28734.3–82.1 million549,932740,9031.7476.9
2086projection53,202,76733.9–82.6 million544,457738,6161.7477.0
2087projection52,968,70033.3–82.9 million540,603736,7691.7477.2
2088projection52,732,91732.8–83.2 million535,649733,7331.7477.3
2089projection52,496,41732.2–83.5 million531,309731,2141.7477.5
2090projection52,257,93331.8–83.9 million526,335729,0341.7377.6
2091projection52,014,91831.4–84.3 million521,889726,7701.7377.8
2092projection51,768,01230.7–84.8 million517,169724,0681.7377.9
2093projection51,523,18530.3–85.3 million512,972721,4561.7378.0
2094projection51,277,06129.8–85.5 million509,115718,6191.7378.2
2095projection51,027,55729.3–85.5 million504,542715,8491.7378.3
2096projection50,777,02328.8–86.0 million500,374712,4431.7378.5
2097projection50,528,33928.4–86.4 million497,352709,3451.7378.6
2098projection50,280,90028.0–86.9 million493,770707,2601.7378.8
2099projection50,032,91027.4–87.4 million489,964704,4651.7378.9
2100projection49,784,46926.9–88.0 million486,250701,6021.7379.0
Show the numbers: Myanmar, mid-2026, by single year of age
Myanmar: population by single year of age, mid-2026
AgeMaleFemale
0441,585417,776
1441,858418,778
2444,627420,856
3446,866422,448
4449,202424,701
5451,744427,364
6454,315430,049
7456,953432,817
8459,052435,150
9460,312436,658
10458,437435,128
11452,980430,382
12448,556426,714
13446,378425,106
14445,495424,789
15445,981425,729
16446,629426,758
17445,894426,458
18445,173426,379
19444,772426,616
20444,434426,840
21447,114430,140
22452,840436,455
23458,836442,990
24458,641443,516
25452,712438,465
26447,310433,874
27444,436431,856
28443,472431,752
29442,630431,798
30440,832430,870
31438,706429,491
32436,615428,062
33433,052425,130
34428,280420,944
35422,308415,532
36415,629409,476
37408,445402,956
38405,986401,152
39410,304406,146
40415,377412,071
41417,878415,676
42413,813412,763
43402,409402,452
44387,880389,048
45376,555378,962
46368,834372,546
47360,662365,697
48351,514357,814
49342,767350,240
50334,546343,273
51326,535336,697
52318,986330,672
53311,029324,267
54302,477317,322
55293,386309,948
56283,851302,209
57274,182294,332
58264,196286,216
59254,048277,928
60243,786269,524
61232,682260,205
62220,858250,002
63209,208239,904
64197,632229,708
65186,173219,498
66175,016209,545
67163,944199,479
68152,832189,098
69141,674178,367
70130,430167,207
71119,394155,998
72108,562144,732
7397,874133,343
7487,500122,013
7577,547110,816
7667,77699,046
7755,56783,706
7845,83670,042
7940,21061,514
8034,50853,890
8129,02346,417
8224,09039,530
8319,78533,359
8416,09627,940
8512,96523,226
8610,30919,105
878,05615,502
886,14612,302
894,5449,458
903,2507,044
912,2545,105
921,5173,602
939842,460
946111,624
953641,036
96210640
97116382
9861220
9930120
100+20115

MMR · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Myanmar, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

MMR · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Myanmar

On the UN's projection, Myanmar will have the most working-age people it ever has in 2043: 39,878,600 people aged 15–64. In 2023 it had 37,024,900.

100 aged 15–64
36 children
10 aged 65+

aged 15–64   children under 15   aged 65 and over

How to read this: take 100 people of working age — the orange row — and the two rows under it are the children (teal) and the people of 65 and over (violet) who lived alongside them in 2023.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 45 years: 2011–2055.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100   the same, projected   50 or more

How to read this: the strip runs 1950 to 2100. Coloured years are the ones with under 50 dependants for every 100 people aged 15–64; grey years are the rest, and a hatched year has not happened yet.

How every country compares

MMR · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Myanmar, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Myanmar loses 39,253 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 8,873 a year more leaving than arriving.

one square = 1,000 people a year
020406080+

more arrive than leave   more leave than arrive

How to read this: age runs left to right, babies to 100. A blue square above the line means arrivals outnumber departures at that age, an orange square below it means the opposite. The figures are the UN's projection for 2020–2025; nobody recorded migration by age before 2020.

Its best and worst years between 1950 and 2023: a gain of 18,847 (1965), and a loss of 186,098 (2006).

In 2024, 79,052 people living in Myanmar had been born in another country, fewer than 1 of every 100 people there, against fewer than 1 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

MMR · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Myanmar

Of every 100 babies born in Myanmar in 2023, 8 had a mother under 20, 73 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 19 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 7 under 20 and 21 aged 35 or older.

1950
7 · 72 · 21
2023
8 · 73 · 19
2050 · projected
7 · 76 · 17

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: one block a year, 100 squares in each, a square for every hundredth baby. The colour is the mother's age group, and the three numbers underneath are those groups in order, youngest first.

Babies born, 2023
903,822
Average age when women have a baby
28.8 years
30.4 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19
34
66 in 1950
Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100
Babies born in Myanmar by the mother's age
Mother's age19501975200020232050 projected2100 projected
10–141,0032,9173,5041,386690142
15–1959,04198,08094,23872,62652,92816,998
20–24200,348276,791259,252227,951176,85680,109
25–29204,220252,042283,216246,095215,594149,042
30–34178,701195,720214,717187,989159,278138,305
35–39114,361144,764134,844120,53595,68280,214
40–4445,78376,31053,06042,85428,90619,997
45–498,32014,2176,1294,2762,3331,425
50–543486091641104518
All babies812,1251,061,4501,049,124903,822732,312486,250

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

MMR · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Myanmar

In Myanmar, WHO puts the healthy years a newborn could expect in 2021 at 59.8 (95% range 58.8–60.6), out of 67.8 in all. That leaves 8.0 years in less than full health, fewer than the world's 9.5, which mostly means lives are shorter here, with fewer years in which to be ill.

Women

61.7 in full health, 9.4 not: 71.1 years

Men

57.9 in full health, 6.8 not: 64.7 years

a year in full health   a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 61.7 healthy years of 71.1. Men: 57.9 of 64.7. In 2019, before the pandemic, the healthy years were 60.7.

MMR · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Myanmar

At the end of 2025, 3,628,840 people were displaced inside Myanmar, about 66 of every 1,000 people living there.

  1. displaced inside it3,628,840
  2. Myanmar nationals abroad1,592,202

stayed inside their own country   crossed a border

How to read this: count the squares — 100,000 people each, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Myanmar living in another country, wherever they are.

In 2025, 8,184 people from Myanmar asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from Myanmar whose claims were decided that year, 84 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

MMR · of every 100 people

How people live in Myanmar

Of every 100 people in Myanmar in 2025, 38 lived in a city, 31 in a town or suburb and 31 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

19.6 of every 100 have no electricity at home (2024). 54.6 of every 100 do not use the internet (2020).

How to read this: everyone here, shrunk to 100 squares, with the colour saying whether that hundredth person lives in a city, a town or the countryside. Every country is measured by the same rule.

How the world's people live

MMR · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Myanmar went in school

Of every 100 adults in Myanmar in 2020, 14 never went to school and 18 finished upper secondary or went further.

14 never went to school 22 some primary 36 finished primary 10 finished lower secondary 8 finished upper secondary 10 studied after school

Among women, 7.3 of every 100 aged 25–29 never went to school, against 22.8 of every 100 aged 60–64; among men, 6.9 against 16.1.

The middle projection has its working-age people most numerous in 2040; those among them who finished upper secondary are most numerous later, in 2085.

How to read this: every adult here as one of 100 squares. The stronger the colour, the further that person went in school (the Wittgenstein Centre, 2020).

How far the world's people went in school

MMR · cities · 2025

Cities in Myanmar

Myanmar had 125 cities in 2025, home to 20.9 million people. The largest, Yangon, holds 10 of every 100 people in Myanmar.

  1. Yangon5,618,303
  2. Mandalay1,541,309
  3. Pegu394,446
  4. Myeik291,218
  5. Taunggyi277,312
  6. Myitkyina272,633
  7. Hpa-An271,474
  8. Pathein253,953
  9. Thanlyin241,523
  10. Mawlamyine240,192

How to read this: one bar for each of the 10 largest cities, 2025, all on the same scale. "City" here means the built-up area the UN measures, not the boundary the city draws itself.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Myanmar are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.