Myanmar
Country in Asia
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 54.9M (2025). World rank 27 of 216; in Asia, 12 of 49. Area: 676,578 km². World rank 41 of 249; in Asia, 10 of 50. GDP per person: $1,489 (2025). World rank 183 of 210 (1 = best); in Asia, 44 of 47. From 2015 to 2025: population 51.1M → 54.9M, GDP $59.6B → $81.7B, and GDP per person $1,167 → $1,489. Worse than all its neighbours (Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, and Thailand): life expectancy and GDP per person.
State
- Official name
- Republic of the Union of Myanmar
- Local name
- မြန်မာ
- Capital
- Naypyidaw
- Region
- Asia
- Form of government
- Military regime
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Myint Swe
- Head of government
- Min Aung Hlaing
- Independence
- January 4, 1948
- Women in parliament
- 15.3% 2021
Key figures
- Population
- 54,850,648 2025
- Area
- 676,578 km²
- GDP
- $81.7B 2025
- GDP per person
- $1,489 2025
- Life expectancy
- 67.1 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Burmese
- Currency
- Myanmar Kyat (MMK)
- Time zones
- UTC+6:30
- Calling code
- +95
- Emergency numbers
- 191, 192, 199
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- C, F, G
- Mains voltage
- 230 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 1,930
- Neighbours
- Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Thailand
- Agricultural land
- 19.9% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Hkakabo Razi, 5,870 m
- Lowest point
- Indian Ocean, 0 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 702
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 26
- Warmest month in the capital
- April, 30°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, 22°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 2,091 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 81.1 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +0.6% 2025
- Living in cities
- 30.6% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -39.7K 2025
- Born in another country
- 0.1% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 24.1% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 68.4% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 7.5% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 70.4 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 64 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 2.1 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 16.5 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 9.2 2024
Society
- Religions
- Buddhist 87.9%, Christian 6.2%, and Muslim 4.3% (2014)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 29.5 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 21.7 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 19.2 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 30.4 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 19.4 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $6,012 2025
- GDP growth per year
- -2% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Lower-middle income
- Gross national income per person
- $1,320 2025
- Inflation
- +8.8% 2019
- Price level, USA = 100
- 26 2020
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 25.3% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 36.2% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 38.5% 2025
- Unemployment
- 3.1% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 9.8% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 40.9% 2025
Trade and finance
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- +0.1% 2019
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +1.3% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 3.4% 2019
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 6% 2019
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 30.7 2017
- Living on under $3 a day
- 10.3% 2017
Education
- Adult literacy
- 93.5% 2020
- Primary school enrolment
- 120% 2018
- Secondary school enrolment
- 77% 2018
- Higher education enrolment
- 20.4% 2018
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 2% 2019
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 4.5% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $56 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 71.1% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 0.8 2019
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 0.2 2022
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 1.1 2020
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 71% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 32.8 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 36.9 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 185 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.9% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 6.7% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 27% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 43.4% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 85.7% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 74.2% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 46% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 2.6 2023
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 20.4 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 2.9 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 28.5 2025
- Natural hazards
- earthquakes, tropical cyclones, floods, droughts, and landslides
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 35.1 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 0.6 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 2.2 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 42% 2024
- Protected areas
- 4.1% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 18,654 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 5.8% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 45.5% 2020
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 114 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 2.9 2024
- Internet domain
- .mm
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 80.4% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 296 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 62.9% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 50.8% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 50.9% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 3,541,244 2023
- Airports
- 74 2025
- Railways, km
- 5,031 2008
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0% 2023
- Researchers per million people
- 28 2023
- Scientific articles per year
- 234 2023
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 5.2% 2024