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Myanmar (Burma) vs Philippines
How Myanmar (Burma) and Philippines compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Philippines was higher: 69.8 years against 66.9 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Philippines was higher: $4,066 against $1,128
- Population · In 2023, Philippines was higher: 115 million people against 54.1 million people
- Military spending · In 2024, Myanmar (Burma) was higher: 6.61% of GDP against 1.19% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Philippines was higher: 1.5 tonnes against 0.58 tonnes
- Life expectancyMyanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023Philippines: 69.8 years in 2023
- PopulationMyanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023Philippines: 115 million people in 2023
- GDP per personMyanmar (Burma): $1,128 in 2025Philippines: $4,066 in 2025
- TemperatureMyanmar (Burma): 24 °C in 2025Philippines: 26.3 °C in 2025
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyMyanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023Philippines: 69.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMyanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024Philippines: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMyanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Philippines: 20.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterMyanmar (Burma): 57.4% in 2022Philippines: 47.9% in 2022
- DepressionMyanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017Philippines: 2.77% in 2017
- Suicide rateMyanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017Philippines: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMyanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023Philippines: 115 million people in 2023
- Population growthMyanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023Philippines: 0.84% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMyanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023Philippines: 1.92 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMyanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025Philippines: 55.8% in 2025
- Median ageMyanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023Philippines: 25.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMyanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023Philippines: 5.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateMyanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Philippines: -1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personMyanmar (Burma): $1,128 in 2025Philippines: $4,066 in 2025
- GDP growthMyanmar (Burma): -12% a year in 2021Philippines: 4.4% a year in 2025
- InflationMyanmar (Burma): 27.6% a year in 2023Philippines: 1.7% a year in 2025
- Government debtMyanmar (Burma): 37.6% of GDP in 2019Philippines: 59.1% of GDP in 2025
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMyanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024Philippines: 1.3% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsMyanmar (Burma): $4.65B in 2024Philippines: $6.3B in 2025
- Military spending per personMyanmar (Burma): $92 in 2024Philippines: $55 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMyanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024Philippines: 5.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelMyanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020Philippines: 157,000 people in 2020
- National powerMyanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022Philippines: 0.68% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMyanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020Philippines: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMyanmar (Burma): 70 million TIV in 2025Philippines: 846 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, 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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