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Myanmar (Burma) vs Papua New Guinea
How Myanmar (Burma) and Papua New Guinea compare on 37 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Myanmar (Burma) was higher: 66.9 years against 66.1 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Papua New Guinea was higher: $2,665 against $1,128
- Population · In 2023, Myanmar (Burma) was higher: 54.1 million people against 10.4 million people
- Military spending · In 2024, Myanmar (Burma) was higher: 6.61% of GDP against 0.31% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Myanmar (Burma) was higher: 0.58 tonnes against 0.52 tonnes
- Life expectancyMyanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023Papua New Guinea: 66.1 years in 2023
- PopulationMyanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023Papua New Guinea: 10.4 million people in 2023
- GDP per personMyanmar (Burma): $1,128 in 2025Papua New Guinea: $2,665 in 2025
- TemperatureMyanmar (Burma): 24 °C in 2025Papua New Guinea: 24.1 °C in 2025
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyMyanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023Papua New Guinea: 66.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMyanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024Papua New Guinea: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMyanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Papua New Guinea: 32.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionMyanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017Papua New Guinea: 3.17% in 2017
- Suicide rateMyanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017Papua New Guinea: 23.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMyanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023Papua New Guinea: 10.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthMyanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023Papua New Guinea: 1.8% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMyanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023Papua New Guinea: 3.1 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMyanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025Papua New Guinea: 15.8% in 2025
- Median ageMyanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023Papua New Guinea: 22.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMyanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023Papua New Guinea: 3.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateMyanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Papua New Guinea: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personMyanmar (Burma): $1,128 in 2025Papua New Guinea: $2,665 in 2025
- GDP growthMyanmar (Burma): -12% a year in 2021Papua New Guinea: 3.9% a year in 2024
- InflationMyanmar (Burma): 27.6% a year in 2023Papua New Guinea: 4.4% a year in 2025
- Government debtMyanmar (Burma): 37.6% of GDP in 2019Papua New Guinea: 51.6% of GDP in 2025
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMyanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024Papua New Guinea: 0.35% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsMyanmar (Burma): $4.65B in 2024Papua New Guinea: $110M in 2025
- Military spending per personMyanmar (Burma): $92 in 2024Papua New Guinea: $10 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMyanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024Papua New Guinea: 1.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelMyanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020Papua New Guinea: 4,000 people in 2020
- National powerMyanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022Papua New Guinea: 0.03% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMyanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020Papua New Guinea: 0.12% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMyanmar (Burma): 70 million TIV in 2025Papua New Guinea: 9 million TIV in 2023
Climate
Technology and environment
- CO₂ per personMyanmar (Burma): 0.58 tonnes in 2024Papua New Guinea: 0.52 tonnes in 2024
- Internet usersMyanmar (Burma): 45.5% in 2020Papua New Guinea: 18.8% in 2024
- Access to electricityMyanmar (Burma): 80.4% in 2024Papua New Guinea: 43.3% in 2024
- Forest areaMyanmar (Burma): 42% in 2024Papua New Guinea: 75.2% in 2024
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, 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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