Demographics of Myanmar

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date29 Mar 2024

There are 27.34 million males and 27.63 million females in Myanmar. The percentage of the male population is 49.74%, compared to 50.26% of the female population. Myanmar has 291k more females than males. The sex ratio in Myanmar in 2024 will be 98.948 males per 100 females. Myanmar is in the 129th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Myanmar population

Year Population Growth (%)
195017,731,8181.79
195519,522,7882.07
196021,720,6972.19
196524,286,8782.31
197027,284,1122.31
197530,344,2761.96
198033,465,7811.94
198536,881,0201.92
199040,099,5531.50
199542,880,1861.25
200045,538,3321.06
200547,724,4710.78
201049,390,9880.79
201551,483,9490.79
202053,423,1980.73
202153,798,0840.67
202254,179,3060.74
202354,577,9970.72
202454,964,6940.69
  • Total
  • Crude

Myanmar death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
1950495,907808,10027.96845.575
1955463,450867,88323.73644.450
1960449,475916,71420.69642.210
1965431,251973,80217.76240.107
1970420,0261,032,33415.39837.846
1975429,0771,077,59214.12735.479
1980434,4231,121,80912.97333.501
1985450,2781,152,74512.21131.261
1990460,9471,102,42711.48927.478
1995460,8011,072,21510.73724.984
2000455,6841,045,9909.99522.942
2005460,3521,016,0519.62821.250
2010455,611959,7289.21419.409
2015446,949948,3588.67318.402
2020471,418928,1068.81917.363
2021525,701920,3959.76917.103
2022474,133912,2528.74916.833
2023480,797910,0428.80716.669
2024487,720901,8608.87116.404
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Myanmar

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
19502,771,27614,380,23416.158
19553,323,69015,544,27817.616
19604,034,84016,951,28319.226
19654,905,37818,485,76720.971
19706,022,90120,358,53022.830
19757,110,23622,611,73123.922
19807,999,55625,370,15623.973
19859,075,33028,146,96624.381
199010,255,23330,371,01725.243
199511,295,54231,942,25026.124
200012,457,52733,637,93527.025
200513,548,74434,933,87027.946
201014,487,44935,668,44728.885
201515,646,53736,757,13229.858
202017,068,06637,740,21031.141
202117,381,06437,888,29631.448
202217,702,52138,015,84231.771
202318,032,80238,122,97532.112
202418,372,62638,210,56432.470
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Myanmar population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 2,270,503 2,145,148 4,415,651 8.03 105.844
05-09 2,290,335 2,170,315 4,460,650 8.12 105.530
10-14 2,256,276 2,149,062 4,405,337 8.01 104.989
15-19 2,291,667 2,192,242 4,483,908 8.16 104.535
20-24 2,316,155 2,229,387 4,545,542 8.27 103.892
25-29 2,229,617 2,166,872 4,396,489 8.00 102.896
30-34 2,177,151 2,133,689 4,310,839 7.84 102.037
35-39 2,095,649 2,068,552 4,164,201 7.58 101.310
40-44 1,991,424 1,990,014 3,981,438 7.24 100.071
45-49 1,772,869 1,803,387 3,576,255 6.51 98.308
50-54 1,571,131 1,637,448 3,208,580 5.84 95.950
55-59 1,334,061 1,444,478 2,778,539 5.06 92.356
60-64 1,049,081 1,201,025 2,250,106 4.09 87.349
65-69 773,710 951,885 1,725,594 3.14 81.282
70-74 499,984 675,492 1,175,476 2.14 74.018
75-79 253,674 377,953 631,627 1.15 67.118
80-84 115,132 190,966 306,098 0.56 60.289
85-89 39,830 77,835 117,665 0.21 51.172
90-94 8,055 19,455 27,510 0.05 41.403
95-99 720 2,341 3,061 0.01 30.756
100+ 16 109 125 0.00 14.679
Total 27,337,040 27,627,655 54,964,691 98.948