Population of North Korea
Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2024) |
Date | 06 Feb 2025 |
The current population of North Korea is 26,544,925 as of February 11, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of North Korea is projected at 26,571,036, or 26.57 million, as of July 1, 2025. The total population in North Korea is projected at 26,498,823, or 26.50 million people, for the year 2024.
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
Year | Population | Growth | Share (%) | ||
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1 Jan | 1 July | Net Change | rate (%) | to World | |
1950 | 11,394,743 | 11,116,736 | -556,015 | -5.003 | 0.446 |
1951 | 10,838,728 | 10,583,568 | -510,319 | -4.823 | 0.417 |
1952 | 10,328,409 | 10,253,642 | -149,534 | -1.458 | 0.397 |
1953 | 10,178,875 | 10,177,413 | -2,925 | -0.029 | 0.386 |
1954 | 10,175,950 | 10,242,801 | 133,703 | 1.305 | 0.381 |
1955 | 10,309,653 | 10,403,325 | 187,343 | 1.801 | 0.380 |
1956 | 10,496,996 | 10,600,379 | 206,766 | 1.951 | 0.379 |
1957 | 10,703,762 | 10,854,685 | 301,846 | 2.781 | 0.381 |
1958 | 11,005,608 | 11,163,747 | 316,279 | 2.833 | 0.383 |
1959 | 11,321,887 | 11,452,989 | 262,205 | 2.290 | 0.386 |
1960 | 11,584,092 | 11,722,953 | 277,722 | 2.369 | 0.389 |
1961 | 11,861,814 | 11,990,713 | 257,798 | 2.150 | 0.391 |
1962 | 12,119,612 | 12,262,882 | 286,541 | 2.337 | 0.393 |
1963 | 12,406,153 | 12,567,057 | 321,807 | 2.561 | 0.394 |
1964 | 12,727,960 | 12,889,770 | 323,619 | 2.511 | 0.395 |
1965 | 13,051,579 | 13,219,369 | 335,579 | 2.539 | 0.396 |
1966 | 13,387,158 | 13,569,094 | 363,871 | 2.682 | 0.399 |
1967 | 13,751,029 | 13,958,350 | 414,641 | 2.971 | 0.402 |
1968 | 14,165,670 | 14,365,596 | 399,853 | 2.784 | 0.405 |
1969 | 14,565,523 | 14,767,615 | 404,185 | 2.737 | 0.408 |
1970 | 14,969,708 | 15,172,775 | 406,134 | 2.677 | 0.411 |
1971 | 15,375,842 | 15,572,457 | 393,229 | 2.525 | 0.413 |
1972 | 15,769,071 | 15,975,069 | 411,996 | 2.579 | 0.415 |
1973 | 16,181,067 | 16,350,367 | 338,599 | 2.071 | 0.417 |
1974 | 16,519,666 | 16,673,121 | 306,909 | 1.841 | 0.417 |
1975 | 16,826,575 | 16,971,055 | 288,960 | 1.703 | 0.417 |
1976 | 17,115,535 | 17,243,450 | 255,831 | 1.484 | 0.416 |
1977 | 17,371,366 | 17,492,798 | 242,864 | 1.388 | 0.415 |
1978 | 17,614,230 | 17,735,995 | 243,529 | 1.373 | 0.413 |
1979 | 17,857,759 | 17,983,470 | 251,423 | 1.398 | 0.412 |
1980 | 18,109,182 | 18,236,786 | 255,209 | 1.399 | 0.410 |
1981 | 18,364,391 | 18,501,295 | 273,808 | 1.480 | 0.409 |
1982 | 18,638,199 | 18,776,357 | 276,316 | 1.472 | 0.407 |
1983 | 18,914,515 | 19,054,034 | 279,037 | 1.464 | 0.406 |
1984 | 19,193,552 | 19,335,043 | 282,982 | 1.464 | 0.404 |
1985 | 19,476,534 | 19,620,388 | 287,708 | 1.466 | 0.403 |
1986 | 19,764,242 | 19,910,855 | 293,226 | 1.473 | 0.402 |
1987 | 20,057,468 | 20,205,483 | 296,030 | 1.465 | 0.400 |
1988 | 20,353,498 | 20,503,161 | 299,326 | 1.460 | 0.399 |
1989 | 20,652,824 | 20,804,367 | 303,086 | 1.457 | 0.397 |
1990 | 20,955,910 | 21,112,137 | 312,453 | 1.480 | 0.396 |
1991 | 21,268,363 | 21,428,638 | 320,550 | 1.496 | 0.395 |
1992 | 21,588,913 | 21,750,911 | 323,995 | 1.490 | 0.395 |
1993 | 21,912,908 | 22,073,352 | 320,887 | 1.454 | 0.395 |
1994 | 22,233,795 | 22,393,975 | 320,360 | 1.431 | 0.395 |
1995 | 22,554,155 | 22,669,304 | 230,297 | 1.016 | 0.394 |
1996 | 22,784,452 | 22,895,746 | 222,588 | 0.972 | 0.392 |
1997 | 23,007,040 | 23,110,830 | 207,580 | 0.898 | 0.390 |
1998 | 23,214,620 | 23,311,564 | 193,887 | 0.832 | 0.388 |
1999 | 23,408,507 | 23,497,599 | 178,183 | 0.758 | 0.386 |
2000 | 23,586,690 | 23,665,910 | 158,439 | 0.669 | 0.383 |
2001 | 23,745,129 | 23,815,358 | 140,459 | 0.590 | 0.381 |
2002 | 23,885,588 | 23,943,973 | 116,770 | 0.488 | 0.378 |
2003 | 24,002,358 | 24,090,380 | 176,044 | 0.731 | 0.375 |
2004 | 24,178,402 | 24,254,943 | 153,082 | 0.631 | 0.373 |
2005 | 24,331,484 | 24,396,433 | 129,899 | 0.532 | 0.370 |
2006 | 24,461,383 | 24,524,507 | 126,248 | 0.515 | 0.368 |
2007 | 24,587,631 | 24,646,383 | 117,505 | 0.477 | 0.365 |
2008 | 24,705,136 | 24,764,618 | 118,963 | 0.480 | 0.362 |
2009 | 24,824,099 | 24,878,332 | 108,466 | 0.436 | 0.359 |
2010 | 24,932,565 | 24,987,258 | 109,387 | 0.438 | 0.356 |
2011 | 25,041,952 | 25,097,874 | 111,843 | 0.446 | 0.353 |
2012 | 25,153,795 | 25,211,728 | 115,866 | 0.460 | 0.350 |
2013 | 25,269,661 | 25,329,451 | 119,581 | 0.472 | 0.347 |
2014 | 25,389,242 | 25,451,262 | 124,039 | 0.487 | 0.345 |
2015 | 25,513,281 | 25,575,350 | 124,138 | 0.485 | 0.342 |
2016 | 25,637,419 | 25,698,326 | 121,815 | 0.474 | 0.340 |
2017 | 25,759,234 | 25,817,709 | 116,949 | 0.453 | 0.338 |
2018 | 25,876,183 | 25,931,147 | 109,929 | 0.424 | 0.335 |
2019 | 25,986,112 | 26,037,632 | 103,041 | 0.396 | 0.333 |
2020 | 26,089,153 | 26,136,312 | 94,318 | 0.361 | 0.331 |
2021 | 26,183,471 | 26,232,534 | 98,125 | 0.374 | 0.330 |
2022 | 26,281,596 | 26,328,845 | 94,498 | 0.359 | 0.328 |
2023 | 26,376,094 | 26,418,204 | 84,220 | 0.319 | 0.326 |
Year | Population | Growth | Share (%) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Jan | 1 July | Net Change | rate (%) | to World | |
2024 | 26,460,314 | 26,498,823 | 77,018 | 0.291 | 0.325 |
2025 | 26,537,332 | 26,571,036 | 67,409 | 0.254 | 0.323 |
2026 | 26,604,741 | 26,633,691 | 57,900 | 0.217 | 0.321 |
2027 | 26,662,641 | 26,686,498 | 47,714 | 0.179 | 0.319 |
2028 | 26,710,355 | 26,729,272 | 37,835 | 0.142 | 0.317 |
2029 | 26,748,190 | 26,762,017 | 27,654 | 0.103 | 0.315 |
2030 | 26,775,844 | 26,784,904 | 18,119 | 0.068 | 0.313 |
2031 | 26,793,963 | 26,797,950 | 7,975 | 0.030 | 0.310 |
2032 | 26,801,938 | 26,801,082 | -1,712 | -0.006 | 0.308 |
2033 | 26,800,226 | 26,795,075 | -10,302 | -0.038 | 0.306 |
2034 | 26,789,924 | 26,780,495 | -18,859 | -0.070 | 0.304 |
2035 | 26,771,065 | 26,757,724 | -26,683 | -0.100 | 0.301 |
2036 | 26,744,382 | 26,727,322 | -34,120 | -0.128 | 0.299 |
2037 | 26,710,262 | 26,689,925 | -40,675 | -0.152 | 0.296 |
2038 | 26,669,587 | 26,646,328 | -46,517 | -0.175 | 0.294 |
2039 | 26,623,070 | 26,596,979 | -52,182 | -0.196 | 0.292 |
2040 | 26,570,888 | 26,542,432 | -56,911 | -0.214 | 0.289 |
2041 | 26,513,977 | 26,483,481 | -60,993 | -0.230 | 0.287 |
2042 | 26,452,984 | 26,420,821 | -64,326 | -0.243 | 0.285 |
2043 | 26,388,658 | 26,354,342 | -68,631 | -0.260 | 0.282 |
2044 | 26,320,027 | 26,284,018 | -72,019 | -0.274 | 0.280 |
2045 | 26,248,008 | 26,210,203 | -75,610 | -0.288 | 0.278 |
2046 | 26,172,398 | 26,132,926 | -78,944 | -0.302 | 0.275 |
2047 | 26,093,454 | 26,052,096 | -82,715 | -0.317 | 0.273 |
2048 | 26,010,739 | 25,967,589 | -86,301 | -0.332 | 0.271 |
2049 | 25,924,438 | 25,879,257 | -90,362 | -0.349 | 0.269 |
2050 | 25,834,076 | 25,787,127 | -93,897 | -0.364 | 0.267 |
2051 | 25,740,179 | 25,691,411 | -97,535 | -0.380 | 0.265 |
2052 | 25,642,644 | 25,592,171 | -100,946 | -0.394 | 0.263 |
2053 | 25,541,698 | 25,489,485 | -104,426 | -0.410 | 0.261 |
2054 | 25,437,272 | 25,383,403 | -107,738 | -0.424 | 0.259 |
2055 | 25,329,534 | 25,274,088 | -110,893 | -0.439 | 0.257 |
2056 | 25,218,641 | 25,161,315 | -114,653 | -0.456 | 0.255 |
2057 | 25,103,988 | 25,045,442 | -117,092 | -0.468 | 0.253 |
2058 | 24,986,896 | 24,926,872 | -120,048 | -0.482 | 0.251 |
2059 | 24,866,848 | 24,805,874 | -121,949 | -0.492 | 0.249 |
2060 | 24,744,899 | 24,682,709 | -124,380 | -0.504 | 0.247 |
2061 | 24,620,519 | 24,557,407 | -126,225 | -0.514 | 0.245 |
2062 | 24,494,294 | 24,430,636 | -127,317 | -0.521 | 0.243 |
2063 | 24,366,977 | 24,302,979 | -127,996 | -0.527 | 0.242 |
2064 | 24,238,981 | 24,174,439 | -129,084 | -0.534 | 0.240 |
2065 | 24,109,897 | 24,045,013 | -129,769 | -0.540 | 0.238 |
2066 | 23,980,128 | 23,915,148 | -129,959 | -0.543 | 0.236 |
2067 | 23,850,169 | 23,785,392 | -129,554 | -0.545 | 0.235 |
2068 | 23,720,615 | 23,655,910 | -129,410 | -0.547 | 0.233 |
2069 | 23,591,205 | 23,526,598 | -129,214 | -0.549 | 0.231 |
2070 | 23,461,991 | 23,397,808 | -128,366 | -0.549 | 0.230 |
2071 | 23,333,625 | 23,269,557 | -128,136 | -0.551 | 0.228 |
2072 | 23,205,489 | 23,141,672 | -127,634 | -0.552 | 0.227 |
2073 | 23,077,855 | 23,014,120 | -127,471 | -0.554 | 0.225 |
2074 | 22,950,384 | 22,886,769 | -127,230 | -0.556 | 0.223 |
2075 | 22,823,154 | 22,759,811 | -126,686 | -0.557 | 0.222 |
2076 | 22,696,468 | 22,633,219 | -126,498 | -0.559 | 0.221 |
2077 | 22,569,970 | 22,506,532 | -126,877 | -0.564 | 0.219 |
2078 | 22,443,093 | 22,379,596 | -126,993 | -0.567 | 0.218 |
2079 | 22,316,100 | 22,252,378 | -127,444 | -0.573 | 0.216 |
2080 | 22,188,656 | 22,124,706 | -127,900 | -0.578 | 0.215 |
2081 | 22,060,756 | 21,996,518 | -128,476 | -0.584 | 0.214 |
2082 | 21,932,280 | 21,867,789 | -128,982 | -0.590 | 0.213 |
2083 | 21,803,298 | 21,738,766 | -129,064 | -0.594 | 0.211 |
2084 | 21,674,234 | 21,609,357 | -129,753 | -0.600 | 0.210 |
2085 | 21,544,481 | 21,479,322 | -130,317 | -0.607 | 0.209 |
2086 | 21,414,164 | 21,348,619 | -131,091 | -0.614 | 0.208 |
2087 | 21,283,073 | 21,217,308 | -131,530 | -0.620 | 0.206 |
2088 | 21,151,543 | 21,085,766 | -131,554 | -0.624 | 0.205 |
2089 | 21,019,989 | 20,953,947 | -132,083 | -0.630 | 0.204 |
2090 | 20,887,906 | 20,821,743 | -132,327 | -0.636 | 0.203 |
2091 | 20,755,579 | 20,689,264 | -132,631 | -0.641 | 0.202 |
2092 | 20,622,948 | 20,556,691 | -132,515 | -0.645 | 0.200 |
2093 | 20,490,433 | 20,424,481 | -131,905 | -0.646 | 0.199 |
2094 | 20,358,528 | 20,292,746 | -131,564 | -0.648 | 0.198 |
2095 | 20,226,964 | 20,161,119 | -131,691 | -0.653 | 0.197 |
2096 | 20,095,273 | 20,029,753 | -131,039 | -0.654 | 0.196 |
2097 | 19,964,234 | 19,899,159 | -130,150 | -0.654 | 0.195 |
2098 | 19,834,084 | 19,769,478 | -129,213 | -0.654 | 0.194 |
2099 | 19,704,871 | 19,640,506 | -128,730 | -0.655 | 0.193 |
2100 | 19,576,141 | 19,512,149 | -127,984 | -0.656 | 0.192 |