Demographics of Myanmar

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	29 Jun 2025

As of 2025, the population of Myanmar is projected at 54.85 million, compared to 54.50 million in 2024. It ranks 27th in the world by population and 12th in Asia. The population growth rate in 2025 is projected at 0.62 percent, the 128th highest among 237 countries and dependent territories.

There are 27.29 million males and 27.56 million females in Myanmar. The percentage of the male population is 49.76%, compared to 50.24% of the female population. Myanmar has 264k more females than males. The sex ratio in Myanmar in 2025 will be 99.044 males per 100 females. Myanmar is in the 141th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

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

Life expectancy
Median age
Fertility rate

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

Total
Crude

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

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Myanmar

Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	2,771,276	14,380,234	16.158
1955	3,323,690	15,544,278	17.616
1960	4,034,840	16,951,283	19.226
1965	4,905,378	18,485,767	20.971
1970	6,022,901	20,358,530	22.830
1975	7,110,236	22,611,731	23.922
1980	7,999,556	25,370,156	23.973
1985	9,075,330	28,146,966	24.381
1990	10,255,233	30,371,017	25.243
1995	11,295,542	31,942,250	26.124
2000	12,457,527	33,637,935	27.025
2005	13,548,744	34,933,870	27.946
2010	14,487,449	35,668,447	28.885
2015	15,646,537	36,757,132	29.858
2020	17,068,066	37,740,210	31.141
2021	17,381,064	37,888,296	31.448
2022	17,702,521	38,015,842	31.771
2023	18,032,802	38,122,975	32.112
2024	18,372,626	38,210,564	32.470

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Myanmar population by Age Group (2025)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	2,243,112	2,120,782	4,363,894	7.96	105.768
05-09	2,293,352	2,172,373	4,465,725	8.14	105.569
10-14	2,242,903	2,134,765	4,377,668	7.98	105.066
15-19	2,235,370	2,138,765	4,374,135	7.97	104.517
20-24	2,281,959	2,199,642	4,481,601	8.17	103.742
25-29	2,226,859	2,165,426	4,392,285	8.01	102.837
30-34	2,166,825	2,123,963	4,290,788	7.82	102.018
35-39	2,064,851	2,037,175	4,102,025	7.48	101.359
40-44	2,010,334	2,005,736	4,016,071	7.32	100.229
45-49	1,773,060	1,798,319	3,571,378	6.51	98.595
50-54	1,571,681	1,630,562	3,202,243	5.84	96.389
55-59	1,344,728	1,445,708	2,790,436	5.09	93.015
60-64	1,076,370	1,220,040	2,296,410	4.19	88.224
65-69	797,227	970,798	1,768,026	3.22	82.121
70-74	524,493	699,582	1,224,074	2.23	74.972
75-79	270,243	398,628	668,871	1.22	67.793
80-84	119,698	194,871	314,569	0.57	61.424
85-89	41,385	78,316	119,701	0.22	52.844
90-94	8,363	19,273	27,636	0.05	43.392
95-99	722	2,275	2,997	0.01	31.736
100+	12	101	113	0.00	11.881
Total	27,293,547	27,557,100	54,850,646		99.044