Gender ratio in Myanmar

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	16 Sep 2026

Population (2026)

Male Population	27.45M
Female Population	27.74M
Male (%)	49.74%
Female (%)	50.26%
Female Surplus	285K

Sex Ratio (2026)

Total	98.97
At Birth	106.60
Age 0–14	105.46
Age 15–64	99.93
Age 65+	74.58

In 2026, Myanmar is projected to have a slightly female-skewed sex ratio of 98.97 males per 100 females, meaning females outnumber males by a narrow margin. Based on its overall female-to-male ratio, Myanmar ranks 141st among 237 countries and territories worldwide, 21st among 51 entities in Asia, and fourth among ASEAN members. Its sex ratio is similar to those of New Zealand, Liechtenstein, and Gibraltar.

Myanmar has 27,449,757 (27.45 million) males and 27,735,061 (27.74 million) females in 2026, resulting in a female surplus of approximately 285K people. Males account for 49.74% of the population, while females make up 50.26%. Myanmar has the 11th-largest female surplus in Asia and the 42nd-largest worldwide.

In Myanmar, the male-to-female ratio increased from 100.17 males per 100 females in 1950 to a peak of 100.64 in 1985. Since then, the ratio has steadily declined, falling below parity in 2004, when females began to outnumber males. Myanmar's sex ratio is projected to remain below parity through 2100.

The sex ratio at birth in Myanmar is approximately 106.6 male births per 100 female births, which is slightly above the typical biological range of around 104–106 male births per 100 female births. Historically, the ratio has remained relatively stable but at a slightly elevated level, fluctuating within a narrow range of 106.5 to 106.7 male births per 100 female births.

As of 2026, Myanmar has more males than females in age groups below 45 years. The 00–04 age group has the highest male-to-female ratio, at 105.68 males per 100 females. Among children under 15, the sex ratio stands at 105.46. The working-age population aged 15–64 is female-skewed, with 99.93 males per 100 females. However, the ratio declines sharply among those aged 65 and older, falling to 74.58 males for every 100 females. Among older adults, women substantially outnumber men, with females outnumbering males by about 3 to 1 in the 95–99 age group and by about 6 to 1 among centenarians.

Myanmar Sex ratio by age group (2026)

Age group	Male		Female		M per 100 F
Age group	People	(%)	People	(%)	M per 100 F
00-04	2,224,139	51.38	2,104,559	48.62	105.682
05-09	2,282,377	51.35	2,162,039	48.65	105.566
10-14	2,251,847	51.25	2,142,120	48.75	105.122
15-19	2,228,448	51.11	2,131,941	48.89	104.527
20-24	2,261,865	50.92	2,179,942	49.08	103.758
25-29	2,230,561	50.71	2,167,744	49.29	102.898
30-34	2,177,485	50.50	2,134,497	49.50	102.014
35-39	2,062,673	50.33	2,035,262	49.67	101.347
40-44	2,037,356	50.07	2,032,010	49.93	100.263
45-49	1,800,331	49.66	1,825,258	50.34	98.634
50-54	1,593,573	49.10	1,652,232	50.90	96.450
55-59	1,369,664	48.22	1,470,634	51.78	93.134
60-64	1,104,166	46.92	1,249,341	53.08	88.380
65-69	819,639	45.14	995,987	54.86	82.294
70-74	543,761	42.92	723,293	57.08	75.179
75-79	286,936	40.30	425,125	59.70	67.495
80-84	123,502	38.04	201,136	61.96	61.402
85-89	42,020	34.55	79,594	65.45	52.793
90-94	8,616	30.28	19,834	69.72	43.441
95-99	780	24.55	2,397	75.45	32.541
100+	19	14.07	116	85.93	16.379
Total	27,449,758	49.74	27,735,061	50.26	98.971

Total
At birth

Myanmar Sex ratio projections

Year	Male	Female	Percentage (%)		M per 100 F
Year	Male	Female	M	F	Birth	Total
2024	27,128,841	27,371,250	49.78	50.22	106.6	99.114
2025	27,293,547	27,557,101	49.76	50.24	106.6	99.044
2026	27,449,757	27,735,061	49.74	50.26	106.6	98.971
2027	27,597,446	27,905,036	49.72	50.28	106.6	98.898
2028	27,736,279	28,066,496	49.70	50.30	106.6	98.823
2029	27,866,018	28,219,122	49.69	50.31	106.6	98.749
2030	27,987,395	28,363,636	49.67	50.33	106.6	98.674
2031	28,101,007	28,500,621	49.65	50.35	106.6	98.598
2032	28,206,380	28,629,665	49.63	50.37	106.6	98.522
2033	28,303,780	28,750,764	49.61	50.39	106.6	98.445
2034	28,393,320	28,863,860	49.59	50.41	106.6	98.370
2035	28,475,220	28,969,244	49.57	50.43	106.6	98.295
2036	28,549,270	29,066,879	49.55	50.45	106.6	98.219
2037	28,616,352	29,157,556	49.53	50.47	106.6	98.144
2038	28,677,699	29,242,164	49.51	50.49	106.6	98.070
2039	28,732,245	29,319,932	49.49	50.51	106.6	97.996
2040	28,779,436	29,390,422	49.47	50.53	106.6	97.921
2041	28,820,094	29,454,176	49.46	50.54	106.6	97.847
2042	28,854,498	29,511,425	49.44	50.56	106.6	97.774
2043	28,881,794	29,561,487	49.42	50.58	106.6	97.701
2044	28,901,956	29,604,448	49.40	50.60	106.6	97.627
2045	28,916,619	29,641,553	49.38	50.62	106.6	97.554
2046	28,924,787	29,671,981	49.36	50.64	106.6	97.482
2047	28,925,717	29,695,052	49.34	50.66	106.6	97.409
2048	28,920,816	29,711,910	49.33	50.67	106.6	97.337
2049	28,910,303	29,722,819	49.31	50.69	106.6	97.266
2050	28,894,794	29,728,438	49.29	50.71	106.6	97.196
2051	28,874,137	29,728,602	49.27	50.73	106.6	97.126
2052	28,847,845	29,722,773	49.25	50.75	106.6	97.056
2053	28,816,436	29,711,543	49.24	50.76	106.6	96.987
2054	28,779,395	29,694,281	49.22	50.78	106.6	96.919
2055	28,736,951	29,671,111	49.20	50.80	106.6	96.852
2056	28,689,033	29,642,002	49.18	50.82	106.6	96.785
2057	28,636,687	29,607,820	49.17	50.83	106.6	96.720
2058	28,581,485	29,570,022	49.15	50.85	106.6	96.657
2059	28,521,847	29,527,120	49.13	50.87	106.6	96.595
2060	28,456,953	29,478,358	49.12	50.88	106.6	96.535
2061	28,387,573	29,424,247	49.10	50.90	106.6	96.477
2062	28,316,292	29,366,845	49.09	50.91	106.6	96.423
2063	28,243,519	29,306,518	49.08	50.92	106.6	96.373
2064	28,167,289	29,241,564	49.06	50.94	106.6	96.326
2065	28,088,013	29,172,383	49.05	50.95	106.6	96.283
2066	28,006,768	29,099,947	49.04	50.96	106.6	96.243
2067	27,923,778	29,024,477	49.03	50.97	106.6	96.208
2068	27,838,422	28,945,435	49.03	50.97	106.6	96.176
2069	27,750,555	28,862,922	49.02	50.98	106.6	96.146
2070	27,660,178	28,777,069	49.01	50.99	106.6	96.119
2071	27,567,668	28,688,079	49.00	51.00	106.6	96.095
2072	27,473,382	28,596,299	49.00	51.00	106.6	96.073
2073	27,376,586	28,501,250	48.99	51.01	106.6	96.054
2074	27,277,844	28,403,311	48.99	51.01	106.6	96.038
2075	27,177,778	28,303,074	48.99	51.01	106.6	96.024
2076	27,076,549	28,200,742	48.98	51.02	106.6	96.014
2077	26,975,005	28,096,938	48.98	51.02	106.6	96.007
2078	26,872,050	27,990,770	48.98	51.02	106.6	96.003
2079	26,767,344	27,881,851	48.98	51.02	106.6	96.003
2080	26,662,276	27,771,332	48.98	51.02	106.6	96.006
2081	26,556,730	27,659,230	48.98	51.02	106.6	96.014
2082	26,450,243	27,545,280	48.99	51.01	106.6	96.025
2083	26,343,069	27,429,823	48.99	51.01	106.6	96.038
2084	26,235,016	27,312,741	48.99	51.01	106.6	96.054
2085	26,125,300	27,193,227	49.00	51.00	106.6	96.073
2086	26,014,191	27,071,542	49.00	51.00	106.6	96.094
2087	25,902,329	26,948,480	49.01	50.99	106.6	96.118
2088	25,790,082	26,824,586	49.02	50.98	106.6	96.143
2089	25,677,375	26,699,800	49.02	50.98	106.6	96.171
2090	25,563,177	26,573,249	49.03	50.97	106.6	96.199
2091	25,446,907	26,444,558	49.04	50.96	106.6	96.227
2092	25,330,499	26,315,100	49.05	50.95	106.6	96.258
2093	25,214,733	26,185,390	49.06	50.94	106.6	96.293
2094	25,098,077	26,054,232	49.07	50.93	106.6	96.330
2095	24,980,570	25,921,720	49.08	50.92	106.6	96.369
2096	24,863,584	25,789,097	49.09	50.91	106.6	96.411
2097	24,747,679	25,656,941	49.10	50.90	106.6	96.456
2098	24,632,291	25,524,614	49.11	50.89	106.6	96.504
2099	24,516,971	25,391,718	49.12	50.88	106.6	96.555
2100	24,400,931	25,257,950	49.14	50.86	106.6	96.607

Myanmar Sex ratio estimates

Year	Male	Female	Percentage (%)		M per 100 F
Year	Male	Female	M	F	Birth	Total
1950	8,873,706	8,863,410	50.03	49.97	106.6	100.116
1951	9,039,288	9,031,130	50.02	49.98	106.6	100.090
1952	9,212,638	9,205,371	50.02	49.98	106.6	100.079
1953	9,393,542	9,386,358	50.02	49.98	106.6	100.077
1954	9,582,111	9,574,544	50.02	49.98	106.6	100.079
1955	9,779,560	9,770,922	50.02	49.98	106.6	100.088
1956	9,984,670	9,974,551	50.03	49.97	106.6	100.101
1957	10,196,853	10,185,851	50.03	49.97	106.6	100.108
1958	10,414,069	10,402,349	50.03	49.97	106.6	100.113
1959	10,638,482	10,625,528	50.03	49.97	106.6	100.122
1960	10,872,381	10,857,869	50.03	49.97	106.6	100.134
1961	11,113,744	11,096,837	50.04	49.96	106.6	100.152
1962	11,362,076	11,342,642	50.04	49.96	106.6	100.171
1963	11,617,896	11,595,512	50.05	49.95	106.6	100.193
1964	11,881,582	11,855,734	50.05	49.95	106.6	100.218
1965	12,154,662	12,124,770	50.06	49.94	106.5	100.247
1966	12,435,615	12,400,881	50.07	49.93	106.6	100.280
1967	12,722,868	12,683,560	50.08	49.92	106.6	100.310
1968	13,016,625	12,973,038	50.08	49.92	106.6	100.336
1969	13,316,565	13,268,548	50.09	49.91	106.6	100.362
1970	13,622,555	13,570,461	50.10	49.90	106.6	100.384
1971	13,931,766	13,875,453	50.10	49.90	106.6	100.406
1972	14,244,752	14,183,573	50.11	49.89	106.6	100.431
1973	14,546,308	14,480,079	50.11	49.89	106.6	100.457
1974	14,834,647	14,763,521	50.12	49.88	106.6	100.482
1975	15,126,030	15,050,535	50.13	49.87	106.6	100.502
1976	15,419,347	15,339,465	50.13	49.87	106.6	100.521
1977	15,720,147	15,635,819	50.13	49.87	106.6	100.539
1978	16,030,553	15,942,423	50.14	49.86	106.6	100.553
1979	16,344,292	16,252,257	50.14	49.86	106.6	100.566
1980	16,661,889	16,565,316	50.15	49.85	106.6	100.583
1981	16,979,998	16,878,786	50.15	49.85	106.6	100.600
1982	17,294,331	17,188,635	50.15	49.85	106.6	100.615
1983	17,636,308	17,526,407	50.16	49.84	106.6	100.627
1984	18,006,699	17,892,614	50.16	49.84	106.6	100.638
1985	18,370,135	18,252,693	50.16	49.84	106.6	100.643
1986	18,717,157	18,597,721	50.16	49.84	106.6	100.642
1987	19,045,967	18,925,627	50.16	49.84	106.6	100.636
1988	19,360,480	19,240,447	50.16	49.84	106.6	100.624
1989	19,667,019	19,547,599	50.15	49.85	106.6	100.611
1990	19,967,989	19,849,262	50.15	49.85	106.6	100.598
1991	20,255,622	20,138,532	50.14	49.86	106.5	100.581
1992	20,532,028	20,418,314	50.14	49.86	106.5	100.557
1993	20,805,872	20,696,557	50.13	49.87	106.5	100.528
1994	21,079,614	20,975,528	50.12	49.88	106.5	100.496
1995	21,351,197	21,254,140	50.11	49.89	106.5	100.457
1996	21,621,386	21,533,474	50.10	49.90	106.6	100.408
1997	21,892,679	21,816,119	50.09	49.91	106.6	100.351
1998	22,161,055	22,096,737	50.07	49.93	106.7	100.291
1999	22,420,031	22,367,693	50.06	49.94	106.7	100.234
2000	22,665,503	22,625,338	50.04	49.96	106.7	100.178
2001	22,899,375	22,871,764	50.03	49.97	106.7	100.121
2002	23,123,943	23,108,711	50.02	49.98	106.7	100.066
2003	23,335,153	23,332,039	50.00	50.00	106.7	100.013
2004	23,530,076	23,538,696	49.99	50.01	106.7	99.963
2005	23,709,227	23,729,139	49.98	50.02	106.7	99.916
2006	23,877,104	23,908,032	49.97	50.03	106.7	99.871
2007	24,041,928	24,083,115	49.96	50.04	106.7	99.829
2008	24,179,392	24,211,401	49.97	50.03	106.6	99.868
2009	24,318,712	24,341,747	49.98	50.02	106.6	99.905
2010	24,495,631	24,528,750	49.97	50.03	106.6	99.865
2011	24,687,833	24,731,987	49.96	50.04	106.6	99.821
2012	24,890,896	24,946,550	49.94	50.06	106.6	99.777
2013	25,098,068	25,164,589	49.93	50.07	106.6	99.736
2014	25,301,941	25,379,693	49.92	50.08	106.7	99.694
2015	25,499,589	25,589,466	49.91	50.09	106.7	99.649
2016	25,696,854	25,798,842	49.90	50.10	106.7	99.605
2017	25,890,574	26,004,363	49.89	50.11	106.7	99.562
2018	26,073,322	26,198,925	49.88	50.12	106.7	99.521
2019	26,251,303	26,389,411	49.87	50.13	106.7	99.477
2020	26,431,199	26,585,322	49.85	50.15	106.6	99.420
2021	26,606,252	26,780,850	49.84	50.16	106.6	99.348
2022	26,779,327	26,977,461	49.82	50.18	106.6	99.266
2023	26,956,235	27,177,562	49.80	50.20	106.6	99.186