Largest Cities and Towns by Population in Myanmar

156 cities and towns in Myanmar with 20,000 or more inhabitants, ranked by population at the census of September 30, 2024 (by Department of Population, Myanmar).

Rank	City or Town	Native Name	Population
1	Yangon (Rangoon)	ရန်ကုန်	4,584,622
2	Mandalayincl. Amarapura	မန္တလေး	1,162,500
3	Naypyitawincl. Pyinmana, Lewe	နေပြည်တော်	358,679
4	Myitkyina	မြစ်ကြီးနား	312,700
5	Bago (Pegu)	ပဲခူး	276,987
6	Mawlamyine (Moulmein)	မော်လမြိုင်	229,494
7	Kalay (Kale, Kalemyo)	ကလေး	207,993
8	Pyinoolwin (Maymyo)	ပြင်ဦးလွင်	202,003
9	Taunggyi	တောင်ကြီး	181,600
10	Pathein (Bassein)	ပုသိမ်	165,000
11	Monywa	မုံရွာ	149,582
12	Muse	မူဆယ်	140,300
13	Myingyan	မြင်းခြံ	129,325
14	Dawei (Tavoy)	ထားဝယ်	122,400
15	Pyay (Pyè, Prome)	ပြည်	122,064
16	Myawaddy	မြဝတီ	115,500
17	Lashio	လားရှိုး	107,242
18	Meiktila	မိတ္ထီလာ	105,231
19	Sagaing	စစ်ကိုင်း	97,018
20	Myeik (Mergui)	မြိတ်	96,395
21	Taungoo (Toungoo)	တောင်ငူ	93,658
22	Thaton	သထုံ	92,084
23	Hpa-an (Pha-an)	ဘားအံ	90,747
24	Shwebo	ရွှေဘို	90,200
25	Hinthada (Henzada)	ဟင်္သာတ	88,870
26	Tachileik	တာချီလိတ်	87,400
27	Magway (Magwe)	မကွေး	87,156
28	Sittwe (Akyab)	စစ်တွေ	87,053
29	Taikkyi	တိုက်ကြီး	85,348
30	Pakokku	ပခုက္ကူ	84,600
31	Thanlyin	သန်လျင်	81,418
32	Mogok (Mogoke)	မိုးကုတ်	80,108
33	Bhamo	ဗန်းမော်	76,249
34	Nyaunglebin	ညောင်လေးပင်	68,993
35	Aunglan (Myede, Allanmyo)	အောင်လံ	67,537
36	Mudon	မုဒုံ	66,243
37	Yenangyaung	ရေနံချောင်း	65,172
38	Chauk	ချောက်	64,691
39	Loikaw	လွိုင်ကော်	62,395
40	Ayethaya (Ayetharyar)	အေးသာယာ	61,000
41	Tangyan	တန့်ယန်း	60,859
42	Phyu	ဖြူး	58,768
43	Tanai	တနိုင်း	58,600
44	Katha	ကသာ	55,613
45	Myaungmya	မြောင်းမြ	53,678
46	Aungpan	အောင်ပန်း	51,700
47	Yedashe	ရေတာရှည်	49,837
48	Tamu	တမူး	49,300
49	Kyaukme	ကျောက်မဲ	48,900
50	Kyaikto	ကျိုက်ထို	48,248
51	Thanbyuzayat	သံဖြူဇရပ်	47,066
52	Kyauktaga	ကျောက်တံခါး	46,370
53	Kyauktan	ကျောက်တန်း	46,200
54	Mogaung	မိုးကောင်း	45,944
55	Namhkan	နမ့်ခမ်း	43,500
56	Kengtung	ကျိုင်းတုံ	43,346
57	Nyaung-U	ညောင်ဦး	43,000
58	Shwenyaung	ရွှေညောင်	43,000
59	Taungdwingyi	တောင်တွင်းကြီး	42,898
60	Mrauk-U	မြောက်ဦး	42,764
61	Paung	ပေါင်	42,588
62	Pyapon	ဖျာပုံ	42,300
63	Hlegu	လှည်းကူး	42,220
64	Maubin	မအူပင်	41,560
65	Kyaukpadaung	ကျောက်ပန်းတောင်း	41,314
66	Tatkon	တပ်ကုန်း	40,904
67	Kawthoung	ကော့သောင်း	40,600
68	Kyaukse	ကျောက်ဆည်	39,355
69	Twantay	တွံတေး	37,808
70	Thandwe	သံတွဲ	37,553
71	Tharrawaddy (Thayarwady)	သာယာဝတီ	36,961
72	Bogale	ဘိုကလေး	36,002
73	Kanbalu	ကန့်ဘလူ	35,933
74	Yesagyo	ရေစကြို	35,838
75	Mohnyin	မိုးညှင်း	35,000
76	Ye	ရေး	34,900
77	Shwegu	ရွှေဂူ	34,500
78	Madaya	မတ္တရာ	34,107
79	Hpakant	ဖားကန့်	33,700
80	Kyaukpyu	ကျောက်ဖြူ	33,573
81	Daik-U	ဒိုက်ဦး	33,005
82	Laukkaing	လောက်ကိုင်	32,900
83	Kayan	ခရမ်း	32,896
84	Pyawbwe	ပျော်ဘွယ်	32,755
85	Wakema	ဝါးခယ်မ	32,522
86	Hakha	ဟားခါး	32,018
87	Nyaungshwe	ညောင်ရွှေ	31,780
88	Myebon	မြေပုံ	31,529
89	Bilin	ဘီးလင်း	30,801
90	Myanaung	မြန်အောင်	30,636
91	Thegon	သဲကုန်း	30,414
92	Kawkareik	ကော့ကရိတ်	30,300
93	Labutta	လပွတ္တာ	30,000
94	Homalin	ဟုမ္မလင်း	30,000
95	Mawlamyinegyun	မော်လမြိုင်ကျွန်း	29,982
96	Lawksawk	ရပ်စောက်	29,900
97	Taungtha	တောင်သာ	29,259
98	Nansang	နမ့်စန်	29,100
99	Wundwin	ဝမ်းတွင်း	28,583
100	Hmawbi	မှော်ဘီ	28,536
101	Shwegyin	ရွှေကျင်	28,170
102	Yamethin	ရမည်းသင်း	27,943
103	Panglong (Pinlon)	ပင်လုံ	27,800
104	Kalaw	ကလော	27,300
105	Minbu	မင်းဘူး	27,100
106	Ye-U	ရေဦး	27,091
107	Myittha	မြစ်သား	27,077
108	Ramree	ရမ်းဗြဲ	26,979
109	Waingmaw	ဝိုင်းမော်	26,900
110	Hopong	ဟိုပုံး	25,958
111	Thongwa	သုံးခွ	25,686
112	Hopin	ဟိုပင်	25,000
113	Maungdaw	မောင်တော	25,000
114	Kyauktaw	ကျောက်တော်	24,467
115	Payathonzu (Hpayarthonesu)	ဘုရားသုံးဆူ	24,000
116	Kyaiklat	ကျိုက်လတ်	23,611
117	Kyonpyaw	ကျုံပျော်	23,393
118	Oktwin	အုတ်တွင်း	23,321
119	Toungup	တောင်ကုတ်	23,000
120	Thayet	သရက်	22,867
121	Kyaikmaraw	ကျိုက်မရော	22,764
122	Pangsang (Panghkam)	ပန်ဆန်း	22,500
123	Salin	စလင်း	22,453
124	Pinlaung	ပင်လောင်း	22,400
125	Nyaungdon	ညောင်တုန်း	22,339
126	Paungde	ပေါင်းတည်	22,101
127	Palaw	ပုလော	22,000
128	Letpadan	လက်ပံတန်း	21,648
129	Waw	ဝေါ	21,507
130	Putao	ပူတာအို	21,140
131	Ann	အမ်း	20,761
132	Kyaunggon	ကျောင်းကုန်း	20,661
133	Zalun	ဇလွန်	20,545
134	Kamarmaung	ကမမောင်း	20,500
135	Danubyu	ဓနုဖြူ	20,404
136	Seikphyu	ဆိပ်ဖြူ	20,167
137	Gangaw	ဂန့်ဂေါ	20,082
138	Taze	တန့်ဆည်	19,974
139	Nattalin	နတ်တလင်း	19,964
140	Kutkai	ကွတ်ခိုင်	19,900
141	Ingapu	အင်္ဂပူ	19,876
142	Pantanaw	ပန်းတနော်	19,761
143	Ngathaingchaung	ငသိုင်းချောင်း	19,000
144	Thayetchaung	သရက်ချောင်း	18,833
145	Gyobingauk	ကြို့ပင်ကောက်	18,770
146	Kyunhla	ကျွန်းလှ	18,594
147	Mongyai	မိုင်းရယ်	18,147
148	Padaung	ပန်းတောင်း	18,118
149	Ayadaw	အရာတော်	18,105
150	Minbya	မင်းပြား	17,530
151	Kyangin	ကြံခင်း	17,451
152	Chaung-U	ချောင်းဦး	17,275
153	Thazi	သာစည်	16,558
154	Hsipaw	သီပေါ	14,716
155	Mongla	မိုင်းလား	14,608
156	Kawlin	ကောလင်း	12,638

Source: Department of Population, Myanmar (2024 census), via City Population by Thomas Brinkhoff.

Why don't these match official city populations?Official figures typically count only the population within administrative boundaries. UN urban area figures cover the entire built-up area, which can include multiple cities and towns.Show moreShow less

Tokyo

33,338,852

Urban area

9,953,160

23 wards

Essen

2,709,375

Urban area

573,618

City of Essen

Ankara

3,630,865

Urban area

5,186,002

Metropolitan municipality

What counts as an urban area? The UN uses satellite imagery to map built-up land, and treats each continuous stretch of built-up land as an urban area. This means that urban areas can extend beyond official city boundaries, and may include multiple cities and towns within a single urban area.

Can an urban area be smaller than its city? Yes. While most cities have urban areas larger than their administrative boundaries, some cities have extensive administrative limits that include sparsely populated areas.

125 urban areas in Myanmar with 50,000 or more inhabitants, ranked by the UN's population estimates for 2026.

Rank	Urban Area	Population Estimate (2026)	Yearly Change	Land Area (km²)	Density (P/km²)	World Rank	Projections (2030)	Projections (2050)
1	Yangon	5,651,389	+0.59%	514	10,991	71	5,783,733	6,050,414
2	Mandalay	1,539,404	−0.12%	167	9,218	329	1,531,783	1,469,387
3	Pegu	397,117	+0.67%	43	9,193	1,447	407,803	437,802
4	Myeik	291,050	−0.06%	40	7,276	2,011	290,378	281,372
5	Taunggyi	277,112	−0.07%	54	5,132	2,117	276,313	266,658
6	Myitkyina	272,350	−0.10%	45	6,052	2,166	271,218	260,739
7	Hpa-An	271,345	−0.05%	30	9,045	2,177	270,828	263,191
8	Pathein	257,135	+1.24%	35	7,264	2,298	269,865	331,487
9	Thanlyin	243,133	+0.66%	26	9,351	2,445	249,574	272,776
10	Mawlamyine	240,049	−0.06%	41	5,855	2,474	239,477	231,640
11	Monywa	238,060	+0.13%	44	5,410	2,488	239,296	238,694
12	Lashio	233,456	−0.12%	38	6,144	2,542	232,310	221,959
13	Hinthada	232,573	+1.39%	22	10,767	2,554	245,544	293,642
14	Sittwe	225,805	+1.00%	29	7,786	2,637	234,815	281,705
15	Kyaukpyu	214,014	+1.24%	16	13,376	2,800	224,636	276,540
16	Mawlamyinegyunn	210,937	+0.64%	8.00	26,367	2,857	216,304	237,623
17	Maubin	196,957	+0.83%	11	17,585	3,075	203,486	218,760
18	Myaung Mya	196,091	+2.69%	19	10,430	3,090	217,185	266,243
19	Pyay	191,817	+1.01%	23	8,197	3,172	199,540	230,061
20	Bogale	185,611	+0.71%	11	16,874	3,287	190,881	206,477
21	Mrauk U	182,668	+1.17%	12	15,222	3,334	191,218	251,376
22	Kalay	180,331	+0.10%	30	6,011	3,384	181,045	180,331
23	Minbya	178,033	+1.32%	11	16,185	3,438	187,447	238,012
24	Taungoo	172,385	−0.05%	25	6,895	3,560	172,022	167,563
25	Kyauktaw	171,091	+1.23%	11	15,554	3,587	179,508	222,236
26	Sagaing	157,517	−0.29%	29	5,469	3,896	155,681	149,702
27	Pyinmana	155,918	−0.06%	24	6,497	3,935	155,536	151,167
28	Taungup	155,894	+1.00%	7.00	22,271	3,937	162,153	200,973
29	Pyin Oo Lwin	148,911	−0.11%	20	7,446	4,125	148,250	141,924
30	Taik Kyi	148,889	+1.09%	9.60	15,509	4,126	155,391	167,530
31	Meiktila	143,897	−0.05%	26	5,534	4,288	143,611	139,809
32	Myawaddy	141,017	−0.07%	17	8,295	4,368	140,610	135,732
33	Yangon	139,208	+1.19%	18	7,566	4,427	145,838	156,672
34	Magway	137,027	−0.06%	24	5,709	4,493	136,718	133,009
35	Pyapon	134,822	+0.69%	15	8,988	4,576	138,566	149,079
36	Myingyan	133,055	−0.06%	19	7,003	4,637	132,718	128,891
37	Kyaiklat	132,637	+0.78%	11	12,058	4,655	136,755	148,694
38	Twante	120,611	+0.69%	9.00	13,401	5,161	123,941	132,562
39	Letpadan	119,674	+0.68%	9.00	13,297	5,199	122,952	132,080
40	Labutta	119,556	+1.05%	9.00	13,284	5,202	124,583	148,365
41	Loikaw	119,006	−0.06%	26	4,577	5,232	118,728	114,995
42	Dawei	117,058	−0.07%	20	5,853	5,323	116,748	112,672
43	Pakokku	115,302	−0.08%	14	8,236	5,413	114,955	111,366
44	Kayan	113,784	+0.64%	6.00	18,964	5,487	116,702	131,149
45	Thaton	110,058	−0.05%	11	10,005	5,688	109,828	106,530
46	Hlegu	109,820	+0.95%	11	9,805	5,702	114,010	122,156
47	Thongwa	109,357	+1.07%	9.40	11,634	5,723	114,051	123,984
48	Daik-U	106,505	+0.61%	13	8,193	5,870	109,112	124,692
49	Danu Phyu	106,345	+1.05%	9.20	11,559	5,883	110,803	130,774
50	Shwebo	106,151	+0.16%	21	5,055	5,896	106,816	108,213
51	Wakema	106,048	+1.31%	10	10,605	5,901	111,597	139,391
52	Mogok	105,829	−0.10%	12	8,819	5,911	105,389	101,031
53	Hmawbi	104,276	+0.65%	16	6,517	6,006	106,972	133,536
54	Nyaungdon	103,754	+1.08%	8.80	11,790	6,039	108,222	128,281
55	Kengtung	102,576	−0.07%	11	9,325	6,100	102,291	99,187
56	Kawthaung	100,358	+0.47%	16	6,272	6,239	102,263	109,769
57	Pyu	96,539	−0.05%	10	9,654	6,481	96,331	93,857
58	Pantanaw	95,381	+1.07%	5.00	19,076	6,543	99,456	127,697
59	Kyaukse	95,187	−0.10%	14	6,799	6,562	94,812	91,252
60	Thandwe	93,124	+1.59%	5.20	17,908	6,731	99,035	122,796
61	Tachileik	91,278	−0.07%	15	6,085	6,878	91,008	88,025
62	Nyaunglebin	89,922	+0.55%	6.00	14,987	6,987	91,900	98,201
63	Aunglan	88,103	+0.90%	12	7,342	7,147	91,269	106,372
64	Lewe	86,122	−0.06%	13	6,625	7,311	85,918	83,423
65	Myan Aung	85,395	+1.78%	9.40	9,085	7,382	91,485	115,853
66	Ponnagyun	85,286	+1.25%	5.00	17,057	7,394	89,546	120,632
67	Thayarwady	84,254	+0.77%	18	4,681	7,487	86,862	100,137
68	Kyaikto	82,022	+0.62%	8.00	10,253	7,699	84,047	89,308
69	Shwegyin	81,965	+0.60%	7.00	11,709	7,705	83,919	109,473
70	Tangyan	80,959	−0.10%	10	8,096	7,793	80,624	77,435
71	Bhamo	78,941	−0.10%	10	7,894	8,012	78,630	75,595
72	Kyonmange	78,111	+1.12%	5.00	15,622	8,096	81,610	98,133
73	Za Lun	76,484	+1.20%	7.00	10,926	8,251	80,170	98,420
74	Kyaukpadaung	75,656	−0.07%	10	7,566	8,331	75,445	73,134
75	Kyaukme	75,470	−0.11%	13	5,805	8,362	75,139	71,980
76	Dedaye	75,070	+0.74%	8.00	9,384	8,397	77,284	83,829
77	Mohnyin	74,429	−0.11%	10	7,443	8,470	74,103	71,175
78	Mudon	74,373	−0.07%	8.00	9,297	8,475	74,167	71,578
79	Chauk	73,410	−0.05%	9.00	8,157	8,584	73,251	69,749
80	Kan Htaunt Gyi	73,349	+1.27%	6.00	12,225	8,593	77,071	96,506
81	Aungpan	73,288	−0.06%	9.00	8,143	8,599	73,106	70,866
82	Buthidaung	72,364	+1.15%	7.00	10,338	8,691	75,682	93,008
83	Myebon	72,188	+1.72%	7.20	10,026	8,713	77,162	101,089
84	Htone Bo	70,533	−0.05%	20	3,527	8,903	70,399	68,447
85	Nyaung Shwe	70,527	−0.06%	7.00	10,075	8,904	70,348	68,249
86	Payathonzu	70,423	−0.05%	9.00	7,825	8,916	70,278	66,636
87	Paungde	67,257	+0.54%	8.00	8,407	9,329	68,698	72,513
88	Einme	67,060	+1.27%	8.00	8,383	9,360	70,476	87,641
89	Muse	66,903	−0.14%	11	6,082	9,378	66,533	63,321
90	Gyobingauk	66,495	+1.00%	7.20	9,235	9,446	69,168	73,109
91	Pauktaw	66,449	+1.13%	5.00	13,290	9,451	69,455	83,656
92	Nattalin	66,274	+0.50%	5.00	13,255	9,473	67,591	74,715
93	Mandalay	66,197	−0.09%	23	2,878	9,484	65,954	63,422
94	Madaya	65,972	−0.11%	6.00	10,995	9,524	65,694	63,113
95	Namhkam	65,896	−0.13%	9.00	7,322	9,534	65,557	62,606
96	Tatkon	65,344	−0.06%	11	5,940	9,609	65,192	63,324
97	Kawkareik	65,180	−0.04%	10	6,518	9,636	65,078	63,281
98	Myaungtagar	64,278	+0.78%	12	5,357	9,776	66,287	72,185
99	Thanbyuzayat	63,437	−0.06%	8.00	7,930	9,902	63,289	61,242
100	Hpakant	63,172	−0.07%	15	4,211	9,947	62,998	61,049
101	Kyauktan	62,483	+1.06%	7.20	8,678	10,063	65,121	69,052
102	Hopong	62,434	−0.05%	8.00	7,804	10,073	62,307	60,556
103	Nga Yoke Taung	62,361	+1.14%	3.00	20,787	10,087	65,194	78,335
104	Kyaung Kone	61,932	+1.35%	10	6,193	10,147	65,264	84,151
105	Kungyangon	61,272	+0.73%	7.00	8,753	10,243	63,070	68,203
106	Kutkai	59,473	−0.10%	8.00	7,434	10,519	59,223	56,784
107	Ye	58,468	−0.06%	7.00	8,353	10,671	58,336	56,485
108	Panglong	58,194	−0.07%	7.00	8,313	10,720	58,043	56,170
109	Lawng Hkang	58,003	−0.09%	5.00	11,601	10,750	57,786	55,649
110	Ramree	57,807	+1.18%	4.00	14,452	10,785	60,531	75,994
111	Katha	57,349	+0.14%	9.40	6,101	10,878	57,667	55,885
112	Taungdwingyi	57,180	−0.07%	9.00	6,353	10,911	57,028	55,314
113	Nawnghkio	56,559	−0.10%	7.00	8,080	11,026	56,328	54,058
114	Kyonpyaw	56,478	+3.12%	4.60	12,278	11,042	63,522	81,866
115	Hpakant	56,387	−0.09%	5.00	11,277	11,061	56,189	54,177
116	Palaw	56,204	−0.05%	6.00	9,367	11,096	56,100	54,387
117	Wundwin	54,363	−0.05%	12	4,530	11,453	54,245	52,676
118	Bilin	54,169	+0.76%	10	5,417	11,500	55,818	65,951
119	Okkan	53,959	+0.64%	5.00	10,792	11,545	55,343	59,075
120	Nay Pyi Taw	53,898	−0.05%	12	4,492	11,554	53,792	52,338
121	Kyauktaga	53,455	−0.05%	5.00	10,691	11,631	53,338	51,863
122	Nyaung-U	53,340	−0.06%	7.00	7,620	11,648	53,204	51,570
123	Gyeik Taw	53,062	+1.47%	9.20	5,768	11,703	56,184	70,612
124	Hsipaw	52,149	−0.11%	8.00	6,519	11,877	51,919	–
125	Pyawbwe	50,162	−0.06%	8.00	6,270	12,087	50,035	–

Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2025 Revision, Online Edition.

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Largest Cities and Towns by Population in Myanmar

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