Myanmar (Burma)
Median age in Myanmar (Burma)
Median age in Myanmar (Burma): 20.7 years in 1950 and 29.5 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 29.5 years
- Since 1950
- +8.8 years
- Rank, 2023
- 126 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 30.4 years
- Projected, 2100
- 43.8 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 43.8 years in 2100, between 38.5 years and 50.7 years (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 29.5 years in 2023, the lowest 18.5 years in 1969.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Myanmar (Burma) | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 29.5 | 30.4 |
| 2022 | 29.3 | 30.1 |
| 2021 | 29 | 29.8 |
| 2020 | 28.7 | 29.6 |
| 2019 | 28.4 | 29.3 |
| 2018 | 28.2 | 29 |
| 2017 | 27.9 | 28.8 |
| 2016 | 27.6 | 28.5 |
| 2015 | 27.4 | 28.3 |
| 2014 | 27.1 | 28.1 |
| 2013 | 26.7 | 27.8 |
| 2012 | 26.4 | 27.6 |
| 2011 | 26.1 | 27.4 |
| 2010 | 25.8 | 27.2 |
| 2009 | 25.4 | 27 |
| 2008 | 25.1 | 26.7 |
| 2007 | 24.8 | 26.5 |
| 2006 | 24.5 | 26.3 |
| 2005 | 24.2 | 26.1 |
| 2004 | 24 | 25.9 |
| 2003 | 23.7 | 25.7 |
| 2002 | 23.4 | 25.5 |
| 2001 | 23.2 | 25.3 |
| 2000 | 23 | 25.1 |
| 1999 | 22.7 | 24.9 |
| 1998 | 22.4 | 24.7 |
| 1997 | 22.2 | 24.4 |
| 1996 | 22 | 24.2 |
| 1995 | 21.7 | 24 |
| 1994 | 21.5 | 23.8 |
| 1993 | 21.3 | 23.5 |
| 1992 | 21.1 | 23.3 |
| 1991 | 20.8 | 23.1 |
| 1990 | 20.6 | 22.9 |
| 1989 | 20.4 | 22.8 |
| 1988 | 20.2 | 22.6 |
| 1987 | 20 | 22.4 |
| 1986 | 19.8 | 22.2 |
| 1985 | 19.7 | 22 |
| 1984 | 19.5 | 21.9 |
| 1983 | 19.4 | 21.8 |
| 1982 | 19.3 | 21.7 |
| 1981 | 19.2 | 21.6 |
| 1980 | 19.1 | 21.5 |
| 1979 | 19 | 21.3 |
| 1978 | 18.9 | 21.1 |
| 1977 | 18.8 | 21 |
| 1976 | 18.8 | 20.8 |
| 1975 | 18.7 | 20.7 |
| 1974 | 18.6 | 20.5 |
| 1973 | 18.6 | 20.4 |
| 1972 | 18.6 | 20.4 |
| 1971 | 18.5 | 20.3 |
| 1970 | 18.5 | 20.3 |
| 1969 | 18.5 | 20.3 |
| 1968 | 18.5 | 20.4 |
| 1967 | 18.6 | 20.5 |
| 1966 | 18.8 | 20.6 |
| 1965 | 18.9 | 20.8 |
| 1964 | 19.1 | 21 |
| 1963 | 19.3 | 21.2 |
| 1962 | 19.5 | 21.4 |
| 1961 | 19.7 | 21.4 |
| 1960 | 19.9 | 21.5 |
| 1959 | 20.1 | 21.5 |
| 1958 | 20.2 | 21.5 |
| 1957 | 20.4 | 21.6 |
| 1956 | 20.5 | 21.7 |
| 1955 | 20.6 | 21.8 |
| 1954 | 20.7 | 21.9 |
| 1953 | 20.7 | 22 |
| 1952 | 20.7 | 22.1 |
| 1951 | 20.7 | 22.1 |
| 1950 | 20.7 | 22.2 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Myanmar (Burma) | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29.829.8–29.9 | 30.6 |
| 2025 | 30.129.9–30.3 | 30.9 |
| 2026 | 30.430.1–30.8 | 31.1 |
| 2027 | 30.730.2–31.2 | 31.3 |
| 2028 | 3130.3–31.7 | 31.6 |
| 2029 | 31.330.5–32.1 | 31.8 |
| 2030 | 31.630.6–32.5 | 32 |
| 2031 | 31.930.7–33 | 32.2 |
| 2032 | 32.130.9–33.4 | 32.4 |
| 2033 | 32.431–33.9 | 32.6 |
| 2034 | 32.731.1–34.3 | 32.8 |
| 2035 | 3331.3–34.7 | 33 |
| 2036 | 33.231.4–35.2 | 33.2 |
| 2037 | 33.531.5–35.6 | 33.4 |
| 2038 | 33.831.7–36 | 33.6 |
| 2039 | 3431.8–36.4 | 33.8 |
| 2040 | 34.331.9–36.9 | 34 |
| 2041 | 34.532–37.3 | 34.2 |
| 2042 | 34.732.1–37.7 | 34.4 |
| 2043 | 3532.2–38 | 34.6 |
| 2044 | 35.232.3–38.4 | 34.8 |
| 2045 | 35.432.5–38.7 | 35 |
| 2046 | 35.632.6–39.1 | 35.2 |
| 2047 | 35.832.7–39.4 | 35.4 |
| 2048 | 3632.9–39.7 | 35.6 |
| 2049 | 36.233–40 | 35.9 |
| 2050 | 36.433.2–40.3 | 36.1 |
| 2051 | 36.533.3–40.6 | 36.3 |
| 2052 | 36.733.5–40.9 | 36.5 |
| 2053 | 36.933.6–41.2 | 36.7 |
| 2054 | 37.133.8–41.5 | 36.9 |
| 2055 | 37.433.9–41.8 | 37.1 |
| 2056 | 37.634–42.1 | 37.3 |
| 2057 | 37.834.1–42.4 | 37.5 |
| 2058 | 3834.2–42.7 | 37.6 |
| 2059 | 38.234.4–43 | 37.8 |
| 2060 | 38.434.5–43.3 | 37.9 |
| 2061 | 38.634.7–43.6 | 38 |
| 2062 | 38.734.8–43.9 | 38.1 |
| 2063 | 38.935–44.3 | 38.3 |
| 2064 | 39.135.2–44.6 | 38.4 |
| 2065 | 39.335.3–44.9 | 38.5 |
| 2066 | 39.435.4–45.2 | 38.6 |
| 2067 | 39.635.5–45.5 | 38.7 |
| 2068 | 39.735.7–45.8 | 38.8 |
| 2069 | 39.935.8–46.1 | 38.9 |
| 2070 | 4035.9–46.4 | 39 |
| 2071 | 40.236–46.7 | 39.1 |
| 2072 | 40.336.2–46.9 | 39.2 |
| 2073 | 40.536.3–47.1 | 39.3 |
| 2074 | 40.636.4–47.3 | 39.4 |
| 2075 | 40.736.5–47.4 | 39.5 |
| 2076 | 40.936.6–47.6 | 39.6 |
| 2077 | 4136.7–47.7 | 39.7 |
| 2078 | 41.136.8–47.9 | 39.8 |
| 2079 | 41.336.9–48 | 40 |
| 2080 | 41.436.9–48.2 | 40.1 |
| 2081 | 41.537–48.3 | 40.2 |
| 2082 | 41.637.1–48.4 | 40.3 |
| 2083 | 41.737.2–48.5 | 40.4 |
| 2084 | 41.937.3–48.6 | 40.5 |
| 2085 | 4237.4–48.7 | 40.6 |
| 2086 | 42.137.4–48.9 | 40.7 |
| 2087 | 42.237.5–49 | 40.9 |
| 2088 | 42.437.6–49.1 | 41 |
| 2089 | 42.537.7–49.2 | 41.1 |
| 2090 | 42.637.8–49.3 | 41.2 |
| 2091 | 42.737.8–49.4 | 41.3 |
| 2092 | 42.937.9–49.5 | 41.4 |
| 2093 | 4337.9–49.7 | 41.5 |
| 2094 | 43.138–49.8 | 41.6 |
| 2095 | 43.238.1–49.9 | 41.7 |
| 2096 | 43.338.2–50.1 | 41.8 |
| 2097 | 43.438.3–50.2 | 41.9 |
| 2098 | 43.638.4–50.4 | 42 |
| 2099 | 43.738.4–50.5 | 42 |
| 2100 | 43.838.5–50.7 | 42.1 |
Good to know
- Half the people are older than this age and half are younger.
- 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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- Military spending6.61% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending in US dollars$4.65B in 2024
- Military spending per person$92 in 2024
- Military share of state spending32% of government spending in 2024
- Armed forces personnel463,000 people in 2020
- National power0.53% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports70 million TIV in 2025