Belarus vs North Korea statistics compared

Belarus has a population of 9.13M (ranked 100/197), compared with 26.5M in North Korea (ranked 56/197). Belarus' land area is 78,372 sq mi versus 46,491 sq mi for North Korea (ranked 83rd vs. 97th).

By GDP, Belarus ranks 83/197 ($76B) and North Korea ranks 106/197 ($34.9B). By GDP per capita, Belarus ranks 95/197 ($8,317), while North Korea ranks 168/197 ($1,319).

Belarus and North Korea: Comparison Charts

Belarus and North Korea economies compared

GDP

Belarus

North Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Belarus	North Korea
1990	$17,389,558,233	-
1991	$18,404,907,975	-
1992	$16,939,790,094	-
1993	$16,275,073,527	-
1994	$14,931,435,232	-
1995	$13,972,683,274	-
1996	$14,756,846,154	-
1997	$14,130,585,516	-
1998	$15,221,352,699	-
1999	$12,138,243,081	-
2000	$12,736,780,455	-
2001	$12,354,820,144	-
2002	$14,594,900,945	-
2003	$17,825,444,724	-
2004	$23,141,566,293	-
2005	$30,210,091,837	-
2006	$36,961,894,281	-
2007	$45,275,711,996	-
2008	$60,752,106,347	-
2009	$50,873,167,326	$23,356,470,000
2010	$57,231,904,543	$25,995,513,000
2011	$61,762,382,328	$29,005,020,000
2012	$65,685,890,439	$29,890,710,000
2013	$75,527,558,966	$30,588,922,000
2014	$78,813,069,121	$30,554,460,000
2015	$56,454,769,845	$30,723,030,000
2016	$47,723,545,321	$28,882,640,000
2017	$54,725,405,751	$29,105,440,000
2018	$60,031,026,576	$28,536,400,000
2019	$64,410,170,653	$28,222,880,000
2020	$61,371,673,345	$27,728,240,000
2021	$69,673,747,132	$32,301,720,000
2022	$73,775,179,925	$28,971,360,000
2023	$72,478,760,370	$32,155,360,000
2024	$75,961,865,472	$34,943,120,000

Belarus and North Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Belarus

North Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Belarus	North Korea
1990	$1,707	-
1991	$1,805	-
1992	$1,658	-
1993	$1,590	-
1994	$1,460	-
1995	$1,371	-
1996	$1,453	-
1997	$1,397	-
1998	$1,511	-
1999	$1,211	-
2000	$1,276	-
2001	$1,244	-
2002	$1,479	-
2003	$1,820	-
2004	$2,378	-
2005	$3,126	-
2006	$3,848	-
2007	$4,735	-
2008	$6,376	-
2009	$5,352	$939
2010	$6,035	$1,040
2011	$6,528	$1,156
2012	$6,953	$1,186
2013	$7,998	$1,208
2014	$8,341	$1,201
2015	$5,967	$1,201
2016	$5,040	$1,124
2017	$5,786	$1,127
2018	$6,360	$1,100
2019	$6,838	$1,084
2020	$6,543	$1,061
2021	$7,490	$1,231
2022	$7,995	$1,100
2023	$7,897	$1,217
2024	$8,317	$1,319

Belarus vs. North Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Belarus

North Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Belarus	North Korea
1950	58.6	14.2
1951	59.4	17.7
1952	60.5	32.8
1953	61.5	40.3
1954	62.5	50.6
1955	63.5	51.8
1956	64.5	52.8
1957	65.4	53.7
1958	66.6	54.5
1959	68	55.2
1960	69.3	55.8
1961	70	56.4
1962	70.5	57
1963	70.8	57.6
1964	71.3	58.2
1965	71.6	58.8
1966	71.8	59.4
1967	71.9	60.1
1968	71.9	60.8
1969	71.7	61.4
1970	71.7	62
1971	71.6	62.7
1972	71.8	63.3
1973	71.7	63.8
1974	71.7	64.3
1975	71.4	64.8
1976	71.2	65.3
1977	71.1	65.8
1978	70.9	66.3
1979	70.8	66.7
1980	70.7	67.2
1981	70.8	67.7
1982	70.8	68.1
1983	70.7	68.5
1984	70.8	68.9
1985	71.2	69.2
1986	71.7	69.5
1987	71.9	69.8
1988	71.7	70.1
1989	71.5	70.3
1990	71.1	70.5
1991	70.7	70.7
1992	70.1	71
1993	69.5	70.8
1994	69	70.5
1995	68.8	60.8
1996	68.6	60.8
1997	68.5	60.9
1998	68.3	60.9
1999	68.4	60.9
2000	68.5	60.9
2001	68.4	60.9
2002	68.3	60.9
2003	68.4	69.4
2004	68.7	69.3
2005	69	69.2
2006	69.4	69.1
2007	70	69
2008	70.3	69.3
2009	70.4	69.7
2010	70.5	70.2
2011	71.1	70.8
2012	71.8	71.3
2013	72.7	71.9
2014	73.2	72.5
2015	73.8	72.8
2016	74.2	73
2017	74.4	73
2018	74.3	73
2019	74.3	72.9
2020	72.3	72.8
2021	72.2	73.4
2022	74.4	73.6
2023	74.4	73.6
2024	74.6	73.7
2025	74.8	73.9

Belarus and North Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Belarus

North Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Belarus	North Korea
1960	8,198,000	11,722,953
1961	8,271,216	11,990,713
1962	8,351,928	12,262,882
1963	8,437,232	12,567,057
1964	8,524,224	12,889,770
1965	8,610,000	13,219,369
1966	8,696,496	13,569,094
1967	8,785,648	13,958,350
1968	8,874,552	14,365,596
1969	8,960,304	14,767,615
1970	9,040,000	15,172,775
1971	9,115,576	15,572,457
1972	9,188,968	15,975,069
1973	9,257,272	16,350,367
1974	9,317,584	16,673,121
1975	9,367,000	16,971,055
1976	9,411,000	17,243,450
1977	9,463,000	17,492,798
1978	9,525,000	17,735,995
1979	9,584,000	17,983,470
1980	9,643,000	18,236,786
1981	9,710,000	18,501,295
1982	9,776,000	18,776,357
1983	9,843,000	19,054,034
1984	9,910,000	19,335,043
1985	9,975,000	19,620,388
1986	10,043,000	19,910,855
1987	10,111,000	20,205,483
1988	10,140,000	20,503,161
1989	10,170,000	20,804,367
1990	10,189,348	21,112,137
1991	10,194,050	21,428,638
1992	10,216,470	21,750,911
1993	10,239,050	22,073,352
1994	10,226,955	22,393,975
1995	10,193,831	22,669,304
1996	10,159,569	22,895,746
1997	10,117,433	23,110,830
1998	10,071,963	23,311,564
1999	10,026,738	23,497,599
2000	9,979,610	23,665,910
2001	9,928,549	23,815,358
2002	9,865,548	23,943,973
2003	9,796,749	24,090,380
2004	9,730,146	24,254,943
2005	9,663,915	24,396,433
2006	9,604,924	24,524,507
2007	9,560,953	24,646,383
2008	9,527,985	24,764,618
2009	9,504,583	24,878,332
2010	9,483,836	24,987,258
2011	9,461,643	25,097,874
2012	9,446,836	25,211,728
2013	9,443,211	25,329,451
2014	9,448,515	25,451,262
2015	9,461,076	25,575,350
2016	9,469,379	25,698,326
2017	9,458,989	25,817,709
2018	9,438,785	25,931,147
2019	9,419,758	26,037,632
2020	9,379,952	26,136,312
2021	9,302,585	26,232,534
2022	9,228,071	26,328,845
2023	9,178,298	26,418,204
2024	9,133,712	26,498,823

Fertility rates in Belarus and North Korea

Fertility rate

Belarus

North Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Belarus	North Korea
1960	2.67	3.57
1961	2.59	3.26
1962	2.5	3.41
1963	2.4	3.63
1964	2.31	3.55
1965	2.27	3.56
1966	2.29	3.71
1967	2.26	4.05
1968	2.22	3.87
1969	2.26	3.86
1970	2.31	3.85
1971	2.31	3.74
1972	2.28	3.89
1973	2.25	3.35
1974	2.21	3.14
1975	2.17	3.05
1976	2.12	2.84
1977	2.08	2.77
1978	2.06	2.79
1979	2.05	2.85
1980	2.03	2.84
1981	2.02	2.92
1982	2.05	2.85
1983	2.11	2.78
1984	2.11	2.71
1985	2.09	2.65
1986	2.09	2.59
1987	2.03	2.53
1988	2.03	2.47
1989	2.03	2.41
1990	1.91	2.39
1991	1.81	2.35
1992	1.76	2.29
1993	1.62	2.22
1994	1.53	2.18
1995	1.41	2.15
1996	1.34	2.09
1997	1.25	2.03
1998	1.3	1.99
1999	1.31	1.97
2000	1.32	1.94
2001	1.29	1.94
2002	1.24	1.92
2003	1.23	1.91
2004	1.23	1.9
2005	1.25	1.87
2006	1.34	1.94
2007	1.43	1.94
2008	1.49	1.97
2009	1.51	1.91
2010	1.49	1.89
2011	1.52	1.88
2012	1.62	1.88
2013	1.67	1.88
2014	1.7	1.87
2015	1.72	1.86
2016	1.73	1.86
2017	1.54	1.85
2018	1.45	1.83
2019	1.38	1.83
2020	1.37	1.82
2021	1.37	1.81
2022	1.33	1.8
2023	1.21	1.78

Belarus and North Korea demographics compared

Median age

Belarus

North Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Belarus	North Korea
1960	26.6	19.9
1961	26.9	20.2
1962	27.3	20.6
1963	27.6	20.8
1964	27.9	21
1965	28.2	21.2
1966	28.6	21.3
1967	28.9	21.4
1968	29.3	21.4
1969	29.7	21.4
1970	30.1	21.4
1971	30.4	21.2
1972	30.5	20.9
1973	30.5	20.7
1974	30.5	20.7
1975	30.4	20.9
1976	30.4	21.1
1977	30.6	21.4
1978	30.9	21.8
1979	31.1	22.2
1980	31.2	22.5
1981	31.2	22.8
1982	31.4	23.1
1983	31.5	23.5
1984	31.7	23.9
1985	31.9	24.2
1986	32.1	24.5
1987	32.4	24.8
1988	32.6	25.1
1989	32.8	25.6
1990	33	26
1991	33.3	26.4
1992	33.6	26.8
1993	33.9	27.2
1994	34.2	27.6
1995	34.6	28
1996	35	28.3
1997	35.4	28.8
1998	35.8	29.2
1999	36.1	29.6
2000	36.5	30.1
2001	36.8	30.5
2002	37.1	31
2003	37.4	31.4
2004	37.7	31.8
2005	38	32.1
2006	38.3	32.5
2007	38.5	32.9
2008	38.7	33.3
2009	38.8	33.7
2010	38.9	34
2011	39.1	34.3
2012	39.2	34.5
2013	39.3	34.7
2014	39.4	35
2015	39.5	35.2
2016	39.7	35.4
2017	39.8	35.7
2018	40	35.9
2019	40.3	36.2
2020	40.6	36.4
2021	40.9	36.6
2022	41.2	36.8
2023	41.6	37.1
2024	42	37.3

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