Myanmar (Burma) vs United Kingdom: Fertility rate

Fertility rate in 2023: 2.12 births per woman in Myanmar (Burma) and 1.56 births per woman in United Kingdom, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by 0.56 births per woman, or 1.36 times that in United Kingdom.

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births per woman · UN

Myanmar (Burma)United KingdomUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

Myanmar (Burma) has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Myanmar (Burma) at 1.73 births per woman and United Kingdom at 1.6 births per woman in 2100.
The world as a whole: 2.25 births per woman in 2023.

Every year

births per woman · UN

Year	Myanmar (Burma)	United Kingdom	World
2023	2.12	1.56	2.25
2022	2.13	1.56	2.27
2021	2.16	1.58	2.29
2020	2.18	1.57	2.32
2019	2.21	1.63	2.4
2018	2.23	1.68	2.44
2017	2.25	1.74	2.5
2016	2.27	1.78	2.54
2015	2.27	1.8	2.54
2014	2.25	1.81	2.56
2013	2.26	1.83	2.57
2012	2.28	1.91	2.61
2011	2.31	1.91	2.59
2010	2.34	1.92	2.6
2009	2.37	1.89	2.62
2008	2.4	1.91	2.63
2007	2.45	1.86	2.62
2006	2.47	1.81	2.63
2005	2.52	1.76	2.63
2004	2.59	1.75	2.65
2003	2.68	1.7	2.66
2002	2.77	1.63	2.68
2001	2.79	1.62	2.71
2000	2.81	1.64	2.75
1999	2.85	1.68	2.75
1998	2.91	1.71	2.78
1997	2.99	1.72	2.81
1996	3.06	1.72	2.85
1995	3.13	1.71	2.89
1994	3.2	1.74	2.93
1993	3.28	1.76	2.98
1992	3.35	1.79	3.04
1991	3.43	1.82	3.13
1990	3.5	1.83	3.31
1989	3.59	1.79	3.35
1988	3.67	1.82	3.39
1987	3.86	1.81	3.48
1986	4.08	1.78	3.5
1985	4.32	1.79	3.51
1984	4.52	1.77	3.55
1983	4.63	1.77	3.58
1982	4.66	1.78	3.71
1981	4.69	1.82	3.71
1980	4.79	1.89	3.74
1979	4.9	1.86	3.77
1978	4.99	1.75	3.79
1977	5.07	1.69	3.85
1976	5.16	1.74	3.97
1975	5.25	1.81	4.08
1974	5.34	1.92	4.26
1973	5.44	2.04	4.42
1972	5.53	2.18	4.55
1971	5.62	2.34	4.68
1970	5.68	2.42	4.83
1969	5.75	2.5	4.87
1968	5.8	2.59	4.96
1967	5.84	2.68	4.85
1966	5.88	2.78	4.96
1965	5.91	2.87	5.07
1964	5.91	2.93	5.12
1963	5.91	2.91	5.31
1962	5.9	2.87	5.02
1961	5.9	2.79	4.57
1960	5.9	2.7	4.7
1959	5.91	2.6	4.74
1958	5.91	2.55	4.93
1957	5.92	2.47	5.07
1956	5.92	2.38	4.93
1955	5.91	2.28	5
1954	5.92	2.25	5
1953	5.93	2.23	4.92
1952	5.93	2.19	5
1951	5.94	2.19	4.82
1950	5.94	2.22	4.85

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Myanmar (Burma)	United Kingdom	World
2024	2.11.57–2.63	1.551.28–1.83	2.25
2025	2.081.53–2.61	1.541.21–1.86	2.24
2026	2.061.5–2.62	1.531.16–1.88	2.23
2027	2.041.47–2.62	1.531.13–1.89	2.22
2028	2.021.43–2.66	1.531.11–1.92	2.21
2029	2.011.4–2.66	1.521.08–1.94	2.2
2030	21.37–2.64	1.531.07–1.95	2.2
2031	1.991.35–2.65	1.521.04–1.95	2.19
2032	1.971.32–2.67	1.531.02–1.96	2.18
2033	1.961.32–2.66	1.531.03–1.98	2.17
2034	1.941.3–2.64	1.531.02–2	2.16
2035	1.931.29–2.62	1.531.02–2	2.15
2036	1.921.31–2.63	1.531.01–2	2.15
2037	1.921.28–2.63	1.530.99–1.99	2.14
2038	1.911.27–2.63	1.530.98–2.02	2.13
2039	1.91.27–2.61	1.530.98–2.02	2.13
2040	1.91.24–2.6	1.530.98–2.02	2.13
2041	1.891.24–2.59	1.541–2.04	2.12
2042	1.881.24–2.58	1.540.98–2.04	2.12
2043	1.871.24–2.57	1.540.99–2.04	2.12
2044	1.861.23–2.56	1.540.98–2.06	2.12
2045	1.861.22–2.55	1.540.98–2.04	2.12
2046	1.851.21–2.56	1.540.96–2.05	2.11
2047	1.851.18–2.55	1.540.96–2.06	2.11
2048	1.841.2–2.54	1.540.98–2.06	2.11
2049	1.831.19–2.54	1.550.96–2.07	2.1
2050	1.831.17–2.53	1.550.98–2.1	2.1
2051	1.821.19–2.51	1.550.99–2.09	2.09
2052	1.821.17–2.53	1.550.99–2.11	2.09
2053	1.811.18–2.53	1.560.98–2.12	2.08
2054	1.811.16–2.52	1.560.99–2.13	2.07
2055	1.811.16–2.53	1.560.99–2.12	2.07
2056	1.81.15–2.53	1.560.97–2.13	2.06
2057	1.81.14–2.53	1.560.98–2.14	2.05
2058	1.791.14–2.52	1.560.96–2.15	2.04
2059	1.791.13–2.52	1.560.97–2.15	2.04
2060	1.791.12–2.54	1.560.98–2.15	2.03
2061	1.791.11–2.53	1.560.97–2.17	2.02
2062	1.781.12–2.52	1.560.95–2.17	2.02
2063	1.781.1–2.52	1.560.96–2.19	2.01
2064	1.781.11–2.52	1.570.95–2.19	2
2065	1.781.1–2.55	1.570.96–2.18	2
2066	1.781.09–2.53	1.570.95–2.17	1.99
2067	1.771.11–2.53	1.570.97–2.17	1.98
2068	1.771.09–2.52	1.570.97–2.16	1.98
2069	1.771.1–2.52	1.570.96–2.17	1.97
2070	1.771.11–2.5	1.570.94–2.18	1.97
2071	1.761.08–2.52	1.570.94–2.18	1.96
2072	1.761.08–2.52	1.570.94–2.19	1.96
2073	1.761.09–2.49	1.580.94–2.2	1.95
2074	1.751.08–2.5	1.570.93–2.22	1.95
2075	1.751.09–2.48	1.580.91–2.22	1.94
2076	1.751.08–2.47	1.580.91–2.23	1.94
2077	1.751.08–2.49	1.580.91–2.24	1.94
2078	1.751.08–2.48	1.580.92–2.23	1.93
2079	1.751.07–2.49	1.580.92–2.25	1.93
2080	1.751.07–2.48	1.580.92–2.23	1.92
2081	1.751.07–2.48	1.580.91–2.24	1.92
2082	1.751.08–2.48	1.580.92–2.23	1.91
2083	1.741.06–2.46	1.580.93–2.25	1.91
2084	1.741.07–2.46	1.580.9–2.24	1.91
2085	1.741.06–2.47	1.580.9–2.26	1.9
2086	1.741.07–2.46	1.580.89–2.25	1.9
2087	1.741.06–2.48	1.590.9–2.24	1.89
2088	1.741.05–2.47	1.590.9–2.27	1.89
2089	1.741.05–2.46	1.590.91–2.28	1.88
2090	1.731.05–2.48	1.590.91–2.26	1.88
2091	1.731.04–2.48	1.590.92–2.26	1.88
2092	1.731.02–2.49	1.590.92–2.27	1.87
2093	1.731.03–2.48	1.590.93–2.27	1.87
2094	1.731.02–2.49	1.590.92–2.26	1.86
2095	1.731.02–2.51	1.590.91–2.27	1.86
2096	1.731.01–2.5	1.590.91–2.27	1.85
2097	1.731.01–2.5	1.590.9–2.27	1.85
2098	1.731.01–2.51	1.590.9–2.31	1.85
2099	1.731.02–2.5	1.590.91–2.27	1.84
2100	1.731.03–2.51	1.60.91–2.28	1.84

Each country on its own

Good to know

The children a woman would have over her life at the year’s birth rates for each age.
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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