Myanmar: flag, capital & map
Get to know Myanmar, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Naypyidaw
- Region
- Asia
- Subregion
- South-Eastern Asia
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 54,850,648
- Area
- 676,578 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- Burmese
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- Myanmar Kyat (MMK)
- Land neighbours
- Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Thailand
Naypyidaw is Myanmar’s capital. Yangon, also known as Rangoon, was the previous capital.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Myanmar
The flag of Myanmar is composed of three equal horizontal bands of yellow, green and red, with a large five-pointed white star superimposed at the center of the field.
Where it is
Myanmar is grouped in South-Eastern Asia, within Roam’s Asia region. Its land-border list includes 5 countries in this atlas: Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Thailand. The source classifies it as not landlocked.
Myanmar has a recorded area of 676,578 square kilometres. Among the 11 countries assigned to South-Eastern Asia in this dataset, it ranks 2 by area, from largest to smallest. Indonesia is immediately above it in that ordering, at 1,904,569 km². Thailand is immediately below it, at 513,120 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 54,850,648 people for Myanmar in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 81 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are Burmese. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is Myanmar Kyat (MMK). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
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What is the capital of Myanmar?
Reveal answer
Naypyidaw. Naypyidaw is Myanmar’s capital. Yangon, also known as Rangoon, was the previous capital.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Myanmar?
Reveal answer
The flag of Myanmar is composed of three equal horizontal bands of yellow, green and red, with a large five-pointed white star superimposed at the center of the field.
Which land neighbours of Myanmar are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, and Thailand. The source classifies Myanmar as not landlocked.
Which languages does the source list for Myanmar?
Reveal answer
Burmese. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Myanmar.
Which currency codes are listed for Myanmar?
Reveal answer
Myanmar Kyat (MMK). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
Try it from memory
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