Myanmar Population (LIVE)

Myanmar Population 2017

54,860,420

All population figures of Myanmar/Burma are just rough estimates as the last partial census was conducted in 1983, and no trustworthy nationwide census has occurred since 1931. It's believed there are at least 300,000 refugees from Burma located along the Thai-Burma border, with many camps established in the 1980's. Illegal groups are not recognized as citizens in the country, and they have been relentlessly persecuted. This led to the expulsion of close to 300,000 Burmese Indians.

The country is very ethnically diverse with 135 ethnic groups recognized by the government. There are at least 108 ethnolinguistic groups in Myanmar. The Bamar account for around 68% of the population, followed by the Shan (10%), Kayin (7%), Rakhine (4%) and overseas Chinese (3%). Ethnic minorities in the country prefer to be called ethnic nationalities to fight against the proliferation of the dominant Bamar people. Other ethnic groups include the Mon (2%), Overseas Indians (2%) and the Kachin, Chin, Anglo-Indians, Nepali and Anglo-Burmese.

• • Cities in Myanmar
  • Population Rank26
  • 2017 Growth Rate 0.86%
  • Population Rank26
  • Density 83
  • Area676,578 km²
  • Capital CityNaypyidaw
  • RegionAsia
  • SubregionSouth-Eastern Asia

Myanmar Population Clock

What is the population of Myanmar (as of October 10, 2017)?	54,860,420
Last UN Estimate (July 1, 2017)	54836483
Births Per Day	514
Deaths Per Day	250
Net Migrations Per Day	-27
Net Change Per Day	237
Population Change Since January 1st	66,834

Myanmar Population Growth

Myanmar is currently experiencing steady if somewhat low population growth. It's hard to say what the population will be in the future, but one thing is sure: Myanmar is facing an aging population and this problem must be addressed.

Name	Population
Falam	5,404
Loikaw	17,293
Hakha	20,000
Paungde	36,971
Thanatpin	38,059
Letpandan	38,936
Thanatpin	39,000
Mawlamyinegyunn	39,115
Nyaungdon	40,092
Kayan	40,322
Pyu	40,386
Myanaung	42,252
Wakema	42,705
Mawlaik	44,540
Myawadi	45,000
Twante	46,516
Bhamo	47,920
Kyaikkami	48,100
Martaban	48,629
Kyaikto	48,658
Hpa-an	50,000
Kyaukse	50,480
Maubin	51,542
Tachilek	51,553
Kyaiklat	52,425
Thongwa	52,496
Tharyarwady	54,386
Minbu	57,342
Myaydo	57,897
Kanbe	58,146
Yamethin	59,867
Pyapon	65,601
Bogale	68,938
Syriam	69,448
Taungdwingyi	70,094
Sagaing	78,739
Shwebo	88,914
Mudon	89,123
Nyaunglebin	89,626
Mogok	90,843
Chauk	90,870
Myitkyina	90,894
Magway	96,954
Pyinmana	97,409
Thayetmyo	98,185
Taungoo	106,945
Yenangyaung	110,553
Pyin Oo Lwin	117,303
Thaton	123,727
Pakokku	126,938
Lashio	131,016
Hinthada	134,947
Pyay	135,308
Dawei	136,783
Myingyan	141,713
Taunggyi	160,115
Myeik	173,298
Meiktila	177,442
Sittwe	177,743
Monywa	182,011
Pathein	237,089
Bago	244,376
Mawlamyine	438,861
Nay Pyi Taw	925,000
Mandalay	1,208,099
Yangon	4,477,638

Myanmar Population Indicators

Indicator	Value	World Ranking
Crude Birth Rate	17.092 births/thousand	107
Crude Death Rate	8.333 deaths/thousand	74
Crude Net Migration Rate	-0.182 people/thousand	83
Life Expectancy (Both Sexes)	66.445 years	152
Male Life Expectancy	64.323 years	155
Female Life Expectancy	68.515 years	152
Total Fertility Rate	2.135 children/woman	104
Net Reproduction Rate	0.969 surviving daughters/woman	115
Sex Ratio At Birth	1.03 males per female	160
Infant Mortality Rate	43.167 deaths/1,000 live births	38
Under Five Mortality	54.662 deaths/thousand	46
Mean Age at Childbearing	30.567 years	45
Rate of Natural Increase	8.699	123
Death Before 40 Probability (Total)	11.207 %	150
Death Before 40 Probability (Male)	12.619 %	147
Death Before 40 Probability (Female)	9.758 %	150
Death Before 60 Probability (Total)	24.554 %	150
Death Before 60 Probability (Male)	27.937 %	142
Death Before 60 Probability (Female)	21.244 %	151
Crude Suicide Rate	12.4 suicides/thousand	50
Median Age (Total)	0 years	0
Median Age (Female)	0 years	0
Median Age (Male)	0 years	0

Myanmar Population (LIVE)

53,504,522

Myanmar Population (1950 - 2018) Date Myanmar Population 1950 17,151,510 1951 17,470,060 1952 17,796,400 1953 18,135,962 1954 18,492,475 1955 18,867,968 1956 19,262,647 1957 19,675,044 1958 20,102,248 1959 20,540,399 1960 20,986,123 1961 21,438,025 1962 21,898,020 1963 22,371,902 1964 22,867,741 1965 23,391,145 1966 23,944,178 1967 24,524,548 1968 25,128,116 1969 25,748,643 1970 26,381,431 1971 27,024,985 1972 27,680,144 1973 28,347,341 1974 29,027,734 1975 29,721,967 1976 30,428,034 1977 31,144,324 1978 31,872,230 1979 32,613,888 1980 33,369,712 1981 34,139,130 1982 34,917,895 1983 35,697,943 1984 36,468,888 1985 37,222,296 1986 37,957,332 1987 38,673,241 1988 39,362,142 1989 40,014,862 1990 40,626,250 1991 41,190,156 1992 41,711,465 1993 42,209,778 1994 42,712,223 1995 43,237,792 1996 43,793,310 1997 44,371,525 1998 44,959,935 1999 45,539,435 2000 46,095,462 2001 46,627,994 2002 47,140,220 2003 47,624,894 2004 48,073,707 2005 48,482,614 2006 48,846,474 2007 49,171,586 2008 49,479,752 2009 49,800,690 2010 50,155,896 2011 50,553,031 2012 50,986,514 2013 51,448,196 2014 51,924,182 2015 52,403,669 2016 52,885,223 2017 53,370,609 2018 53,855,735

Yearly Population Growth Rate (%) Date Yearly Growth Rate (%) 1951 1.86 1952 1.87 1953 1.91 1954 1.97 1955 2.03 1956 2.09 1957 2.14 1958 2.17 1959 2.18 1960 2.17 1961 2.15 1962 2.15 1963 2.16 1964 2.22 1965 2.29 1966 2.36 1967 2.42 1968 2.46 1969 2.47 1970 2.46 1971 2.44 1972 2.42 1973 2.41 1974 2.4 1975 2.39 1976 2.38 1977 2.35 1978 2.34 1979 2.33 1980 2.32 1981 2.31 1982 2.28 1983 2.23 1984 2.16 1985 2.07 1986 1.97 1987 1.89 1988 1.78 1989 1.66 1990 1.53 1991 1.39 1992 1.27 1993 1.19 1994 1.19 1995 1.23 1996 1.28 1997 1.32 1998 1.33 1999 1.29 2000 1.22 2001 1.16 2002 1.1 2003 1.03 2004 0.94 2005 0.85 2006 0.75 2007 0.67 2008 0.63 2009 0.65 2010 0.71 2011 0.79 2012 0.86 2013 0.91 2014 0.93 2015 0.92 2016 0.92 2017 0.92 2018 0.91

• The current population of Myanmar (formerly Burma) is 53,502,921 as of Monday, October 9, 2017, 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 (212 people per mi2).
• The total land area is 653,290 Km2 (252,237 sq. miles)
• 36.3 % of the population is urban (19,363,071 people in 2017)
• 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
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
	Source: Worldometers (www.Worldometers.info)

Religion in Myanmar

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Religion in Myanmar (2014 Myanmar Census)^{[1][note 1]}

  Buddhism (87.9%)

  Christian (6.2%)

  Islam (4.3%)

  Hinduism (0.5%)

  Tribal religions (0.8%)

  Other (0.2%)

  No religion (0.1%)

Myanmar (Burma) is a multi-religious country. There is no official state religion, but the government shows preference for Theravada Buddhism, the majority religion.^[2] According to both the 2014 census of the Burmese government Buddhism is the dominant religion, of 88% of the population, practiced especially by the Bamar, Rakhine, Shan, Mon, Karen people and Chinese ethnic groups. Bamar people also practice the Burmese folk religion under the name of Buddhism. The new constitution provides for the freedom of religion; however, it also grants broad exceptions that allow the regime to restrict these rights at will.^[2] Ethnic minorities practice Christianity (6.2%, particularly the Chin, Kachin and Karen people), Islam (4.3%, particularly the Rohingya but also Indians, Malays, and other minorities), and Hinduism (0.5%, particularly by Burmese Indians).^[1]

Nat worship is common in Myanmar. Nats are named spirits and shrines can be seen around the country, either standing alone, or as part of Buddhist temples. Nat worship has a relationship with Myanmar Buddhism and there is an recognised pantheon of 37 nats.

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• 1Census statistics
• 2Buddhism in Myanmar
• 3Christianity in Myanmar
• 4Hinduism in Myanmar
• 5Judaism in Myanmar
• 6Islam in Myanmar
  • 6.1Burmese Muslim groups
  • 6.2Rohingya conflict
  • 6.3Persecution
• 7See also
• 8Notes
• 9References

Census statistics[edit]

Religious group	Population % 1973[1]	Population % 1983[1]	Population % 2014[1]
Buddhism	88.8%	89.4%	87.9%
Christianity	4.6%	4.9%	6.2%
Islam	3.9%	3.9%	4.3%
Hinduism	0.4%	0.5%	0.5%
Tribal religions	2.2%	1.2%	0.8%
Other religions	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%
Not religious	n/a	n/a	0.1%

• Note: the figures of Burma's Muslim population is divided into two. One that ignores the people who are believed to be not citizens of Burma and the other that includes them. Without these people in the demographics the Muslim population will only be as low as 2.3℅ of the whole population of Burma. Many minority religions claim that they have a greater following than the official statistics but they also tend to over-represent the number of adherents.

Buddhism in Myanmar[edit]

Further information: Buddhism in Myanmar

Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon - the most revered pagoda in Myanmar

The Payathonzu Temple is built in the Mon style.

Buddhism in Myanmar is predominantly of the Theravada tradition, practised by 88% of the country's population.^[1][3][4] It is the most religious Buddhist country in terms of the proportion of monks in the population and proportion of income spent on religion.^[5]

Adherents are most likely found among the dominant ethnic Bamar, Shan, Rakhine, Mon, Karen, and Chinese who are well integrated into Burmese society. Monks, collectively known as the Sangha, are venerated members of Burmese society. Among many ethnic groups in Myanmar, including the Bamar and Shan, Theravada Buddhism is practised in conjunction with nat worship, which involves the placation of spirits who can intercede in worldly affairs.

Buddhists, although clearly professed by the majority of people in Myanmar, have their complaints regarding religious freedom. A political party, the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army, split from the main Karen nationalist movement, the Karen National Union (KNU), after the Buddhists were denied to rebuild and repair the stupas at Manerplaw. The top leadership of the KNU were also dominated by Christians, although roughly 65% of the Karen are Buddhist.

Many monks took part in the 2007 Saffron Revolution and were reportedly arrested by government security forces. Some of the leading monks are still detained in various prisons across the country.^[6]

Christianity in Myanmar[edit]

Further information: Christianity in Myanmar

St. Mary's Cathedral, Yangon

Christianity is practised by 6.2% of the population,^[1][7] primarily among the Kachin, Chin and Karen people, and Eurasians because of missionary work in their respective areas. About four-fifths of the country’s Christians are Protestants, in particular Baptists of the Myanmar Baptist Convention; Roman Catholics make up the remainder.

Christians were the fastest growing religious group in Burma for the last 3 decades, still even though that growth gap have narrowed close to the general population they still are the fastest growing religious group.

Hinduism in Myanmar[edit]

Further information: Hinduism in Myanmar

A Hindu procession in Yangon, Myanmar

Shri Kali Temple in Yangon

Hinduism is practised by 0.5% of the population.^[1][8] Most Hindus in Myanmar are Burmese Indians.

Hinduism, along with Buddhism, arrived in Burma during ancient times. Both names of the country are rooted in Hinduism; Burma is the British colonial officials' phonetic equivalent for the first half of Brahma Desha the ancient name of the region.^[9] Brahma is part of Hindu trinity, a deity with four heads. The name Myanmar is regional language^[10] transliteration of Brahma, where b and m are interchangeable.^[9]

Arakan (Rakhine) Yoma is a significant natural mountainous barrier between Burma and India, and the migration of Hinduism and Buddhism into Burma occurred slowly through Manipur and by South Asian seaborne traders. Hinduism greatly influenced the royal court of Burmese kings in pre-colonial times, as seen in the architecture of cities such as Bagan. Likewise, the Burmese language adopted many words from Sanskrit and Pali, many of which relate to religion. While ancient and medieval arrival of ideas and culture fusion transformed Burma over time, it is in 19th and 20th century that over a million Hindu workers were brought in by British colonial government to serve in plantations and mines. The British also felt that surrounding the European residential centre with Indian immigrants provided a buffer and a degree of security from tribal theft and raids. According to 1931 census, 55% of Rangoon's (Yangon) population were Indian migrants, mostly Hindus.^[11] After independence from Britain, Burma Socialist Programme Party under Ne Win adopted xenophobic policies and expelled 300,000 Indian ethnic people (Hindus and Buddhists), along with 100,000 Chinese, from Burma between 1963 and 1967. The Indian policy of encouraging democratic protests in Burma increased persecution of Hindus, as well as led to Burmese retaliatory support of left-leaning rebel groups in northeastern states of India.^[11] Since the 1990s, the opening of Burma and its greater economic engagement has led to general improvement in the acceptance of Hindus and other minority religions in Myanmar.

Aspects of Hinduism continue in Burma today, even in the majority Buddhist culture. For example, Thagyamin is worshipped whose origins are in the Hindu god Indra. Burmese literature has also been enriched by Hinduism, including the Burmese adaptation of the Ramayana, called Yama Zatdaw. Many Hindu gods are likewise worshipped by many Burmese people, such as Saraswati (known as Thuyathadi in Burmese), the goddess of knowledge, who is often worshipped before examinations; Shiva is called Paramizwa; Vishnu is called Withano, and others. Many of these ideas are part of thirty seven Nat or deities found in Burmese culture.^[12]

In modern Myanmar, most Hindus are found in the urban centres of Yangon and Mandalay. Ancient Hindu temples are present in other parts of Burma, such as the 11th century Nathlaung Kyaung Temple dedicated to Vishnu in Bagan.

Judaism in Myanmar[edit]

Although Burma's Jews once numbered in the thousands, there are currently only approximately twenty Jews in Yangon (Rangoon), where the country's only synagogue is. Most Jews left Myanmar at the commencement of the Second World War, and also after General Ne Win took over in 1962.

Islam in Myanmar[edit]

Further information: Islam in Myanmar

Bengali Sunni Jameh Mosque in Yangon

Islam, mainly of the Sunni group, is practised by 4.3% of the population according to the government census.^[1]

Burmese Muslim groups[edit]

• Muslims are spread across the country in small communities. The Indian-descended Muslims live mainly in Rangoon. See Burmese Indian Muslims.
• The Rohingya are a minority Muslim ethnic group in Northern Rakhine State, Western Burma. The Rohingya population is mostly concentrated in five northern townships of Rakhine State: Maungdaw, Buthidaung, Rathedaung, Akyab, Thandway, Tongo, Shokepro, Rashong Island and Kyauktaw.
• Panthay, Burmese Chinese Muslims.
• Muslims of Malay ancestry in Kawthaung. People of Malay ancestry are locally called Pashu regardless of religion.
• Zerbadi Muslims are descendent community of intermarriages between foreign Muslim (South Asian and Middle Eastern) males and Burmese females.^[13]
• Kamein

Rohingya conflict[edit]

Main article: Rohingya rebellion in Western Burma

Around 800,000 Muslim Rohingyas live in Burma with around 80% living in the western state of Rakhine. Some Rohingya militant have been fighting on and off since the 1940s to create an Islamic state in Western Burma.^[14] Their initial ambition during Mujahideen movements (1947-1961) was to separate the Rohingya-populated Mayu frontier region of Arakan from western Burma and annex that region into newly formed neighbouring East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh).^[15]

In the 1970s, uprisings appeared again during the period of the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. Recently, during the Arakan State Riots, the aspiration of the Rohingya militant groups, according to various media reports, is to create northern part of Arakan an independent or autonomous state.^[16][17]

According to the US State Department’s 2009 international religious freedom report, the country's non-Buddhist populations were underestimated in the census. Islamic scholars claim the country's Muslim population at around 6 to 10% of the total populace.^[18] Muslims are divided amongst Indians, Indo-Burmese, Persians, Arabs, Panthays and the Chinese Hui people.

Persecution[edit]

Main articles: Persecution of Muslims in Myanmar and Freedom of religion in Myanmar

The Muslim population faces religious persecution in Myanmar. Since independence, successive governments (both democratic and military) did not grant the citizenship of the Muslim Rohingya of Northern Rakhine (Arakan) and forbid missionary activities. The Rohingyas have been forced to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh or to Muslim states.

Their claim to citizenship has been marred by disputes with the ethnic Arakanese, who are mainly Buddhists. Aye Chan, a historian at the Kanda University, has written that as a consequence of acquiring arms from the British during World War II, Rohingyas tried to destroy the Arakanese villages instead of resisting the Japanese.^[19] On 28 March 1942, Rohingya Muslims from Northern Rakhine State killed around 20,000 Arakanese. In return, around 5,000 Muslims in the Minbya and Mrohaung Townships were killed by Rakhine nationalists and Karenni.^[20]