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Japan vs Myanmar (Burma)
How Japan and Myanmar (Burma) compare on 37 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Japan was higher: 84.7 years against 66.9 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Japan was higher: $38,620 against $1,128
- Population · In 2023, Japan was higher: 124 million people against 54.1 million people
- Military spending · In 2024, Myanmar (Burma) was higher: 6.61% of GDP against 1.3% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Japan was higher: 7.84 tonnes against 0.58 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyJapan: 84.7 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityJapan: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityJapan: 1.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterJapan: 98.7% in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 57.4% in 2022
- DepressionJapan: 3.34% in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017
- Suicide rateJapan: 15.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationJapan: 124 million people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthJapan: -0.48% a year in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateJapan: 1.21 births per woman in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationJapan: 92.3% in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025
- Median ageJapan: 49 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overJapan: 29.6% in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateJapan: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingJapan: 1.41% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending in US dollarsJapan: $59.5B in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $4.65B in 2024
- Military spending per personJapan: $504 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $92 in 2024
- Military share of state spendingJapan: 3.8% of government spending in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024
- Armed forces personnelJapan: 261,000 people in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020
- National powerJapan: 2.47% of world capability in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersJapan: 0.38% of the labour force in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsJapan: 1.72 billion 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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