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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Myanmar fits inside Russia 25 times

Myanmar: 676,578 km² (2024) · Russia: 17,125,200 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Russia’s coastline is 20 times as long as Myanmar’s

Myanmar: 1,930 km (2026 edition) · Russia: 37,653 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Myanmar’s highest peak towers 228 m above Russia’s

Myanmar: 5,870 m (2026 edition) · Russia: 5,642 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 20% of Myanmar, versus 13% of Russia

Myanmar: 19.9% (2024) · Russia: 13.2% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Russia has 2.6 times as many people as Myanmar

Myanmar: 54.9 million (2025) · Russia: 144 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Myanmar is 9.6 times as densely populated as Russia

Myanmar: 84 per km² (2025) · Russia: 9 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Russia are 10.0 cm taller than in Myanmar

Myanmar: 166.7 cm (2019) · Russia: 176.7 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Russia are 9.8 cm taller than in Myanmar

Myanmar: 154.7 cm (2019) · Russia: 164.5 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Russia is 9.9 years older than in Myanmar

Myanmar: 29.5 years (2023) · Russia: 39.5 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Myanmar have 0.7 more children on average than in Russia

Myanmar: 2.1 children per woman (2024) · Russia: 1.42 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

18% of people in Russia are 65 or older, versus 7.5% in Myanmar

Myanmar: 7.5% (2025) · Russia: 17.8% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

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

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Russia has produced 2.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Myanmar 0.2

Myanmar: 0.2 (2026) · Russia: 2 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Myanmar and Russia are practically level

Myanmar: 1 (2026) · Russia: 1 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Russia’s economy is 31 times the size of Myanmar’s

Myanmar: $81.7 billion (2025) · Russia: $2.56 trillion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Russia produces 8.2 times as much per person as Myanmar

Myanmar: Int$6,012 (2025) · Russia: Int$49,568 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Russia than in Myanmar (Gini 2.3 points higher)

Myanmar: 30.7 (2017) · Russia: 33 (2023)

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 0.1% in Russia

Myanmar: 10.3% (2017) · Russia: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 3.0% in Myanmar, versus 2.1% in Russia

Myanmar: 3% (2025) · Russia: 2.1% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Russia spends 7.5% of its GDP on the military, Myanmar 6.6%

Myanmar: 6.6% (2024) · Russia: 7.5% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Russia’s central government collects 11% of GDP in tax, Myanmar’s 6.0%

Myanmar: 6% (2019) · Russia: 10.9% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Russia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.4× Myanmar’s

Myanmar: 25% (2025) · Russia: 35% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Russia spends 18 times as much on health per person as Myanmar

Myanmar: $56 (2023) · Russia: $1,003 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Russia live 6.3 years longer than in Myanmar

Myanmar: 67.1 years (2024) · Russia: 73.4 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Myanmar is 8 times as likely to die before turning one as in Russia

Myanmar: 32.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Russia: 4.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Russia has 6.8 times as many doctors per person as Myanmar

Myanmar: 0.8 per 1,000 (2019) · Russia: 5.1 per 1,000 (2022)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Russia has 6.4 times as many hospital beds per person as Myanmar

Myanmar: 1.1 per 1,000 (2020) · Russia: 6.8 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Russia is 4.8 times that in Myanmar

Myanmar: 4.1 per 100k (2023) · Russia: 19.8 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

21% of adults in Russia are obese, versus 8.3% in Myanmar

Myanmar: 8.3% (2024) · Russia: 21.2% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

43% of adults in Myanmar smoke, versus 27% in Russia

Myanmar: 43.4% (2024) · Russia: 27% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Russia rate their lives 1.55 points higher than in Myanmar

Myanmar: 4.29 (2025) · Russia: 5.83 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Russia drink 5.5 times as much alcohol as in Myanmar

Myanmar: 1.9 litres (2023) · Russia: 10.4 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Russia has 4.1 times as much meat per person as Myanmar

Myanmar: 20.9 kg (2023) · Russia: 84.8 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Russia has 719 kcal more food per person per day than Myanmar

Myanmar: 2,809 kcal (2023) · Russia: 3,528 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Myanmar put in 110 more hours a year than in Russia

Myanmar: 2,197 hours (2023) · Russia: 2,087 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Russia went to school 6 years longer than in Myanmar

Myanmar: 6.4 years (2023) · Russia: 12.4 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Myanmar: 0.01 (2024) · Russia: no data

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Russia has 31 more World Heritage sites than Myanmar (33 against 2)

Myanmar: 2 (2026) · Russia: 33 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Russia has won 539 Olympic medals, Myanmar none

Myanmar: 0 (2026 edition) · Russia: 539 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

94% of people in Russia are online, versus 45% in Myanmar

Myanmar: 45% (2020) · Russia: 94% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Myanmar: 45 Mbps (2026) · Russia: no data

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

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

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

75% of people in Russia live in cities, versus 31% in Myanmar

Myanmar: 31% (2025) · Russia: 75% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Russia has 186 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Myanmar 114

Myanmar: 114 (2024) · Russia: 186 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Myanmar: no data · Russia: 85,544 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

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

Myanmar: 0.06 (2023) · Russia: 0.69 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 51% of Russia, but only 42% of Myanmar

Myanmar: 42% (2024) · Russia: 50.8% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Russia emits 21 times as much CO₂ as someone in Myanmar

Myanmar: 0.6 t (2024) · Russia: 12.3 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

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

Myanmar: 47.9% (2024) · Russia: 17.4% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Myanmar carries 2.4 times as much fine dust as in Russia

Myanmar: 31.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Russia: 12.9 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 3 times as likely to be murdered in Russia as in Myanmar

Myanmar: 2.6 per 100k (2023) · Russia: 7.8 per 100k (2024)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Myanmar are 63% deadlier than in Russia

Myanmar: 21.9 per 100k (2023) · Russia: 13.4 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Myanmar is on average 26.6 °C warmer than Russia

Myanmar: 24.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Russia: -2.6°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Myanmar gets 3.8 times as much rain as Russia

Myanmar: 2,233 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Russia: 586 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 Myanmar bigger than Russia?

Russia is larger. Myanmar fits inside Russia 25 times.

Which has more people, Myanmar or Russia?

Russia has 2.6 times as many people as Myanmar (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Myanmar or Russia?

People in Russia live 6.3 years longer than in Myanmar. Life expectancy at birth is 67.1 years in Myanmar and 73.4 in Russia.

Are people taller in Myanmar or Russia?

Men in Russia are 10.0 cm taller than in Myanmar (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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