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Ireland vs Myanmar (Burma)
How Ireland and Myanmar (Burma) compare on 37 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Ireland was higher: 82.4 years against 66.9 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Ireland was higher: $104,400 against $1,128
- Population · In 2023, Myanmar (Burma) was higher: 54.1 million people against 5.2 million people
- Military spending · In 2024, Myanmar (Burma) was higher: 6.61% of GDP against 0.22% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Ireland was higher: 6.04 tonnes against 0.58 tonnes
- Life expectancyIreland: 82.4 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023
- PopulationIreland: 5.2 million people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023
- GDP per personIreland: $104,400 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $1,128 in 2025
- TemperatureIreland: 10.8 °C in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 24 °C in 2025
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyIreland: 82.4 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIreland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIreland: 2.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIreland: 96% in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 57.4% in 2022
- DepressionIreland: 4.25% in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017
- Suicide rateIreland: 8.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIreland: 5.2 million people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthIreland: 1.19% a year in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIreland: 1.6 births per woman in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIreland: 64.6% in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025
- Median ageIreland: 38.4 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIreland: 15.5% in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateIreland: 8.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIreland: 0.22% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending in US dollarsIreland: $1.46B in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $4.65B in 2024
- Military spending per personIreland: $272 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $92 in 2024
- Military share of state spendingIreland: 0.9% of government spending in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024
- Armed forces personnelIreland: 9,000 people in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020
- National powerIreland: 0.05% of world capability in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIreland: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIreland: 14 million TIV in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 70 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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