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Myanmar — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Myanmar, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
0.64%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -70.7% since 1961
Population growth for Myanmar was 0.64% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 2.27% in 1968. The lowest was 0.55% in 2008 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.90% per year.
Myanmar ranks 128 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 59%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 0.64%, so Myanmar sits level with it. It peaked in 1968 and has fallen 72% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 20%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
0.64%
First (1961)
2.19%
Change
-70.7%
Highest
2.27%
in 1968
Lowest
0.55%
in 2008
Average
1.42%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.90%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.64% |
| 2024 | 0.67% |
| 2023 | 0.7% |
| 2022 | 0.69% |
| 2021 | 0.7% |
| 2020 | 0.71% |
| 2019 | 0.7% |
| 2018 | 0.72% |
| 2017 | 0.77% |
| 2016 | 0.79% |
| 2015 | 0.8% |
| 2014 | 0.83% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.