Myanmar’s coastline is 44% longer than Sri Lanka’s

Myanmar: 1,930 km (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 1,340 km (2026 edition)

Myanmar’s highest peak towers 3,346 m above Sri Lanka’s

Myanmar: 5,870 m (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 2,524 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 49% of Sri Lanka, versus 20% of Myanmar

Myanmar: 19.9% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 48.8% (2024)

Myanmar has 2.5 times as many people as Sri Lanka

Myanmar: 54.9 million (2025) · Sri Lanka: 21.8 million (2025)

Sri Lanka is 4.2 times as densely populated as Myanmar

Myanmar: 84 per km² (2025) · Sri Lanka: 352 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Sri Lanka is 3.3 years older than in Myanmar

Myanmar: 29.5 years (2023) · Sri Lanka: 32.8 years (2023)

Women in Myanmar have 0.1 more children on average than in Sri Lanka

Myanmar: 2.1 children per woman (2024) · Sri Lanka: 1.95 children per woman (2024)

12% of people in Sri Lanka are 65 or older, versus 7.5% in Myanmar

Myanmar: 7.5% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 12.5% (2025)

Myanmar: 0 per 1,000 (2025) · Sri Lanka: 0.0098 per 1,000 (2025)

Myanmar has produced 0.2 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Sri Lanka none

Myanmar: 0.2 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 0 (2026)

Sri Lanka has 2 official languages, Myanmar 1

Myanmar: 1 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 2 (2026)

Sri Lanka’s economy is 33% larger than Myanmar’s

Myanmar: $81.7 billion (2025) · Sri Lanka: $109 billion (2025)

Sri Lanka produces 2.8 times as much per person as Myanmar

Myanmar: Int$6,012 (2025) · Sri Lanka: Int$17,065 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Sri Lanka than in Myanmar (Gini 7 points higher)

Myanmar: 30.7 (2017) · Sri Lanka: 37.7 (2019)

10% of people in Myanmar live on less than $3 a day, versus 2.7% in Sri Lanka

Myanmar: 10.3% (2017) · Sri Lanka: 2.7% (2019)

Unemployment is 4.0% in Sri Lanka, versus 3.0% in Myanmar

Myanmar: 3% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 4% (2025)

Myanmar spends 6.6% of its GDP on the military, Sri Lanka 1.3%

Myanmar: 6.6% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 1.3% (2025)

Sri Lanka’s central government collects 9.9% of GDP in tax, Myanmar’s 6.0%

Myanmar: 6% (2019) · Sri Lanka: 9.9% (2023)

Sri Lanka’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Myanmar’s

Myanmar: 25% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 29% (2025)

Sri Lanka spends 2.4 times as much on health per person as Myanmar

Myanmar: $56 (2023) · Sri Lanka: $134 (2023)

A baby in Myanmar is 6.3 times as likely to die before turning one as in Sri Lanka

Myanmar: 32.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 5.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Sri Lanka has 50% more doctors per person than Myanmar

Myanmar: 0.8 per 1,000 (2019) · Sri Lanka: 1.1 per 1,000 (2023)

Sri Lanka has 3.7 times as many hospital beds per person as Myanmar

Myanmar: 1.1 per 1,000 (2020) · Sri Lanka: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Sri Lanka is 3.4 times that in Myanmar

Myanmar: 4.1 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 14 per 100k (2023)

11% of adults in Sri Lanka are obese, versus 8.3% in Myanmar

Myanmar: 8.3% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 11.2% (2024)

43% of adults in Myanmar smoke, versus 21% in Sri Lanka

Myanmar: 43.4% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 20.7% (2024)

People in Myanmar rate their lives 0.27 points higher than in Sri Lanka

Myanmar: 4.29 (2025) · Sri Lanka: 4.01 (2025)

Adults in Sri Lanka drink 31% more alcohol than in Myanmar

Myanmar: 1.9 litres (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2.5 litres (2023)

Myanmar has 81% more meat per person than Sri Lanka

Myanmar: 20.9 kg (2023) · Sri Lanka: 11.6 kg (2023)

Myanmar has 134 kcal more food per person per day than Sri Lanka

Myanmar: 2,809 kcal (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2,675 kcal (2023)

Workers in Myanmar put in 144 more hours a year than in Sri Lanka

Myanmar: 2,197 hours (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2,053 hours (2023)

Adults in Sri Lanka went to school 4.4 years longer than in Myanmar

Myanmar: 6.4 years (2023) · Sri Lanka: 10.8 years (2023)

Sri Lanka welcomed 2.2 times as many tourists per resident as Myanmar (2019)

Myanmar: 0.01 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 0.03 (2022)

Sri Lanka has 6 more World Heritage sites than Myanmar (8 against 2)

Myanmar: 2 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 8 (2026)

Sri Lanka has won 2 Olympic medals, Myanmar none

Myanmar: 0 (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 2 (2026 edition)

55% of people in Sri Lanka are online, versus 45% in Myanmar

Myanmar: 45% (2020) · Sri Lanka: 55% (2024)

Home internet in Sri Lanka is 40% faster than in Myanmar

Myanmar: 45 Mbps (2026) · Sri Lanka: 63 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Sri Lanka have electricity, versus 80% in Myanmar

Myanmar: 80.4% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 100% (2024)

31% of people in Myanmar live in cities, versus 20% in Sri Lanka

Myanmar: 31% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 20% (2025)

Sri Lanka has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Myanmar 114

Myanmar: 114 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 133 (2024)

Myanmar: no data · Sri Lanka: 1,562 km (2019)

Airlines from Sri Lanka fly 2.8 times as many passengers per resident as those from Myanmar

Myanmar: 0.06 (2023) · Sri Lanka: 0.18 (2023)

Forest covers 42% of Myanmar, but only 34% of Sri Lanka

Myanmar: 42% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 34.4% (2024)

The average person in Sri Lanka emits 55% more CO₂ than someone in Myanmar

Myanmar: 0.6 t (2024) · Sri Lanka: 0.9 t (2024)

62% of Sri Lanka’s electricity is renewable, versus 48% in Myanmar

Myanmar: 47.9% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 61.6% (2025)

The air in Myanmar carries 51% more fine dust than in Sri Lanka

Myanmar: 31.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Sri Lanka: 20.7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 29% more likely to be murdered in Sri Lanka than in Myanmar

Myanmar: 2.6 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 3.3 per 100k (2019)

Roads in Myanmar are 4% deadlier than in Sri Lanka

Myanmar: 21.9 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 21.1 per 100k (2023)

Sri Lanka is on average 2.8 °C warmer than Myanmar

Myanmar: 24.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Sri Lanka: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Myanmar gets 21% more rain than Sri Lanka

Myanmar: 2,233 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Sri Lanka: 1,839 mm (2016–2025 avg)