Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Myanmar fits inside Saudi Arabia 3.2 times
Myanmar: 676,578 km² (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 2,149,690 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Saudi Arabia’s coastline is 37% longer than Myanmar’s
Myanmar: 1,930 km (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 2,640 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Myanmar’s highest peak towers 2,870 m above Saudi Arabia’s
Myanmar: 5,870 m (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 3,000 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 82% of Saudi Arabia, versus 20% of Myanmar
Myanmar: 19.9% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 81.7% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Myanmar has 48% more people than Saudi Arabia
Myanmar: 54.9 million (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 37 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Myanmar is 4.9 times as densely populated as Saudi Arabia
Myanmar: 84 per km² (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 17 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Saudi Arabia are 4.0 cm taller than in Myanmar
Myanmar: 166.7 cm (2019) · Saudi Arabia: 170.7 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Saudi Arabia are 4.1 cm taller than in Myanmar
Myanmar: 154.7 cm (2019) · Saudi Arabia: 158.8 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Myanmar is 0.29 years older than in Saudi Arabia
Myanmar: 29.5 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 29.2 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Saudi Arabia have 0.2 more children on average than in Myanmar
Myanmar: 2.1 children per woman (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 2.31 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
7.5% of people in Myanmar are 65 or older, versus 3.1% in Saudi Arabia
Myanmar: 7.5% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3.1% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Myanmar: 0 per 1,000 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 0.012 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Myanmar has produced 0.2 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Saudi Arabia none
Myanmar: 0.2 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 0 (2026)
How many official languages?
Myanmar and Saudi Arabia are practically level
Myanmar: 1 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Saudi Arabia’s economy is 16 times the size of Myanmar’s
Myanmar: $81.7 billion (2025) · Saudi Arabia: $1.28 trillion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Saudi Arabia produces 12 times as much per person as Myanmar
Myanmar: Int$6,012 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: Int$73,784 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Myanmar: 30.7 (2017) · Saudi Arabia: no data
How many live on less than $3 a day?
Myanmar: 10.3% (2017) · Saudi Arabia: no data
How many people are looking for work?
Myanmar and Saudi Arabia are practically level
Myanmar: 3% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Myanmar and Saudi Arabia are practically level
Myanmar: 6.6% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 6.5% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Saudi Arabia’s central government collects 8.1% of GDP in tax, Myanmar’s 6.0%
Myanmar: 6% (2019) · Saudi Arabia: 8.1% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Saudi Arabia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.9× Myanmar’s
Myanmar: 25% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 47% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Saudi Arabia spends 32 times as much on health per person as Myanmar
Myanmar: $56 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: $1,825 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Saudi Arabia live 12 years longer than in Myanmar
Myanmar: 67.1 years (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 79 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Myanmar is 7 times as likely to die before turning one as in Saudi Arabia
Myanmar: 32.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 4.7 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Saudi Arabia has 4.5 times as many doctors per person as Myanmar
Myanmar: 0.8 per 1,000 (2019) · Saudi Arabia: 3.4 per 1,000 (2023)
How many hospital beds are there?
Saudi Arabia has 2.3 times as many hospital beds per person as Myanmar
Myanmar: 1.1 per 1,000 (2020) · Saudi Arabia: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Myanmar is 86% higher than in Saudi Arabia
Myanmar: 4.1 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
39% of adults in Saudi Arabia are obese, versus 8.3% in Myanmar
Myanmar: 8.3% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 39.2% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
43% of adults in Myanmar smoke, versus 15% in Saudi Arabia
Myanmar: 43.4% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 14.7% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Saudi Arabia rate their lives 2.53 points higher than in Myanmar
Myanmar: 4.29 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.82 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Myanmar: 1.9 litres (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data
How much meat is on the menu?
Saudi Arabia has 2.8 times as much meat per person as Myanmar
Myanmar: 20.9 kg (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 58.1 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Saudi Arabia has 851 kcal more food per person per day than Myanmar
Myanmar: 2,809 kcal (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 3,660 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Myanmar put in 73 more hours a year than in Saudi Arabia
Myanmar: 2,197 hours (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2,125 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Saudi Arabia went to school 5.2 years longer than in Myanmar
Myanmar: 6.4 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 11.6 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Saudi Arabia welcomed 57 times as many tourists per resident as Myanmar (2019)
Myanmar: 0.01 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 0.84 (2024)
How many World Heritage sites?
Saudi Arabia has 6 more World Heritage sites than Myanmar (8 against 2)
Myanmar: 2 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 8 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Saudi Arabia has won 4 Olympic medals, Myanmar none
Myanmar: 0 (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 4 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
100% of people in Saudi Arabia are online, versus 45% in Myanmar
Myanmar: 45% (2020) · Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Saudi Arabia is 4.4 times as fast as in Myanmar
Myanmar: 45 Mbps (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 196 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Saudi Arabia have electricity, versus 80% in Myanmar
Myanmar: 80.4% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
85% of people in Saudi Arabia live in cities, versus 31% in Myanmar
Myanmar: 31% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 85% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Saudi Arabia has 160 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Myanmar 114
Myanmar: 114 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 160 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Myanmar: no data · Saudi Arabia: 2,939 km (2018)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Saudi Arabia fly 20 times as many passengers per resident as those from Myanmar
Myanmar: 0.06 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 42% of Myanmar, but only 1.3% of Saudi Arabia
Myanmar: 42% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Saudi Arabia emits 35 times as much CO₂ as someone in Myanmar
Myanmar: 0.6 t (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 20.4 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
48% of Myanmar’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.2% in Saudi Arabia
Myanmar: 47.9% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2% (2024)
How clean is the air?
The air in Saudi Arabia carries 62% more fine dust than in Myanmar
Myanmar: 31.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 50.4 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 2.8 times as likely to be murdered in Myanmar as in Saudi Arabia
Myanmar: 2.6 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 0.9 per 100k (2019)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Myanmar are 2% deadlier than in Saudi Arabia
Myanmar: 21.9 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 21.4 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Saudi Arabia is on average 2.8 °C warmer than Myanmar
Myanmar: 24.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Myanmar gets 36 times as much rain as Saudi Arabia
Myanmar: 2,233 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 61 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Myanmar bigger than Saudi Arabia?
Saudi Arabia is larger. Myanmar fits inside Saudi Arabia 3.2 times.
Which has more people, Myanmar or Saudi Arabia?
Myanmar has 48% more people than Saudi Arabia (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Myanmar or Saudi Arabia?
People in Saudi Arabia live 12 years longer than in Myanmar. Life expectancy at birth is 67.1 years in Myanmar and 79.0 in Saudi Arabia.
Are people taller in Myanmar or Saudi Arabia?
Men in Saudi Arabia are 4.0 cm taller than in Myanmar (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).