Japan vs Myanmar: World population growth
Japan
-0.5%
in 2100
Myanmar
-0.5%
in 2100
Japan rank
148th
Myanmar rank
151st
World population growth over time
- Japan
- Myanmar
How they compare
Japan currently reports -0.5% against -0.5% in Myanmar, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 163 shared years of data; in 1700 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 148th and Myanmar ranks 151st of 238 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 7 and Myanmar in 16.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Myanmar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1700s | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.3% | Japan |
| 1800s | 0.2% | -1.3% | 1.5% | Japan |
| 1900s | 1.1% | 1.9% | 0.8% | Myanmar |
| 1910s | 1.2% | 1.0% | 0.2% | Japan |
| 1920s | 1.3% | 1.0% | 0.3% | Japan |
| 1930s | 1.3% | 1.2% | 0.1% | Japan |
| 1940s | 1.4% | 1.5% | 0.2% | Myanmar |
| 1950s | 1.1% | 2.0% | 0.9% | Myanmar |
| 1960s | 1.0% | 2.2% | 1.2% | Myanmar |
| 1970s | 1.1% | 2.0% | 1.0% | Myanmar |
| 1980s | 0.4% | 1.8% | 1.4% | Myanmar |
| 1990s | 0.3% | 1.3% | 1.0% | Myanmar |
| 2000s | 0.1% | 0.8% | 0.7% | Myanmar |
| 2010s | -0.1% | 0.8% | 0.9% | Myanmar |
| 2020s | -0.5% | 0.6% | 1.2% | Myanmar |
| 2030s | -0.6% | 0.3% | 1.0% | Myanmar |
| 2040s | -0.6% | 0.1% | 0.7% | Myanmar |
| 2050s | -0.7% | -0.1% | 0.6% | Myanmar |
| 2060s | -0.8% | -0.3% | 0.5% | Myanmar |
| 2070s | -0.7% | -0.4% | 0.3% | Myanmar |
| 2080s | -0.5% | -0.4% | 0.1% | Myanmar |
| 2090s | -0.5% | -0.5% | 0.0% | Japan |
| 2100s | -0.5% | -0.5% | 0.0% | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher world population growth, Japan or Myanmar?
- Japan, at -0.5% against -0.5% in Myanmar as of 2100.
- What is the difference in world population growth between Japan and Myanmar?
- 0.0%, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Myanmar?
- 163 years are reported by both, from 1700 to 2100.
- How do Japan and Myanmar rank globally for world population growth?
- Japan ranks 148th and Myanmar ranks 151st of 238 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as World population growth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average exponential rate of growth of the population over a given period. It is calculated as ln(P2/P1) where P1 and P2 are the populations on subsequent years. Available from 1700 to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.