Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Myanmar

Rural population share in Myanmar in 2025 — 69.4%. Ranked 22 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 11.6 pp.

2025 69.4% −0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 22of 217
Period maximum 81%1960
Period minimum 69.4%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Myanmar, 1960–2025657075808519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 81%1962: 80%1964: 79.1%1966: 78.2%1968: 77.4%1970: 76.7%1972: 76.2%1974: 75.9%1976: 75.7%1978: 75.6%1980: 75.4%1982: 75.3%1984: 75%1986: 74.8%1988: 74.5%1990: 74.2%1992: 73.9%1994: 73.5%1996: 73.2%1998: 72.8%2000: 72.5%2002: 72.1%2004: 71.8%2006: 71.4%2008: 71.1%2010: 70.9%2012: 70.6%2014: 70.4%2016: 70.2%2018: 70%2020: 69.8%2022: 69.7%2024: 69.6%2025: 69.4%
Change over the period: −11.6 pp Annual average: -0.18 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Myanmar

Myanmar 69.4%
World 42.2%
South-Eastern Asia computed 45.6%
Rural population share — Myanmar, by year Myanmar All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 69.4 −0.1 pp
2024 69.6 −0.1 pp
2023 69.6 −0.1 pp
2022 69.7 −0.1 pp
2021 69.8 −0.1 pp
2020 69.8 −0.1 pp
2019 69.9 −0.1 pp
2018 70 −0.1 pp
2017 70.1 −0.1 pp
2016 70.2 −0.1 pp
2015 70.3 −0.1 pp
2014 70.4 −0.1 pp
2013 70.5 −0.1 pp
2012 70.6 −0.1 pp
2011 70.7 −0.1 pp
2010 70.9 −0.1 pp
2009 71 −0.1 pp
2008 71.1 −0.2 pp
2007 71.3 −0.2 pp
2006 71.4 −0.2 pp
2005 71.6 −0.2 pp
2004 71.8 −0.2 pp
2003 71.9 −0.2 pp
2002 72.1 −0.2 pp
2001 72.3 −0.2 pp
2000 72.5 −0.2 pp
1999 72.6 −0.2 pp
1998 72.8 −0.2 pp
1997 73 −0.2 pp
1996 73.2 −0.2 pp
1995 73.4 −0.2 pp
1994 73.5 −0.2 pp
1993 73.7 −0.2 pp
1992 73.9 −0.2 pp
1991 74 −0.2 pp
1990 74.2 −0.2 pp
1989 74.4 −0.2 pp
1988 74.5 −0.1 pp
1987 74.7 −0.1 pp
1986 74.8 −0.1 pp
1985 74.9 −0.1 pp
1984 75 −0.1 pp
1983 75.2 −0.1 pp
1982 75.3 −0.1 pp
1981 75.4 −0.1 pp
1980 75.4 −0.1 pp
1979 75.5 −0.1 pp
1978 75.6 −0.1 pp
1977 75.7 −0.1 pp
1976 75.7 −0.1 pp
1975 75.8 −0.1 pp
1974 75.9 −0.1 pp
1973 76.1 −0.2 pp
1972 76.2 −0.2 pp
1971 76.4 −0.3 pp
1970 76.7 −0.3 pp
1969 77 −0.3 pp
1968 77.4 −0.4 pp
1967 77.7 −0.4 pp
1966 78.2 −0.4 pp
1965 78.6 −0.5 pp
1964 79.1 −0.5 pp
1963 79.5 −0.5 pp
1962 80 −0.5 pp
1961 80.5 −0.5 pp
1960 81

About the indicator

The share of population living outside urban settlements, as a percent of the total. It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and therefore inherits every particularity of national definitions of urban areas.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.