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🇨🇳 China vs 🇲🇲 Myanmar

China has 1.35B more people — 1,406,585,000 against 54,850,648. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇨🇳 China
1,406,585,000
Asia · rank #2 · −0.17%
World Bank, 2025
🇲🇲 Myanmar
54,850,648
Asia · rank #27 · +0.64%
World Bank, 2025

Every Shared Indicator

35 indicators published for both countries. Ranks are out of the countries that report each indicator.

Values are each country's most recent published observation, so the two sides of a row may be from different years — the country pages show the year for each.
IndicatorChinaMyanmar
Population1,406,585,0002nd of 24054,850,64827th of 240
Annual Growth Rate−0.17%208th of 240+0.64%137th of 240
Population Density/km²150/km²82nd of 24083/km²128th of 240
Land Areakm²9,388,210 km²2nd of 240652,670 km²39th of 240
Urban Population66.3%116th of 24030.6%215th of 240
GDP per Capita$13,862110th of 240$1,489210th of 240
GDP Growth+5.0%54th of 210−2.0%202nd of 210
Life Expectancyyears78.0 years83rd of 24067.1 years199th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman1.01 births per woman230th of 2402.10 births per woman105th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,0006.8 per 1,000202nd of 21316.5 per 1,00093rd of 213
Death Rateper 1,0007.8 per 1,00087th of 2139.2 per 1,00056th of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births4.1 per 1,000 live births152nd of 19432.8 per 1,000 live births40th of 194
Unemployment Rate4.6%111th of 1863.0%144th of 186
Inflation Rate0.1%176th of 1918.8%26th of 191
Poverty Rate0.0%164th of 16424.8%70th of 164
Gini Index36.078th of 17030.7130th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP5.9% of GDP106th of 1924.5% of GDP140th of 192
Physiciansper 1,0003.11 per 1,00057th of 2060.76 per 1,000136th of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0005.63 per 1,00024th of 1991.07 per 1,000150th of 199
Literacy Rate96.7%66th of 17593.5%93rd of 175
Education Spendingof GDP3.9% of GDP112th of 2022.0% of GDP184th of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary92.3% gross, secondary97th of 20777.0% gross, secondary146th of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption15.2% of final consumption122nd of 21162.9% of final consumption33rd of 211
Forest Coverageof land area24.0% of land area121st of 21142.4% of land area70th of 211
Internet Penetration91.6%51st of 21145.4%165th of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people131.8 per 100 people54th of 212114.3 per 100 people107th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births16 per 100,000 live births130th of 193185 per 100,000 live births40th of 193
Military Spendingof GDP1.71% of GDP83rd of 1636.80% of GDP7th of 163
Protected Areasof land area15.6% of land area119th of 2116.7% of land area174th of 211
Median Ageyears40.1 years61st of 24030.1 years136th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears9.0 years87th of 1486.5 years121st of 148
Human Development Index0.79777th of 1920.609149th of 192
Happiness Index/ 106.07/ 1067th of 1644.29/ 10138th of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita8.66 tonnes per capita30th of 2120.58 tonnes per capita176th of 212
Obesity Rate9.1%174th of 1988.3%177th of 198

Population, 1950–2100

Observed to 2024, then the UN medium-variant projection.

ChinaMyanmar
0200M400M600M800M1B1.2B1.4B19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
China and Myanmar population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
China1950544M
China1975916.1M
China20001.27B
China20251.42B
China20501.26B
China2075934.5M
China2100633.4M
Myanmar195017.7M
Myanmar197530.2M
Myanmar200045.3M
Myanmar202554.9M
Myanmar205058.6M
Myanmar207555.5M
Myanmar210049.7M

Reading This Comparison

Size is not the same as rate

Totals and per-capita measures answer different questions. A country can have a far larger economy and a far lower GDP per capita at the same time — both facts are in the table.

Mind the vintages

Each value is the latest available for that country, which is not always the same year on both sides. For indicators that move slowly this rarely matters; for inflation or GDP growth it can.

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