Population of North Korea

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	28 Apr 2024

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The current population of North Korea is 26,520,617 as of October 12, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of North Korea is projected at 26,244,582, or 26.24 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in North Korea is projected at 26,160,821, or 26.16 million people for the year 2023.

North Korea ranks 56th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. North Korea is ranked 21st among 51 countries and territories in Asia.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

North Korea population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	11,394,743	11,103,379	-582,729	-5.249	0.44
1951	10,812,014	10,557,969	-508,089	-4.813	0.42
1952	10,303,925	10,228,066	-151,719	-1.483	0.39
1953	10,152,206	10,147,600	-9,213	-0.091	0.38
1954	10,142,993	10,206,242	126,497	1.239	0.38
1955	10,269,490	10,360,269	181,558	1.752	0.38
1956	10,451,048	10,552,182	202,268	1.917	0.38
1957	10,653,316	10,802,103	297,575	2.755	0.38
1958	10,950,891	11,106,854	311,927	2.809	0.38
1959	11,262,818	11,391,376	257,115	2.257	0.38
1960	11,519,933	11,655,666	271,466	2.329	0.39
1961	11,791,399	11,916,515	250,232	2.100	0.39
1962	12,041,631	12,180,505	277,748	2.280	0.39
1963	12,319,379	12,475,236	311,713	2.499	0.39
1964	12,631,092	12,787,523	312,863	2.447	0.39
1965	12,943,955	13,105,946	323,982	2.472	0.39
1966	13,267,937	13,444,048	352,222	2.620	0.39
1967	13,620,159	13,821,409	402,500	2.912	0.40
1968	14,022,659	14,216,305	387,292	2.724	0.40
1969	14,409,951	14,605,481	391,060	2.678	0.40
1970	14,801,011	14,996,879	391,736	2.612	0.41
1971	15,192,747	15,381,626	377,757	2.456	0.41
1972	15,570,504	15,768,363	395,718	2.510	0.41
1973	15,966,222	16,128,122	323,801	2.008	0.41
1974	16,290,023	16,437,002	293,959	1.788	0.41
1975	16,583,982	16,723,252	278,540	1.666	0.41
1976	16,862,522	16,987,170	249,296	1.468	0.41
1977	17,111,818	17,231,389	239,142	1.388	0.41
1978	17,350,960	17,472,094	242,269	1.387	0.41
1979	17,593,229	17,719,172	251,886	1.422	0.41
1980	17,845,115	17,973,650	257,071	1.430	0.40
1981	18,102,186	18,235,202	266,033	1.459	0.40
1982	18,368,219	18,502,087	267,735	1.447	0.40
1983	18,635,954	18,771,363	270,818	1.443	0.40
1984	18,906,772	19,045,154	276,764	1.453	0.40
1985	19,183,536	19,325,487	283,902	1.469	0.40
1986	19,467,438	19,613,038	291,200	1.485	0.40
1987	19,758,638	19,903,893	290,510	1.460	0.39
1988	20,049,148	20,197,464	296,631	1.469	0.39
1989	20,345,779	20,494,965	298,373	1.456	0.39
1990	20,644,152	20,799,523	310,743	1.494	0.39
1991	20,954,895	21,115,534	321,277	1.522	0.39
1992	21,276,172	21,439,991	327,638	1.528	0.39
1993	21,603,810	21,773,017	338,413	1.554	0.39
1994	21,942,223	22,105,225	326,003	1.475	0.39
1995	22,268,226	22,385,536	234,621	1.048	0.39
1996	22,502,847	22,614,347	223,001	0.986	0.39
1997	22,725,848	22,827,373	203,050	0.890	0.39
1998	22,928,898	23,023,636	189,476	0.823	0.38
1999	23,118,374	23,204,498	172,247	0.742	0.38
2000	23,290,621	23,367,059	152,877	0.654	0.38
2001	23,443,498	23,512,522	138,048	0.587	0.38
2002	23,581,546	23,638,411	113,729	0.481	0.37
2003	23,695,275	23,781,707	172,863	0.727	0.37
2004	23,868,138	23,948,930	161,584	0.675	0.37
2005	24,029,722	24,100,982	142,520	0.591	0.37
2006	24,172,242	24,235,761	127,038	0.524	0.36
2007	24,299,280	24,356,506	114,452	0.470	0.36
2008	24,413,732	24,469,047	110,630	0.452	0.36
2009	24,524,362	24,581,509	114,294	0.465	0.36
2010	24,638,656	24,686,435	95,559	0.387	0.35
2011	24,734,215	24,783,789	99,149	0.400	0.35
2012	24,833,364	24,887,770	108,812	0.437	0.35
2013	24,942,176	25,001,819	119,286	0.477	0.34
2014	25,061,462	25,126,131	129,338	0.515	0.34
2015	25,190,800	25,258,015	134,430	0.532	0.34
2016	25,325,230	25,389,611	128,762	0.507	0.34
2017	25,453,992	25,516,321	124,659	0.489	0.34
2018	25,578,651	25,638,149	118,997	0.464	0.33
2019	25,697,648	25,755,441	115,585	0.449	0.33
2020	25,813,233	25,867,467	108,468	0.419	0.33
2021	25,921,701	25,971,909	100,416	0.387	0.33

North Korea population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2022	26,022,117	26,069,416	94,599	0.363	0.33
2023	26,116,716	26,160,821	88,211	0.337	0.33
2024	26,204,927	26,244,582	79,310	0.302	0.32
2025	26,284,237	26,319,924	71,373	0.271	0.32
2026	26,355,610	26,387,425	63,629	0.241	0.32
2027	26,419,239	26,446,694	54,910	0.208	0.32
2028	26,474,149	26,497,102	45,906	0.173	0.32
2029	26,520,055	26,537,870	35,630	0.134	0.31
2030	26,555,685	26,569,401	27,433	0.103	0.31
2031	26,583,118	26,592,481	18,725	0.070	0.31
2032	26,601,843	26,606,610	9,534	0.036	0.31
2033	26,611,377	26,611,771	789	0.003	0.30
2034	26,612,166	26,608,668	-6,996	-0.026	0.30
2035	26,605,170	26,598,048	-14,245	-0.054	0.30
2036	26,590,925	26,579,554	-22,741	-0.086	0.30
2037	26,568,184	26,553,492	-29,385	-0.111	0.29
2038	26,538,799	26,521,434	-34,730	-0.131	0.29
2039	26,504,069	26,484,115	-39,908	-0.151	0.29
2040	26,464,161	26,441,399	-45,523	-0.172	0.29
2041	26,418,638	26,393,589	-50,097	-0.190	0.29
2042	26,368,541	26,341,393	-54,295	-0.206	0.28
2043	26,314,246	26,285,495	-57,503	-0.219	0.28
2044	26,256,743	26,226,715	-60,055	-0.229	0.28
2045	26,196,688	26,165,201	-62,974	-0.241	0.28
2046	26,133,714	26,100,272	-66,884	-0.256	0.27
2047	26,066,830	26,032,162	-69,335	-0.266	0.27
2048	25,997,495	25,960,806	-73,377	-0.283	0.27
2049	25,924,118	25,885,944	-76,348	-0.295	0.27
2050	25,847,770	25,807,197	-81,146	-0.314	0.27
2051	25,766,624	25,724,769	-83,710	-0.325	0.26
2052	25,682,914	25,639,389	-87,051	-0.340	0.26
2053	25,595,863	25,551,077	-89,571	-0.351	0.26
2054	25,506,292	25,460,057	-92,470	-0.363	0.26
2055	25,413,822	25,365,629	-96,386	-0.380	0.26
2056	25,317,436	25,267,753	-99,366	-0.393	0.25
2057	25,218,070	25,167,693	-100,755	-0.400	0.25
2058	25,117,315	25,065,631	-103,367	-0.412	0.25
2059	25,013,948	24,961,267	-105,362	-0.422	0.25
2060	24,908,586	24,854,656	-107,860	-0.434	0.25
2061	24,800,726	24,746,465	-108,522	-0.439	0.25
2062	24,692,204	24,637,689	-109,031	-0.443	0.24
2063	24,583,173	24,527,925	-110,496	-0.450	0.24
2064	24,472,677	24,417,143	-111,068	-0.455	0.24
2065	24,361,609	24,305,828	-111,562	-0.459	0.24
2066	24,250,047	24,194,404	-111,286	-0.460	0.24
2067	24,138,761	24,083,169	-111,184	-0.462	0.24
2068	24,027,577	23,972,107	-110,940	-0.463	0.23
2069	23,916,637	23,861,607	-110,059	-0.461	0.23
2070	23,806,578	23,751,608	-109,940	-0.463	0.23
2071	23,696,638	23,641,750	-109,775	-0.464	0.23
2072	23,586,863	23,532,343	-109,040	-0.463	0.23
2073	23,477,823	23,423,544	-108,558	-0.463	0.23
2074	23,369,265	23,314,572	-109,385	-0.469	0.23
2075	23,259,880	23,205,032	-109,697	-0.473	0.22
2076	23,150,183	23,095,429	-109,509	-0.474	0.22
2077	23,040,674	22,985,842	-109,663	-0.477	0.22
2078	22,931,011	22,876,095	-109,831	-0.480	0.22
2079	22,821,180	22,766,130	-110,099	-0.484	0.22
2080	22,711,081	22,656,034	-110,095	-0.486	0.22
2081	22,600,986	22,546,087	-109,799	-0.487	0.22
2082	22,491,187	22,436,040	-110,293	-0.492	0.22
2083	22,380,894	22,326,143	-109,503	-0.490	0.21
2084	22,271,391	22,216,511	-109,760	-0.494	0.21
2085	22,161,631	22,107,246	-108,770	-0.492	0.21
2086	22,052,861	21,998,415	-108,892	-0.495	0.21
2087	21,943,969	21,889,487	-108,964	-0.498	0.21
2088	21,835,005	21,780,217	-109,576	-0.503	0.21
2089	21,725,429	21,670,618	-109,622	-0.506	0.21
2090	21,615,807	21,561,196	-109,223	-0.507	0.21
2091	21,506,584	21,451,653	-109,863	-0.512	0.21
2092	21,396,721	21,341,875	-109,692	-0.514	0.20
2093	21,287,029	21,232,601	-108,856	-0.513	0.20
2094	21,178,173	21,123,775	-108,795	-0.515	0.20
2095	21,069,378	21,015,250	-108,257	-0.515	0.20
2096	20,961,121	20,906,897	-108,448	-0.519	0.20
2097	20,852,673	20,798,643	-108,059	-0.520	0.20
2098	20,744,614	20,690,465	-108,297	-0.523	0.20
2099	20,636,317	20,582,157	-108,320	-0.526	0.20
2100	20,527,997	20,473,590	-108,814	-0.531	0.20