Myanmar Population

• The current population of Myanmar (formerly Burma) is 53,858,842 as of Thursday, July 5, 2018, based on the latest United Nations estimates.
• Myanmar population is equivalent to 0.71% of the total world population.
• Myanmar ranks number 26 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
• The population density in Myanmar is 82 per Km2 (214 people per mi2).
• The total land area is 653,290 Km2 (252,237 sq. miles)
• 36.8 % of the population is urban (19,810,930 people in 2018)
• The median age in Myanmar is 27.9 years.

Population of Myanmar (2018 and historical)

Year	Population	Yearly %  Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Myanmar Global Rank
2018	53,855,735	0.91 %	485,126	-20,000	27.9	2.28	82	36.0 %	19,810,930	0.71 %	7,632,819,325	26
2017	53,370,609	0.92 %	485,386	-20,000	27.9	2.28	82	36.3 %	19,363,071	0.71 %	7,550,262,101	26
2016	52,885,223	0.92 %	481,554	-20,000	27.9	2.28	81	35.8 %	18,915,638	0.71 %	7,466,964,280	26
2015	52,403,669	0.88 %	449,555	-94,856	27.7	2.30	80	35.2 %	18,469,012	0.71 %	7,383,008,820	26
2010	50,155,896	0.68 %	334,656	-293,360	26.3	2.55	77	32.5 %	16,309,134	0.72 %	6,958,169,159	25
2005	48,482,614	1.01 %	477,430	-249,537	24.7	2.87	74	29.9 %	14,517,240	0.74 %	6,542,159,383	26
2000	46,095,462	1.29 %	571,534	-107,600	23.5	2.95	71	28.3 %	13,066,620	0.75 %	6,145,006,989	26
1995	43,237,792	1.25 %	522,308	-139,999	22.1	3.20	66	26.8 %	11,570,448	0.75 %	5,751,474,416	25
1990	40,626,250	1.77 %	680,791	-40,000	20.8	3.80	62	25.5 %	10,349,665	0.76 %	5,330,943,460	25
1985	37,222,296	2.21 %	770,517	-10,931	19.8	4.65	57	24.9 %	9,280,195	0.76 %	4,873,781,796	26
1980	33,369,712	2.34 %	729,549	0	19.3	5.15	51	24.8 %	8,264,463	0.75 %	4,458,411,534	27
1975	29,721,967	2.41 %	668,107	0	19.0	5.74	45	24.7 %	7,330,005	0.73 %	4,079,087,198	27
1970	26,381,431	2.44 %	598,057	0	18.7	6.10	40	23.5 %	6,202,029	0.71 %	3,700,577,650	27
1965	23,391,145	2.19 %	481,004	0	22.2	6.00	36	21.5 %	5,038,019	0.70 %	3,339,592,688	28
1960	20,986,123	2.15 %	423,631	0	20.8	6.00	32	19.7 %	4,131,029	0.69 %	3,033,212,527	27
1955	18,867,968	1.93 %	343,292	0	22.2	6.00	29	18.0 %	3,396,654	0.68 %	2,772,242,535	28

Myanmar Population Forecast

Year	Population	Yearly %  Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Myanmar Global Rank
2020	54,808,276	0.90 %	480,921	-20,000	29.1	2.18	84	37.8 %	20,708,694	0.70 %	7,795,482,309	26
2025	57,001,494	0.79 %	438,644	-20,000	30.5	2.08	87	40.2 %	22,938,063	0.70 %	8,185,613,757	27
2030	58,915,869	0.66 %	382,875	-20,000	32.0	2.00	90	42.6 %	25,094,547	0.69 %	8,551,198,644	27
2035	60,430,924	0.51 %	303,011	-20,000	33.5	1.92	93	44.9 %	27,125,968	0.68 %	8,892,701,940	28
2040	61,489,087	0.35 %	211,633	-20,000	35.1	1.87	94	47.2 %	29,001,852	0.67 %	9,210,337,004	29
2045	62,104,926	0.20 %	123,168	-20,000	36.4	1.83	95	49.4 %	30,705,070	0.65 %	9,504,209,572	30
2050	62,358,925	0.08 %	50,800	-20,000	37.5	1.80	95	51.6 %	32,205,990	0.64 %	9,771,822,753	32