India vs Myanmar (Burma)
India vs Myanmar (Burma): Internet users
Internet users: 70% in India in 2025 and 45.5% in Myanmar (Burma) in 2020, by ITU estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by 2 percentage points, or 1.05 times that in India.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Myanmar (Burma) has been higher since 2017, when it overtook India.
- The world as a whole: 60.1% in 2020.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | India | Myanmar (Burma) | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70 | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 64.9 | – | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 60.3 | – | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 55.9 | – | 67 |
| 2021 | 49.3 | – | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 43.4 | 45.5 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 29.5 | 36.5 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 20.1 | 29.4 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 18.2 | 23.6 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 16.5 | 16 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 14.9 | 10.9 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 13.5 | 7.4 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 12.3 | 1.8 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 11.1 | 1.4 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 10.1 | 1 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 7.5 | 0.3 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 5.1 | 0.2 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 4.4 | 0.2 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 4 | 0.2 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1.7 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1.5 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0.7 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0.5 | – | – |
| 1999 | 0.3 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0.1 | – | – |
| 1997 | 0.1 | – | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – | – |
| 1992 | 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
India vs Myanmar (Burma)
Health
- Life expectancyIndia: 72 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIndia: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIndia: 22.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionIndia: 3.53% in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017
- Suicide rateIndia: 15.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIndia: 1.44 billion people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthIndia: 0.89% a year in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIndia: 1.98 births per woman in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIndia: 35.7% in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025
- Median ageIndia: 28.1 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIndia: 6.9% in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateIndia: -0.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIndia: 2.3% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending in US dollarsIndia: $93.3B in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $4.65B in 2024
- Military spending per personIndia: $63 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $92 in 2024
- Military share of state spendingIndia: 8.2% of government spending in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024
- Armed forces personnelIndia: 3.07 million people in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020
- National powerIndia: 9.94% of world capability in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIndia: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIndia: 2.86 billion TIV in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 70 million TIV in 2025