Population of North Korea

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

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The current population of North Korea is 26,119,106 as of September 27, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of North Korea is projected at 25,887,041 or 25.887 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in North Korea is projected at 25,778,816 or 25.779 million people for the year 2020. North Korea ranks number 54th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. North Korea is ranked 21st among 51 countries in Asia.

North Korea's population peak will be 2038 with 26.87 mn people after North Korea's population will be decreased year by year. The North Korean population will reach 26.65 million in 2030 and decrease further to 26.56 million in 2050 and 22.79 million by 2100. North Korea accounts for 0.33 percent of the world population. However, its global share will decline by 0.39% in 1979 and is projected to decline at 0.21% by 2100. North Korea was at 34th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to decline at 75th in 2100.

North Korea was at 34th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to decline at 75th in 2100.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

North Korea population estimates
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	10,549,472	-	-	0.42
1951	10,248,496	-300,976	-2.85	0.40
1952	10,049,029	-199,467	-1.95	0.38
1953	9,957,242	-91,787	-0.91	0.37
1954	9,972,436	15,194	0.15	0.37
1955	10,086,991	114,555	1.15	0.36
1956	10,285,940	198,949	1.97	0.36
1957	10,547,389	261,449	2.54	0.37
1958	10,843,979	296,590	2.81	0.37
1959	11,145,152	301,173	2.78	0.37
1960	11,424,176	279,024	2.50	0.38
1961	11,665,595	241,419	2.11	0.38
1962	11,871,712	206,117	1.77	0.38
1963	12,065,468	193,756	1.63	0.38
1964	12,282,419	216,951	1.80	0.38
1965	12,547,525	265,106	2.16	0.38
1966	12,864,954	317,429	2.53	0.38
1967	13,222,694	357,740	2.78	0.38
1968	13,609,982	387,288	2.93	0.38
1969	14,010,339	400,357	2.94	0.39
1970	14,410,400	400,061	2.86	0.39
1971	14,809,521	399,121	2.77	0.39
1972	15,207,771	398,250	2.69	0.39
1973	15,593,351	385,580	2.54	0.40
1974	15,952,078	358,727	2.30	0.40
1975	16,274,740	322,662	2.02	0.40
1976	16,554,746	280,006	1.72	0.40
1977	16,796,578	241,832	1.46	0.40
1978	17,015,983	219,405	1.31	0.40
1979	17,235,666	219,683	1.29	0.39
1980	17,472,140	236,474	1.37	0.39
1981	17,731,230	259,090	1.48	0.39
1982	18,008,564	277,334	1.56	0.39
1983	18,298,214	289,650	1.61	0.39
1984	18,590,138	291,924	1.60	0.39
1985	18,877,238	287,100	1.54	0.39
1986	19,156,795	279,557	1.48	0.39
1987	19,431,986	275,191	1.44	0.38
1988	19,708,323	276,337	1.42	0.38
1989	19,993,755	285,432	1.45	0.38
1990	20,293,054	299,299	1.50	0.38
1991	20,609,150	316,096	1.56	0.38
1992	20,937,404	328,254	1.59	0.38
1993	21,265,834	328,430	1.57	0.38
1994	21,577,982	312,148	1.47	0.38
1995	21,862,299	284,317	1.32	0.38
1996	22,113,438	251,139	1.15	0.38
1997	22,335,267	221,829	1.00	0.38
1998	22,536,753	201,486	0.90	0.38
1999	22,731,482	194,729	0.86	0.37
2000	22,929,075	197,593	0.87	0.37
2001	23,132,980	203,905	0.89	0.37
2002	23,339,453	206,473	0.89	0.37
2003	23,542,426	202,973	0.87	0.37
2004	23,732,731	190,305	0.81	0.37
2005	23,904,167	171,436	0.72	0.37
2006	24,054,864	150,697	0.63	0.36
2007	24,188,331	133,467	0.55	0.36
2008	24,310,142	121,811	0.50	0.36
2009	24,428,341	118,199	0.49	0.36
2010	24,548,836	120,495	0.49	0.35
2011	24,673,395	124,559	0.51	0.35
2012	24,800,645	127,250	0.52	0.35
2013	24,929,497	128,852	0.52	0.35
2014	25,057,790	128,293	0.51	0.34
2015	25,183,833	126,043	0.50	0.34
2016	25,307,665	123,832	0.49	0.34
2017	25,429,825	122,160	0.48	0.34
2018	25,549,604	119,779	0.47	0.33
2019	25,666,161	116,557	0.46	0.33

North Korea population projections
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	25,778,816	112,655	0.44	0.33
2021	25,887,041	108,225	0.42	0.33
2022	25,990,679	103,638	0.40	0.33
2023	26,089,810	99,131	0.38	0.32
2024	26,184,724	94,914	0.36	0.32
2025	26,275,484	90,760	0.35	0.32
2026	26,362,043	86,559	0.33	0.32
2027	26,443,899	81,856	0.31	0.32
2028	26,520,116	76,217	0.29	0.32
2029	26,589,548	69,432	0.26	0.31
2030	26,651,329	61,781	0.23	0.31
2031	26,705,190	53,861	0.20	0.31
2032	26,751,210	46,020	0.17	0.31
2033	26,789,463	38,253	0.14	0.31
2034	26,820,127	30,664	0.11	0.30
2035	26,843,430	23,303	0.09	0.30
2036	26,859,423	15,993	0.06	0.30
2037	26,868,296	8,873	0.03	0.30
2038	26,870,568	2,272	0.01	0.30
2039	26,866,948	-3,620	-0.01	0.29
2040	26,858,033	-8,915	-0.03	0.29
2041	26,844,105	-13,928	-0.05	0.29
2042	26,825,439	-18,666	-0.07	0.29
2043	26,802,601	-22,838	-0.09	0.29
2044	26,776,256	-26,345	-0.10	0.28
2045	26,746,916	-29,340	-0.11	0.28
2046	26,714,944	-31,972	-0.12	0.28
2047	26,680,485	-34,459	-0.13	0.28
2048	26,643,524	-36,961	-0.14	0.28
2049	26,603,926	-39,598	-0.15	0.27
2050	26,561,619	-42,307	-0.16	0.27
2051	26,516,714	-44,905	-0.17	0.27
2052	26,469,409	-47,305	-0.18	0.27
2053	26,419,794	-49,615	-0.19	0.27
2054	26,367,968	-51,826	-0.20	0.27
2055	26,314,042	-53,926	-0.20	0.26
2056	26,258,065	-55,977	-0.21	0.26
2057	26,200,151	-57,914	-0.22	0.26
2058	26,140,334	-59,817	-0.23	0.26
2059	26,078,655	-61,679	-0.24	0.26
2060	26,015,181	-63,474	-0.24	0.26
2061	25,949,985	-65,196	-0.25	0.25
2062	25,883,158	-66,827	-0.26	0.25
2063	25,814,738	-68,420	-0.26	0.25
2064	25,744,756	-69,982	-0.27	0.25
2065	25,673,261	-71,495	-0.28	0.25
2066	25,600,322	-72,939	-0.28	0.25
2067	25,526,063	-74,259	-0.29	0.25
2068	25,450,651	-75,412	-0.30	0.24
2069	25,374,294	-76,357	-0.30	0.24
2070	25,297,149	-77,145	-0.30	0.24
2071	25,219,303	-77,846	-0.31	0.24
2072	25,140,838	-78,465	-0.31	0.24
2073	25,061,939	-78,899	-0.31	0.24
2074	24,982,803	-79,136	-0.32	0.24
2075	24,903,578	-79,225	-0.32	0.24
2076	24,824,366	-79,212	-0.32	0.23
2077	24,745,153	-79,213	-0.32	0.23
2078	24,665,840	-79,313	-0.32	0.23
2079	24,586,289	-79,551	-0.32	0.23
2080	24,506,351	-79,938	-0.33	0.23
2081	24,425,987	-80,364	-0.33	0.23
2082	24,345,233	-80,754	-0.33	0.23
2083	24,264,089	-81,144	-0.33	0.23
2084	24,182,604	-81,485	-0.34	0.23
2085	24,100,769	-81,835	-0.34	0.22
2086	24,018,608	-82,161	-0.34	0.22
2087	23,936,039	-82,569	-0.34	0.22
2088	23,852,915	-83,124	-0.35	0.22
2089	23,768,994	-83,921	-0.35	0.22
2090	23,684,126	-84,868	-0.36	0.22
2091	23,598,266	-85,860	-0.36	0.22
2092	23,511,455	-86,811	-0.37	0.22
2093	23,423,774	-87,681	-0.37	0.22
2094	23,335,354	-88,420	-0.38	0.22
2095	23,246,291	-89,063	-0.38	0.21
2096	23,156,662	-89,629	-0.39	0.21
2097	23,066,506	-90,156	-0.39	0.21
2098	22,975,841	-90,665	-0.39	0.21
2099	22,884,632	-91,209	-0.40	0.21
2100	22,792,829	-91,803	-0.40	0.21