Demographics of Myanmar

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Myanmar is projected at 54.81 million, up by 0.73% compared with 54.41 million in 2020. Myanmar is ranked 27th in terms of population and 137th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.94 million births in Myanmar in 2021. That is 2,566 per day, which is ranked 30th. The crude birth rate is 17.06 per 1000 people. There are 0.46 million deaths in Myanmar in 2021. That is 1,250 per day, which is ranked 25th. The crude death rate is 8.31 per 1000 people.

17.38 million people are living in urban areas, which is 31.45% of Myanmar population. Myanmar is ranked 199th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Myanmar in 2021 is 93.02 males per 100 females. There are 26.41 million males and 28.39 million females in Myanmar. The percentage of female population is 51.81% compare to 48.19% male population. Myanmar has 1.98 million more females than males. Myanmar is at 24th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

Myanmar population

Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	17,779,635	-
1955	19,550,067	2.02
1960	21,736,947	2.18
1965	24,259,356	2.28
1970	27,269,063	2.38
1975	30,611,093	2.32
1980	34,224,316	2.22
1985	37,977,087	1.98
1990	41,335,188	1.48
1995	43,901,598	1.19
2000	46,719,698	1.17
2005	48,949,931	0.79
2010	50,600,827	0.7
2015	52,680,724	0.76
2016	53,045,199	0.69
2017	53,382,521	0.64
2018	53,708,318	0.61
2019	54,045,422	0.63
2020	54,409,794	0.67
2021	54,806,014	0.73

Total
Crude

Myanmar death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	540,375	855,380	29.96	47.61
1955	494,762	893,544	25.25	45.58
1960	478,678	948,615	21.95	43.58
1965	464,207	1,017,561	19.09	41.83
1970	451,787	1,090,228	16.53	39.93
1975	457,639	1,155,674	14.92	37.70
1980	463,276	1,213,389	13.51	35.39
1985	460,234	1,203,856	12.13	31.75
1990	453,919	1,133,031	11.01	27.49
1995	454,785	1,113,241	10.33	25.28
2000	460,084	1,147,331	9.86	24.59
2005	461,683	1,111,178	9.45	22.75
2010	449,150	1,003,242	8.86	19.78
2015	436,189	949,200	8.29	18.04
2020	449,854	939,304	8.25	17.23
2021	456,148	936,591	8.31	17.06

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Myanmar

Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	2,771,276	14,380,234	-	16.158
1955	3,323,690	15,544,278	3.80	17.616
1960	4,034,840	16,951,283	3.99	19.226
1965	4,905,378	18,485,767	4.06	20.971
1970	6,022,901	20,358,530	4.20	22.830
1975	7,110,236	22,611,731	2.43	23.922
1980	7,999,556	25,370,156	2.36	23.973
1985	9,075,330	28,146,966	2.78	24.381
1990	10,255,233	30,371,017	2.23	25.243
1995	11,295,542	31,942,250	1.92	26.124
2000	12,457,527	33,637,935	1.91	27.025
2005	13,548,744	34,933,870	1.52	27.946
2010	14,487,449	35,668,447	1.38	28.885
2015	15,646,537	36,757,132	1.63	29.858
2020	17,068,066	37,740,210	1.82	31.141
2021	17,381,064	37,888,296	1.83	31.448

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Myanmar population by Age Group (2011)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	2,291,753	2,246,138	4,537,891	8.28	102.031
05-09	2,248,086	2,216,786	4,464,872	8.15	101.412
10-14	2,390,054	2,370,153	4,760,207	8.69	100.840
15-19	2,528,927	2,517,962	5,046,889	9.21	100.435
20-24	2,397,002	2,418,509	4,815,511	8.79	99.111
25-29	2,196,490	2,254,163	4,450,653	8.12	97.441
30-34	2,026,248	2,129,507	4,155,755	7.58	95.151
35-39	1,931,581	2,027,405	3,958,986	7.22	95.274
40-44	1,816,958	1,964,497	3,781,455	6.90	92.490
45-49	1,650,578	1,850,507	3,501,085	6.39	89.196
50-54	1,436,787	1,673,601	3,110,388	5.68	85.850
55-59	1,162,507	1,422,159	2,584,666	4.72	81.742
60-64	910,989	1,181,298	2,092,287	3.82	77.118
65-69	666,536	944,543	1,611,079	2.94	70.567
70-74	390,435	563,417	953,852	1.74	69.298
75-79	214,092	329,064	543,156	0.99	65.061
80-84	104,954	182,806	287,760	0.53	57.413
85-89	38,612	77,590	116,202	0.21	49.764
90-94	8,481	20,906	29,387	0.05	40.567
95-99	906	2,800	3,706	0.01	32.357
100+	48	179	227	0.00	26.816
Total	26,412,024	28,393,990	54,806,014		93.020