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Myanmar: cities by population

Myanmar has a population of 53,708,395, with Nay Pyi Taw as its capital. The 50 largest of its 512 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Yangon	Yangon	4,477,638
2	Mandalay	Mandalay Region	1,208,099
3	Nay Pyi Taw	Nay Pyi Taw	925,000
4	Hlaingthaya	Yangon	687,867
5	Mawlamyine	Mon	438,861
6	Kalemyo	Sagaing Region	348,573
7	Insein	Yangon	247,675
8	Bago	Bago Region	244,376
9	Amarapura	Mandalay Region	237,618
10	Pathein	Ayeyarwady	237,089
11	Yawnghwe	Shan State	188,083
12	Monywa	Sagaing Region	182,011
13	Kyaukpyu	Rakhine	180,000
14	Sittwe	Rakhine	177,743
15	Meiktila	Mandalay Region	177,442
16	Myeik	Tanintharyi Region	173,298
17	Kēng Tung	Shan State	171,620
18	Mu-se	Shan State	165,022
19	Taunggyi	Shan State	160,115
20	Myingyan	Mandalay Region	141,713
21	Dawei	Tanintharyi Region	136,783
22	Mingaladon	Yangon	136,000
23	Pyay	Bago Region	135,308
24	Hinthada	Ayeyarwady	134,947
25	Kyauktan	Yangon	132,765
26	Mingala Tangnyunt	Yangon	132,494
27	Lashio	Shan State	131,000
28	Pakokku	Magway	126,938
29	Thaton	Mon	123,727
30	Ann	Rakhine	119,714
31	Pyin Oo Lwin	Mandalay Region	117,303
32	Möng Yang	Shan State	117,108
33	Set Ka Lay	Yangon	111,514
34	Yenangyaung	Magway	110,553
35	Taungoo	Bago Region	106,945
36	San Chaung	Yangon	99,619
37	Thayetmyo	Magway	98,185
38	Pyinmana	Nay Pyi Taw	97,409
39	Magway	Magway	96,954
40	Heho	Shan State	93,041
41	Kalaw	Shan State	93,032
42	Myitkyina	Kachin State	90,894
43	Chauk	Magway	90,870
44	Mogok	Mandalay Region	89,855
45	Nyaunglebin	Bago Region	89,626
46	Sangyoung	Yangon	89,618
47	Mudon	Mon	89,123
48	Shwebo	Sagaing Region	88,914
49	Taikkyi	Yangon	88,000
50	Lakang	Kachin State	85,423

Twenty years earlier: Myanmar in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 53,222,658.