Population Myanmar 2005-2020, by city size

Interestingly, there were over 5.33 million people living in a city with a population between the five to ten million mark in Myanmar in 2020. Despite the Yangon region’s population increasing astronomically from the early 1990s onwards, there remained still over 9.39 million people living in cities with a population size of less than three hundred thousand people, corresponding with Myanmar’s predominantly rural population. Increasing populationDespite having the biggest land mass of the Southeast Asian countries, Myanmar has a much lower population compared to its neighboring countries. Nonetheless, Myanmar’s population has actually increased and is expected to increase further. Not only is the total population increasing, but in particular the adult population, while the child population has decreased throughout the past decade. (678087). A rise in adult population can be deduced as having a positive impact on the labor force, as more people are available to work. The number of people in the labor force has in fact increased, yet the labor force participation rate has steadily decreased throughout recent years.Rural background As Myanmar relies heavily on its agricultural output to stimulate its economy, it is not surprising that the country consists of mostly a rural population. However, this has been decreasing slightly from 2009 onwards. Nevertheless, Myanmar’s rural population heavily outweighs its urban. Yet, with Myanmar’s economy an emerging one there are anticipations that the country will make the transition from an agricultural country to an industrial one. This is teamed with expectations that Myanmar could quadruple its economy by 2030 if the country were to invest in high-technological industries. With an increased focus on industry, there may well be a shift in Myanmar’s population, taking the country from a mostly rural to an urban population.

有趣的是，在2020年，缅甸有一座城市的人口介于五百万至一千万之间，生活着超过533万人。尽管自20世纪90年代初以来，仰光地区的人口呈天文数字增长，但仍有超过939万人居住在人口少于三十万的城市中，这与缅甸以农村人口为主的特征相吻合。尽管缅甸拥有东南亚国家中最大的国土面积，但其人口密度与邻国相比要低得多。然而，缅甸的人口实际上在增长，并且预计将进一步增长。不仅总人口在增长，特别是成年人口在增长，而过去十年间儿童人口却在减少。（678087）。成年人口的增加可推断为对劳动力市场产生积极影响，因为可供工作的人越来越多。实际上，劳动力的数量已经增加，但近年来劳动力参与率却持续下降。农村背景缅甸高度依赖农业产出以刺激其经济，因此该国主要由农村人口组成并不令人惊讶。然而，自2009年以来，这一比例略有下降。尽管如此，缅甸的农村人口仍远多于城市人口。然而，鉴于缅甸经济正处于崛起阶段，人们普遍预期该国将从农业国转变为工业国。这种转变伴随着缅甸有望通过投资高科技产业，到2030年使其经济规模翻四倍的预期。随着对工业的重视程度提高，缅甸的人口结构可能发生转变，从以农村人口为主过渡到以城市人口为主。