Thailand’s coastline is 67% longer than Myanmar’s

Myanmar: 1,930 km (2026 edition) · Thailand: 3,219 km (2026 edition)

Myanmar’s highest peak towers 3,305 m above Thailand’s

Myanmar: 5,870 m (2026 edition) · Thailand: 2,565 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 43% of Thailand, versus 20% of Myanmar

Myanmar: 19.9% (2024) · Thailand: 43.3% (2024)

Thailand has 31% more people than Myanmar

Myanmar: 54.9 million (2025) · Thailand: 71.6 million (2025)

Thailand is 67% more densely populated than Myanmar

Myanmar: 84 per km² (2025) · Thailand: 140 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Thailand is 10 years older than in Myanmar

Myanmar: 29.5 years (2023) · Thailand: 39.7 years (2023)

Women in Myanmar have 0.9 more children on average than in Thailand

Myanmar: 2.1 children per woman (2024) · Thailand: 1.2 children per woman (2024)

16% of people in Thailand are 65 or older, versus 7.5% in Myanmar

Myanmar: 7.5% (2025) · Thailand: 16% (2025)

Myanmar: 0 per 1,000 (2025) · Thailand: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025)

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

Myanmar: 0.2 (2026) · Thailand: 0 (2026)

Myanmar and Thailand are practically level

Myanmar: 1 (2026) · Thailand: 1 (2026)

Thailand’s economy is 7.1 times the size of Myanmar’s

Myanmar: $81.7 billion (2025) · Thailand: $577 billion (2025)

Thailand produces 4.4 times as much per person as Myanmar

Myanmar: Int$6,012 (2025) · Thailand: Int$26,250 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Thailand than in Myanmar (Gini 2.6 points higher)

Myanmar: 30.7 (2017) · Thailand: 33.3 (2024)

10% of people in Myanmar live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Thailand

Myanmar: 10.3% (2017) · Thailand: 0% (2024)

Unemployment is 3.0% in Myanmar, versus 0.8% in Thailand

Myanmar: 3% (2025) · Thailand: 0.8% (2025)

Myanmar spends 6.6% of its GDP on the military, Thailand 1.0%

Myanmar: 6.6% (2024) · Thailand: 1% (2025)

Thailand’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Myanmar’s 6.0%

Myanmar: 6% (2019) · Thailand: 15.2% (2024)

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

Myanmar: 25% (2025) · Thailand: 31% (2025)

Thailand spends 5.8 times as much on health per person as Myanmar

Myanmar: $56 (2023) · Thailand: $327 (2023)

A baby in Myanmar is 4.3 times as likely to die before turning one as in Thailand

Myanmar: 32.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Thailand: 7.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Myanmar has 40% more doctors per person than Thailand

Myanmar: 0.8 per 1,000 (2019) · Thailand: 0.5 per 1,000 (2021)

Thailand has 2.2 times as many hospital beds per person as Myanmar

Myanmar: 1.1 per 1,000 (2020) · Thailand: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Thailand is 2.3 times that in Myanmar

Myanmar: 4.1 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 9.6 per 100k (2023)

16% of adults in Thailand are obese, versus 8.3% in Myanmar

Myanmar: 8.3% (2024) · Thailand: 15.5% (2024)

43% of adults in Myanmar smoke, versus 18% in Thailand

Myanmar: 43.4% (2024) · Thailand: 17.8% (2024)

People in Thailand rate their lives 2.01 points higher than in Myanmar

Myanmar: 4.29 (2025) · Thailand: 6.30 (2025)

Adults in Thailand drink 4.2 times as much alcohol as in Myanmar

Myanmar: 1.9 litres (2023) · Thailand: 7.9 litres (2023)

Thailand has 17% more meat per person than Myanmar

Myanmar: 20.9 kg (2023) · Thailand: 24.5 kg (2023)

Thailand has 46 kcal more food per person per day than Myanmar

Myanmar: 2,809 kcal (2023) · Thailand: 2,855 kcal (2023)

Workers in Myanmar put in 20 more hours a year than in Thailand

Myanmar: 2,197 hours (2023) · Thailand: 2,177 hours (2023)

Adults in Thailand went to school 2.7 years longer than in Myanmar

Myanmar: 6.4 years (2023) · Thailand: 9 years (2023)

Thailand welcomed 38 times as many tourists per resident as Myanmar (2019)

Myanmar: 0.01 (2024) · Thailand: 0.56 (2019)

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

Myanmar: 2 (2026) · Thailand: 9 (2026)

Thailand has won 41 Olympic medals, Myanmar none

Myanmar: 0 (2026 edition) · Thailand: 41 (2026 edition)

91% of people in Thailand are online, versus 45% in Myanmar

Myanmar: 45% (2020) · Thailand: 91% (2024)

Home internet in Thailand is 8.1 times as fast as in Myanmar

Myanmar: 45 Mbps (2026) · Thailand: 360 Mbps (2026)

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

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

63% of people in Thailand live in cities, versus 31% in Myanmar

Myanmar: 31% (2025) · Thailand: 63% (2025)

Thailand has 161 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Myanmar 114

Myanmar: 114 (2024) · Thailand: 161 (2024)

Myanmar: no data · Thailand: 4,092 km (2017)

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

Myanmar: 0.06 (2023) · Thailand: 0.72 (2023)

Forest covers 42% of Myanmar, but only 39% of Thailand

Myanmar: 42% (2024) · Thailand: 38.7% (2024)

The average person in Thailand emits 6.4 times as much CO₂ as someone in Myanmar

Myanmar: 0.6 t (2024) · Thailand: 3.7 t (2024)

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

Myanmar: 47.9% (2024) · Thailand: 16.6% (2025)

The air in Myanmar carries 34% more fine dust than in Thailand

Myanmar: 31.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Thailand: 23.3 µg/m³ (2024)

Myanmar: 2.6 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: no data

Roads in Thailand are 63% deadlier than in Myanmar

Myanmar: 21.9 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 35.6 per 100k (2023)

Thailand is on average 2.7 °C warmer than Myanmar

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

Myanmar gets 35% more rain than Thailand

Myanmar: 2,233 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Thailand: 1,657 mm (2016–2025 avg)