East Asia & Pacific
A life that begins in Myanmar
One in every 149 babies in the world is born here: about 903,061 a year, 1.7 a minute.
- Population
- 54,850,648
- Births a year
- 903,061
- Life expectancy
- 67.2
- Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
- 36.9
Health and survival
Life expectancy, women (years)
70.4
World: 75.9
Life expectancy, men (years)
64
World: 71
Babies who die before 1 (per 1,000)
32.8
World: 27.8
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
36.9
World: 37.6
Mothers who die in childbirth (per 100,000 births)
185
World: 189
Adults living with HIV (%)
0.9
World: 0.7
Adults who smoke (%)
43
World: 20
Alcohol per adult (litres a year)
1.9
World: 4.6
Road deaths (per 100,000)
20.4
World: 17
Homicides (per 100,000)
2.6
World: 4.7
Family and school
Children per woman
2.1
World: 2.85
Women married before 18 (%)
16
World: 18
Children in primary school (%)
98
World: 89
Secondary school enrolment (%)
77
World: 81
Higher education enrolment (%)
20
World: 48
Children aged 7–14 who work (%)
≈ 11.5
World: 11.9
Money and work
Income per person (PPP)
$5,137
World: $21,797
Income inequality (Gini, 0–100)
31
World: 34
Living on under $3 a day (%)
10.3
World: 9.9
Unemployment (%)
3.1
World: 5.1
Jobs in farming (%)
45
World: 27
Women in the workforce (%)
41
World: 48
Health costs paid out of pocket (%)
71
World: 37
Home and connection
Living in cities (%)
31
World: 58
Access to electricity (%)
80
World: 92
Safe drinking water (%)
86
World: 91
Internet users (%)
45
World: 72
Peace and wellbeing
Life satisfaction (0–10)
4.29
World: 5.4
Deaths in armed conflict (per 100,000 a year)
4.34
World: 2.43
Refugees abroad (% of population)
2.78
World: 0.34
≈ Estimated from the region
From 1960 to 2050
How life here has changed, and where UN projections expect it to go. The dashed part is a projection.
1960: 44.1 → 2026: 67.7 → 2050: 71.7
World
1960: 214 → 2026: 34 → 2050: 14
World
1960: 5.9 → 2026: 2.1 → 2050: 1.8
World
1960: 19 → 2026: 31 → 2050: 39
World
Nobody chooses where they are born
In the game, the country is drawn by the real share of births: Myanmar comes up about once in every 149 lives.
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All 178 countries →Sources: World Bank (WDI), UN World Population Prospects, Our World in Data, World Happiness Report, UCDP and PRIO. Updated 2026-10-18.