Myanmar (Burma) vs Sweden: Population growth

Population growth in 2023: 0.69% a year in Myanmar (Burma) and 0.56% a year in Sweden, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by 0.13 percentage points, or 1.23 times that in Sweden.

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% a year · UN

Myanmar (Burma)SwedenUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

Myanmar (Burma) has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Sweden.
In 2023, Myanmar (Burma) ranked 128 and Sweden ranked 136 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Myanmar (Burma) at -0.51% a year and Sweden at -0.05% a year in 2100.
The world as a whole: 0.87% a year in 2023.

Every year

% a year · UN

Year	Myanmar (Burma)	Sweden	World
2023	0.69	0.56	0.87
2022	0.71	0.66	0.88
2021	0.67	0.7	0.8
2020	0.72	0.5	0.9
2019	0.7	0.95	1.03
2018	0.7	1.08	1.07
2017	0.75	1.24	1.13
2016	0.8	1.45	1.17
2015	0.79	1.06	1.18
2014	0.82	1.06	1.22
2013	0.85	0.93	1.23
2012	0.85	0.77	1.27
2011	0.83	0.71	1.26
2010	0.78	0.8	1.27
2009	0.71	0.91	1.28
2008	0.4	0.8	1.28
2007	0.7	0.76	1.28
2006	0.71	0.72	1.28
2005	0.74	0.4	1.27
2004	0.82	0.4	1.28
2003	0.89	0.39	1.29
2002	0.98	0.36	1.3
2001	1.03	0.3	1.33
2000	1.08	0.24	1.35
1999	1.15	0.08	1.35
1998	1.23	0.08	1.37
1997	1.27	0.04	1.39
1996	1.28	0.08	1.42
1995	1.28	0.24	1.45
1994	1.32	0.81	1.47
1993	1.33	0.61	1.52
1992	1.35	0.55	1.57
1991	1.38	0.62	1.63
1990	1.5	0.74	1.76
1989	1.56	0.8	1.78
1988	1.6	0.53	1.79
1987	1.69	0.39	1.84
1986	1.8	0.28	1.83
1985	1.94	0.19	1.8
1984	2.05	0.14	1.8
1983	2.1	0.04	1.78
1982	1.8	0.05	1.86
1981	1.85	0.06	1.82
1980	1.92	0.18	1.8
1979	1.92	0.22	1.79
1978	1.95	0.21	1.74
1977	1.95	0.37	1.75
1976	1.89	0.34	1.78
1975	1.93	0.39	1.8
1974	1.94	0.4	1.88
1973	1.96	0.18	1.94
1972	2.21	0.18	1.97
1971	2.21	0.42	1.97
1970	2.26	0.96	2.06
1969	2.27	0.91	2.06
1968	2.26	0.49	2.09
1967	2.28	0.67	2
1966	2.26	0.89	2.04
1965	2.28	0.98	2.09
1964	2.24	0.88	2.16
1963	2.22	0.61	2.28
1962	2.21	0.52	2.11
1961	2.19	0.59	1.67
1960	2.18	0.36	1.58
1959	2.16	0.47	1.73
1958	2.1	0.58	2
1957	2.11	0.7	2.07
1956	2.09	0.7	1.98
1955	2.05	0.76	2.01
1954	2.02	0.59	1.99
1953	1.96	0.58	1.9
1952	1.94	0.73	1.94
1951	1.87	0.73	1.75
1950	1.85	0.87	1.74

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Myanmar (Burma)	Sweden	World
2024	0.660.25–1.09	0.490.17–0.83	0.86
2025	0.620.17–1.05	0.450.03–0.89	0.84
2026	0.590.13–1.03	0.39-0.07–0.91	0.83
2027	0.560.08–1.04	0.36-0.15–0.96	0.81
2028	0.520.03–1.03	0.33-0.25–1	0.8
2029	0.49-0.04–1.02	0.29-0.3–1.01	0.78
2030	0.46-0.07–0.99	0.26-0.36–1	0.76
2031	0.43-0.13–0.99	0.23-0.44–0.98	0.75
2032	0.4-0.17–0.97	0.23-0.53–1	0.73
2033	0.37-0.18–0.94	0.22-0.51–1.02	0.72
2034	0.34-0.23–0.92	0.21-0.6–0.98	0.7
2035	0.31-0.24–0.92	0.21-0.62–1.04	0.69
2036	0.28-0.28–0.9	0.21-0.6–1.05	0.67
2037	0.26-0.32–0.9	0.2-0.67–1.06	0.65
2038	0.24-0.35–0.89	0.2-0.65–1.07	0.64
2039	0.22-0.38–0.86	0.21-0.69–1.12	0.62
2040	0.19-0.42–0.83	0.22-0.7–1.14	0.61
2041	0.17-0.46–0.85	0.21-0.66–1.16	0.59
2042	0.15-0.48–0.84	0.23-0.68–1.21	0.57
2043	0.12-0.55–0.81	0.23-0.71–1.24	0.56
2044	0.1-0.57–0.8	0.22-0.73–1.21	0.54
2045	0.08-0.6–0.8	0.21-0.8–1.13	0.52
2046	0.05-0.63–0.76	0.2-0.79–1.21	0.5
2047	0.03-0.68–0.75	0.2-0.86–1.22	0.48
2048	0.01-0.69–0.78	0.19-0.87–1.2	0.46
2049	-0.01-0.7–0.76	0.17-0.86–1.16	0.44
2050	-0.03-0.75–0.74	0.17-0.88–1.2	0.42
2051	-0.05-0.75–0.74	0.14-0.93–1.17	0.4
2052	-0.06-0.79–0.74	0.12-0.95–1.14	0.38
2053	-0.08-0.81–0.74	0.09-1.06–1.14	0.36
2054	-0.1-0.88–0.73	0.07-1.07–1.11	0.34
2055	-0.12-0.9–0.73	0.06-1.17–1.13	0.33
2056	-0.14-0.92–0.74	0.05-1.2–1.16	0.31
2057	-0.15-0.97–0.75	0.05-1.2–1.11	0.3
2058	-0.17-1.01–0.74	0.03-1.28–1.1	0.28
2059	-0.19-1.07–0.73	0.02-1.26–1.14	0.27
2060	-0.21-1.13–0.69	0.01-1.32–1.16	0.25
2061	-0.22-1.18–0.71	0.02-1.3–1.16	0.24
2062	-0.22-1.19–0.71	-0.01-1.37–1.15	0.23
2063	-0.24-1.17–0.7	0-1.42–1.16	0.22
2064	-0.25-1.2–0.74	0.01-1.44–1.09	0.21
2065	-0.26-1.25–0.71	0.01-1.46–1.1	0.2
2066	-0.27-1.27–0.75	0-1.5–1.07	0.19
2067	-0.28-1.32–0.73	0.01-1.46–1.09	0.18
2068	-0.3-1.35–0.7	0.01-1.54–1.1	0.17
2069	-0.31-1.36–0.71	0.03-1.44–1.16	0.16
2070	-0.32-1.41–0.7	0.03-1.53–1.16	0.15
2071	-0.33-1.44–0.67	0.04-1.48–1.19	0.14
2072	-0.34-1.46–0.69	0.03-1.47–1.19	0.13
2073	-0.35-1.48–0.68	0.03-1.52–1.19	0.12
2074	-0.36-1.5–0.67	0.03-1.6–1.21	0.1
2075	-0.37-1.53–0.7	0.04-1.67–1.25	0.09
2076	-0.37-1.55–0.71	0.03-1.6–1.27	0.08
2077	-0.37-1.58–0.7	0.02-1.61–1.23	0.07
2078	-0.39-1.59–0.68	0.02-1.63–1.28	0.06
2079	-0.39-1.65–0.69	0-1.73–1.26	0.05
2080	-0.4-1.67–0.7	-0.02-1.74–1.17	0.04
2081	-0.4-1.7–0.69	-0.01-1.82–1.21	0.03
2082	-0.41-1.76–0.67	-0.05-1.87–1.19	0.02
2083	-0.42-1.8–0.69	-0.03-1.96–1.23	0.01
2084	-0.42-1.83–0.68	-0.04-1.96–1.26	-0
2085	-0.43-1.87–0.67	-0.04-2.01–1.28	-0.01
2086	-0.44-1.88–0.72	-0.06-2.04–1.19	-0.02
2087	-0.45-1.93–0.68	-0.03-2.08–1.24	-0.03
2088	-0.45-1.89–0.67	-0.02-2.11–1.26	-0.04
2089	-0.46-1.94–0.67	-0.03-2.14–1.23	-0.05
2090	-0.47-2.01–0.68	-0.02-2.03–1.23	-0.05
2091	-0.48-2–0.67	-0.01-2.04–1.26	-0.06
2092	-0.47-2.05–0.67	-0.02-2.15–1.2	-0.07
2093	-0.48-2.11–0.67	-0.02-2.23–1.21	-0.07
2094	-0.49-2.1–0.7	-0.02-2.15–1.23	-0.08
2095	-0.49-2.09–0.7	-0.03-2.23–1.26	-0.09
2096	-0.49-2.16–0.72	-0.02-2.17–1.25	-0.1
2097	-0.49-2.15–0.71	-0.01-2.22–1.31	-0.11
2098	-0.49-2.21–0.74	-0.04-2.33–1.28	-0.11
2099	-0.5-2.14–0.72	-0.03-2.34–1.25	-0.12
2100	-0.51-2.26–0.75	-0.05-2.41–1.27	-0.13

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Good to know

How fast the population grew or shrank in a year: births minus deaths, plus people moving in minus people moving out.
Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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Deaths in conflictsMyanmar (Burma): 2,720 deaths in 2022Sweden: 0 deaths in 2022