Myanmar — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition

Name: Myanmar — World Gazetteer 2005 edition
Creator: Stefan Helders

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Myanmar had an estimated population of 53,222,658 in 2005, with 66 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.

About these figures. This page is part of the restored World Gazetteer archive: the 2005 edition of Stefan Helders' reference work, which was published at this domain until 2013 and is preserved here. Figures are as of 2005 and are kept for citation continuity and historical comparison. Esta página conserva la edición de 2005 del World Gazetteer. Las cifras corresponden a 2005; para datos actuales, consulte las fuentes oficiales.

For current figures: Myanmar today — population now 55,184,819, against 53,222,658 in 2005.

Source	2005	Now	Change
World Gazetteer (the work cited)	53,222,658	—	—
UN World Population Prospects	47,438,365	55,184,819	+16%

The two sources differ by 12% for 2005. The Gazetteer figure is the one the citation you followed refers to; the UN pair is the like-for-like comparison.

Cities and towns, 2005

#	Place	Region	Population (2005)	Today
1	Rangoon	Rangoon	4,477,638	—
2	Mandalay	Mandalay	1,208,099	1,208,099 now
3	Mawlamyine	Mon	438,861	438,861 now
4	Bago	Bago	244,376	244,376 now
5	Pathein	Ayeyarwady	237,089	237,089 now
6	Monywa	Sagaing	182,011	182,011 now
7	Akyab	Rakhine	177,743	—
8	Meiktila	Mandalay	177,442	177,442 now
9	Mergui	Tanintharyi	173,298	—
10	Taunggyi	Shan	160,115	160,115 now
11	Myingyan	Mandalay	141,713	141,713 now
12	Dawei	Tanintharyi	136,783	136,783 now
13	Pyay	Bago	135,308	135,308 now
14	Henzada	Ayeyarwady	134,947	—
15	Lashio	Shan	131,016	131,000 now
16	Pakokku	Magway	126,938	126,938 now
17	Thaton	Mon	123,727	123,727 now
18	Maymyo	Mandalay	117,303	—
19	Yenangyaung	Magway	110,553	110,553 now
20	Toungoo	Bago	106,945	—
21	Thayetmyo	Magway	98,185	98,185 now
22	Pyinmana	Mandalay	97,409	97,409 now
23	Magway	Magway	96,954	96,954 now
24	Myitkyina	Kachin	90,894	90,894 now
25	Chauk	Magway	90,870	90,870 now
26	Mogok	Mandalay	90,843	89,855 now
27	Kalay	Sagaing	89,670	—
28	Nyaunglebin	Bago	89,626	89,626 now
29	Mudon	Mon	89,123	89,123 now
30	Shwebo	Sagaing	88,914	88,914 now
31	Sagaing	Sagaing	78,739	—
32	Taungdwingyi	Magway	70,094	—
33	Keng Tung	Shan	69,448	171,620 now
34	Syriam	Rangoon	69,448	—
35	Bogale	Ayeyarwady	68,938	—
36	Pyapon	Ayeyarwady	65,601	—
37	Arakan	Rakhine	59,909	—
38	Yamethin	Mandalay	59,867	—
39	Kanbe	Rangoon	58,146	—
40	Allanmyo	Magway	57,897	—
41	Minbu	Magway	57,342	—
42	Ye	Ayeyarwady	55,674	—
43	Tharrawaddy	Bago	54,386	—
44	Thongwa	Rangoon	52,496	—
45	Kyaiklat	Ayeyarwady	52,425	—
46	Maubin	Ayeyarwady	51,542	—
47	Kyaukse	Mandalay	50,480	—
48	Kyaikto	Mon	48,658	—
49	Martaban	Mon	48,629	—
50	Kyaikkami	Mon	48,100	—
51	Banmo	Kachin	47,920	—
52	Twante	Rangoon	46,516	—
53	Mawlaik	Sagaing	44,540	—
54	Wakema	Ayeyarwady	42,705	—
55	Myanaung	Ayeyarwady	42,252	—
56	Labutta	Ayeyarwady	41,769	—
57	Pyu	Bago	40,386	—
58	Kayan	Rangoon	40,322	—
59	Yandoon	Ayeyarwady	40,092	—
60	Moulmeingyun	Ayeyarwady	39,115	—
61	Letpadan	Bago	38,936	—
62	Katha	Sagaing	38,634	—
63	Thanatpin	Bago	38,059	—
64	Paungde	Bago	36,971	—
65	Loikaw	Kayah	17,293	—
66	Falam	Chin	5,404	—

The Today column links to our current page for the same place, where one matches by name and plausible size; the figure shown there is today's, never 2005's. A dash means no confident match, which is more honest than a guessed link.

Administrative divisions, 2005

#	Name	Population (2005)
1	Ayeyarwady	7,523,817
2	Mandalay	6,905,557
3	Rangoon	5,990,318
4	Sagaing	5,812,751
5	Bago	5,728,709
6	Shan	5,605,800
7	Magway	4,885,832
8	Rakhine	3,084,098
9	Mon	2,535,609
10	Kayin	1,594,146
11	Tanintharyi	1,383,287
12	Kachin	1,362,716
13	Chin	556,230
14	Kayah	253,788

The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.