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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

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)

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Coastline

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)

Highest point

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)

Farmland

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)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Myanmar has 48% more people than Saudi Arabia

Myanmar: 54.9 million (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 37 million (2025)

Population density

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)

Height of men

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)

Height of women

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)

Median age

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)

Fertility rate

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)

Aged 65 and over

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)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Myanmar: 0 per 1,000 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 0.012 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

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)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Myanmar and Saudi Arabia are practically level

Myanmar: 1 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 1 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

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)

GDP per person (PPP)

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)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Myanmar: 30.7 (2017) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

Myanmar: 10.3% (2017) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Myanmar and Saudi Arabia are practically level

Myanmar: 3% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Myanmar and Saudi Arabia are practically level

Myanmar: 6.6% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 6.5% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

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)

Price level (US = 100)

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

Health spending per person

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)

Life expectancy

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)

Infant mortality

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)

Doctors

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)

Hospital beds

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)

Suicide rate

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)

Adult obesity

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)

Smoking

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

Life satisfaction

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)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Myanmar: 1.9 litres (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Meat supply

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)

Daily calories

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)

Working hours

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)

Years of schooling

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)

Tourists per resident

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)

World Heritage sites

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)

Olympic medals (all time)

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

Internet users

How many people are online?

100% of people in Saudi Arabia are online, versus 45% in Myanmar

Myanmar: 45% (2020) · Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

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)

Access to electricity

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)

Urban population

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)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Saudi Arabia has 160 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Myanmar 114

Myanmar: 114 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 160 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Myanmar: no data · Saudi Arabia: 2,939 km (2018)

Air passengers per resident

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

Forest cover

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)

CO₂ per person

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)

Renewable electricity

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)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

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)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

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)

Road deaths

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

Average temperature

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)

Rainfall

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)

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 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).

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