Demographics of Myanmar

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	07 Apr 2026

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As of 2026, the population of Myanmar is projected at 55.18 million, compared to 54.85 million in 2025. It ranks 27th in the world by population and 12th in Asia, accounting for 0.67% of the global population and 1.13% of Asia's population. The population growth rate for 2026 is projected at 0.59%, placing Myanmar 124th among 237 countries and dependent territories.

There are 27.45 million males and 27.74 million females in Myanmar. The male population accounts for 49.74%, compared to 50.26% for females. Myanmar has 285k more females than males. The sex ratio in 2026 is projected at 98.97 males per 100 females. Myanmar ranks 141st globally in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Population
Growth
Gender

Myanmar population
Year	Population			Growth (%)	M per 100 F
Year	Male	Female	Total	Growth (%)	M per 100 F
1950	8,873,706	8,863,410	17,737,117	1.85	100.116
1955	9,779,560	9,770,922	19,550,482	2.05	100.088
1960	10,872,381	10,857,869	21,730,250	2.18	100.134
1965	12,154,662	12,124,770	24,279,431	2.27	100.247
1970	13,622,555	13,570,461	27,193,016	2.26	100.384
1975	15,126,030	15,050,535	30,176,565	1.93	100.502
1980	16,661,889	16,565,316	33,227,204	1.92	100.583
1985	18,370,135	18,252,693	36,622,827	1.94	100.643
1990	19,967,989	19,849,262	39,817,251	1.50	100.598
1995	21,351,197	21,254,140	42,605,338	1.28	100.457
2000	22,665,503	22,625,338	45,290,841	1.08	100.178
2005	23,709,227	23,729,139	47,438,365	0.74	99.916
2010	24,495,631	24,528,750	49,024,382	0.78	99.865
2015	25,499,589	25,589,466	51,089,056	0.79	99.649
2020	26,431,199	26,585,322	53,016,522	0.72	99.420
2021	26,606,252	26,780,850	53,387,102	0.67	99.348
2022	26,779,327	26,977,461	53,756,787	0.71	99.266
2023	26,956,235	27,177,562	54,133,798	0.69	99.186
2024	27,128,841	27,371,250	54,500,091	0.66	99.114
2025	27,293,547	27,557,101	54,850,648	0.62	99.044
2026	27,449,757	27,735,061	55,184,819	0.59	98.971

Demographics Indicators
Year	Life expectancy	Median age	Fertility rate
1950	35.700	20.735	5.943
1955	40.442	20.586	5.914
1960	44.086	19.907	5.901
1965	47.405	18.916	5.912
1970	50.470	18.476	5.682
1975	52.493	18.694	5.249
1980	54.374	19.094	4.789
1985	55.816	19.653	4.316
1990	57.159	20.632	3.504
1995	58.671	21.711	3.127
2000	60.357	22.948	2.813
2005	61.720	24.239	2.515
2010	63.479	25.752	2.335
2015	65.288	27.351	2.266
2020	66.612	28.720	2.179
2021	65.553	28.983	2.158
2022	66.506	29.251	2.131
2023	66.889	29.534	2.115
2024	67.095	29.822	2.098
2025	67.302	30.114	2.076
2026	67.499	30.406	2.060

Life expectancy
Median age
Fertility rate

Myanmar death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude (per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	489,344	812,125	27.589	45.787
1955	465,344	866,831	23.802	44.338
1960	445,855	910,919	20.518	41.919
1965	431,270	964,719	17.763	39.734
1970	421,524	1,016,855	15.501	37.394
1975	426,466	1,061,450	14.132	35.175
1980	431,119	1,104,948	12.975	33.254
1985	445,825	1,151,725	12.173	31.448
1990	448,295	1,084,401	11.259	27.234
1995	451,769	1,072,184	10.604	25.165
2000	452,144	1,049,124	9.983	23.164
2005	457,148	994,616	9.637	20.966
2010	451,594	949,345	9.212	19.365
2015	454,920	950,670	8.904	18.608
2020	476,822	925,479	8.994	17.456
2021	524,223	918,313	9.819	17.201
2022	493,470	909,108	9.180	16.912
2023	495,470	903,822	9.153	16.696
2024	500,068	897,269	9.176	16.464
2025	506,745	888,309	9.239	16.195
2026	513,957	881,077	9.313	15.966

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Myanmar
Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	2,641,732	15,095,384	14.894
1955	3,269,862	16,280,620	16.725
1960	4,127,561	17,602,689	18.995
1965	5,196,846	19,082,585	21.404
1970	6,337,531	20,855,485	23.306
1975	7,291,358	22,885,207	24.162
1980	8,160,227	25,066,977	24.559
1985	9,184,216	27,438,612	25.078
1990	10,274,319	29,542,933	25.804
1995	11,353,225	31,252,113	26.647
2000	12,470,655	32,820,186	27.535
2005	13,468,128	33,970,237	28.391
2010	14,286,456	34,737,926	29.142
2015	15,181,972	35,907,084	29.717
2020	15,989,415	37,027,107	30.159
2021	16,142,595	37,244,507	30.237
2022	16,294,271	37,462,517	30.311
2023	16,446,969	37,686,829	30.382
2024	16,595,228	37,904,863	30.450
2025	16,775,353	38,075,295	30.584
2026	16,962,075	38,222,744	30.737

Population
Urbanization

Myanmar population by Age Group (2026)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	2,224,139	2,104,559	4,328,698	7.84	105.682
05-09	2,282,377	2,162,039	4,444,417	8.05	105.566
10-14	2,251,847	2,142,120	4,393,967	7.96	105.122
15-19	2,228,448	2,131,941	4,360,389	7.90	104.527
20-24	2,261,865	2,179,942	4,441,807	8.05	103.758
25-29	2,230,561	2,167,744	4,398,305	7.97	102.898
30-34	2,177,485	2,134,497	4,311,981	7.81	102.014
35-39	2,062,673	2,035,262	4,097,935	7.43	101.347
40-44	2,037,356	2,032,010	4,069,366	7.37	100.263
45-49	1,800,331	1,825,258	3,625,589	6.57	98.634
50-54	1,593,573	1,652,232	3,245,805	5.88	96.450
55-59	1,369,664	1,470,634	2,840,298	5.15	93.134
60-64	1,104,166	1,249,341	2,353,507	4.26	88.380
65-69	819,639	995,987	1,815,627	3.29	82.294
70-74	543,761	723,293	1,267,054	2.30	75.179
75-79	286,936	425,125	712,061	1.29	67.495
80-84	123,502	201,136	324,637	0.59	61.402
85-89	42,020	79,594	121,614	0.22	52.793
90-94	8,616	19,834	28,450	0.05	43.441
95-99	780	2,397	3,178	0.01	32.541
100+	19	116	135	0.00	16.379
Total	27,449,758	27,735,061	55,184,820		98.971

Population pyramid
Gender ratio