Bangladesh vs Myanmar (Burma)
Bangladesh vs Myanmar (Burma): Internet users
Internet users: 53.4% in Bangladesh in 2024 and 45.5% in Myanmar (Burma) in 2020, by ITU estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by 9.3 percentage points, or 1.26 times that in Bangladesh.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Myanmar (Burma) has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Bangladesh.
- The world as a whole: 60.1% in 2020.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Bangladesh | Myanmar (Burma) | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 53.4 | – | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 44.5 | – | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 41.6 | – | 67 |
| 2021 | 38.9 | – | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 36.1 | 45.5 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 30.4 | 36.5 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 25.6 | 29.4 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 21.5 | 23.6 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 16.9 | 16 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 9.1 | 7.4 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 6.6 | 1.8 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 5 | 1.4 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 4.5 | 1 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 3.7 | 0.3 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 3.1 | 0.2 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0.2 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 0.2 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0.2 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0.1 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0.1 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0.1 | – | – |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – | – |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Bangladesh vs Myanmar (Burma)
Health
- Life expectancyBangladesh: 74.7 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBangladesh: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBangladesh: 22.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBangladesh: 59.1% in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 57.4% in 2022
- DepressionBangladesh: 4.11% in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017
- Suicide rateBangladesh: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBangladesh: 172 million people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthBangladesh: 1.21% a year in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBangladesh: 2.16 births per woman in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBangladesh: 33.2% in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025
- Median ageBangladesh: 25.3 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBangladesh: 6.3% in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateBangladesh: -3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personBangladesh: $1,985 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $1,128 in 2025
- GDP growthBangladesh: 3.5% a year in 2025Myanmar (Burma): -12% a year in 2021
- InflationBangladesh: 10% a year in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 27.6% a year in 2023
- Government debtBangladesh: 42% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 37.6% of GDP in 2019
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBangladesh: 0.81% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending in US dollarsBangladesh: $3.67B in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $4.65B in 2024
- Military spending per personBangladesh: $22 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $92 in 2024
- Military share of state spendingBangladesh: 7.1% of government spending in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024
- Armed forces personnelBangladesh: 227,000 people in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020
- National powerBangladesh: 1.01% of world capability in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBangladesh: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBangladesh: 32 million TIV in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 70 million TIV in 2025