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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Israel fits inside Myanmar 31 times

Israel: 22,070 km² (2024) · Myanmar: 676,578 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Myanmar’s coastline is 7.1 times as long as Israel’s

Israel: 273 km (2026 edition) · Myanmar: 1,930 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Myanmar’s highest peak towers 3,634 m above Israel’s

Israel: 2,236 m (2026 edition) · Myanmar: 5,870 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 24% of Israel, versus 20% of Myanmar

Israel: 23.8% (2024) · Myanmar: 19.9% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Myanmar has 5.4 times as many people as Israel

Israel: 10.1 million (2025) · Myanmar: 54.9 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Israel is 5.6 times as densely populated as Myanmar

Israel: 468 per km² (2025) · Myanmar: 84 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Israel are 9.3 cm taller than in Myanmar

Israel: 176 cm (2019) · Myanmar: 166.7 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Israel are 7.5 cm taller than in Myanmar

Israel: 162.2 cm (2019) · Myanmar: 154.7 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Myanmar is 0.38 years older than in Israel

Israel: 29.2 years (2023) · Myanmar: 29.5 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Israel have 0.8 more children on average than in Myanmar

Israel: 2.87 children per woman (2024) · Myanmar: 2.1 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

13% of people in Israel are 65 or older, versus 7.5% in Myanmar

Israel: 12.7% (2025) · Myanmar: 7.5% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Israel: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Myanmar: 0 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Israel has produced 5.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Myanmar 0.2

Israel: 5.9 (2026) · Myanmar: 0.2 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Israel has 2 official languages, Myanmar 1

Israel: 2 (2026) · Myanmar: 1 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Israel’s economy is 7.5 times the size of Myanmar’s

Israel: $611 billion (2025) · Myanmar: $81.7 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Israel produces 9.9 times as much per person as Myanmar

Israel: Int$59,717 (2025) · Myanmar: Int$6,012 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Israel than in Myanmar (Gini 7.6 points higher)

Israel: 38.3 (2022) · Myanmar: 30.7 (2017)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

10% of people in Myanmar live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.4% in Israel

Israel: 0.4% (2022) · Myanmar: 10.3% (2017)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Israel and Myanmar are practically level

Israel: 3.5% (2025) · Myanmar: 3% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Israel spends 7.8% of its GDP on the military, Myanmar 6.6%

Israel: 7.8% (2025) · Myanmar: 6.6% (2024)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Israel’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Myanmar’s 6.0%

Israel: 23.2% (2024) · Myanmar: 6% (2019)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Israel’s price level (US = 100) is 4.1× Myanmar’s

Israel: 101% (2025) · Myanmar: 25% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Israel spends 70 times as much on health per person as Myanmar

Israel: $3,928 (2023) · Myanmar: $56 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Israel live 16 years longer than in Myanmar

Israel: 83.2 years (2024) · Myanmar: 67.1 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Myanmar is 12 times as likely to die before turning one as in Israel

Israel: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024) · Myanmar: 32.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Israel has 5 times as many doctors per person as Myanmar

Israel: 3.8 per 1,000 (2023) · Myanmar: 0.8 per 1,000 (2019)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Israel has 2.9 times as many hospital beds per person as Myanmar

Israel: 3.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Myanmar: 1.1 per 1,000 (2020)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Israel is 68% higher than in Myanmar

Israel: 6.9 per 100k (2023) · Myanmar: 4.1 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

23% of adults in Israel are obese, versus 8.3% in Myanmar

Israel: 23.3% (2024) · Myanmar: 8.3% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

43% of adults in Myanmar smoke, versus 21% in Israel

Israel: 21.2% (2024) · Myanmar: 43.4% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Israel rate their lives 2.90 points higher than in Myanmar

Israel: 7.19 (2025) · Myanmar: 4.29 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Israel drink 2.2 times as much alcohol as in Myanmar

Israel: 4.2 litres (2023) · Myanmar: 1.9 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Israel has 5.2 times as much meat per person as Myanmar

Israel: 108.7 kg (2023) · Myanmar: 20.9 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Israel has 945 kcal more food per person per day than Myanmar

Israel: 3,754 kcal (2023) · Myanmar: 2,809 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Myanmar put in 307 more hours a year than in Israel

Israel: 1,890 hours (2023) · Myanmar: 2,197 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Israel went to school 7.2 years longer than in Myanmar

Israel: 13.5 years (2023) · Myanmar: 6.4 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Israel welcomed 6.5 times as many tourists per resident as Myanmar (2019)

Israel: 0.1 (2024) · Myanmar: 0.01 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Israel has 7 more World Heritage sites than Myanmar (9 against 2)

Israel: 9 (2026) · Myanmar: 2 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Israel has won 20 Olympic medals, Myanmar none

Israel: 20 (2026 edition) · Myanmar: 0 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

88% of people in Israel are online, versus 45% in Myanmar

Israel: 88% (2024) · Myanmar: 45% (2020)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Israel is 8.8 times as fast as in Myanmar

Israel: 392 Mbps (2026) · Myanmar: 45 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in Israel have electricity, versus 80% in Myanmar

Israel: 100% (2024) · Myanmar: 80.4% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

92% of people in Israel live in cities, versus 31% in Myanmar

Israel: 92% (2025) · Myanmar: 31% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Israel has 177 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Myanmar 114

Israel: 177 (2024) · Myanmar: 114 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Israel: 1,720 km (2021) · Myanmar: no data

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Israel fly 11 times as many passengers per resident as those from Myanmar

Israel: 0.73 (2023) · Myanmar: 0.06 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 42% of Myanmar, but only 6.8% of Israel

Israel: 6.8% (2024) · Myanmar: 42% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Israel emits 9.7 times as much CO₂ as someone in Myanmar

Israel: 5.6 t (2024) · Myanmar: 0.6 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

48% of Myanmar’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Israel

Israel: 16.9% (2025) · Myanmar: 47.9% (2024)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Myanmar carries 53% more fine dust than in Israel

Israel: 20.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Myanmar: 31.2 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 58% more likely to be murdered in Myanmar than in Israel

Israel: 1.6 per 100k (2022) · Myanmar: 2.6 per 100k (2023)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Myanmar are 3.2 times as deadly as in Israel

Israel: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Myanmar: 21.9 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Myanmar is on average 2.9 °C warmer than Israel

Israel: 21.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Myanmar: 24.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Myanmar gets 11 times as much rain as Israel

Israel: 205 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Myanmar: 2,233 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Israel bigger than Myanmar?

Myanmar is larger. Israel fits inside Myanmar 31 times.

Which has more people, Israel or Myanmar?

Myanmar has 5.4 times as many people as Israel (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Israel or Myanmar?

People in Israel live 16 years longer than in Myanmar. Life expectancy at birth is 83.2 years in Israel and 67.1 in Myanmar.

Are people taller in Israel or Myanmar?

Men in Israel are 9.3 cm taller than in Myanmar (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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