Israel vs North Korea statistics compared

Israel has a population of 9.97M (ranked 96/197), compared with 26.5M in North Korea (ranked 56/197). Israel's land area is 8,355 sq mi versus 46,491 sq mi for North Korea (ranked 149th vs. 97th).

By GDP, Israel ranks 28/197 ($540B) and North Korea ranks 106/197 ($34.9B). By GDP per capita, Israel ranks 21/197 ($54,177), while North Korea ranks 168/197 ($1,319).

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Israel and North Korea economies compared

GDP

Israel

North Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Israel	North Korea
1960	$3,070,585,807	-
1961	$3,708,586,471	-
1962	$2,966,154,031	-
1963	$3,535,949,089	-
1964	$4,024,344,853	-
1965	$4,329,084,429	-
1966	$4,703,300,098	-
1967	$4,762,386,783	-
1968	$5,458,427,928	-
1969	$6,297,852,761	-
1970	$7,406,712,876	-
1971	$7,052,544,000	-
1972	$9,222,557,539	-
1973	$11,902,574,259	-
1974	$17,172,607,138	-
1975	$16,141,767,373	-
1976	$15,956,349,550	-
1977	$18,257,113,904	-
1978	$17,701,286,907	-
1979	$22,609,741,060	-
1980	$25,395,256,478	-
1981	$26,882,009,819	-
1982	$29,255,285,401	-
1983	$32,675,755,462	-
1984	$30,645,607,293	-
1985	$28,905,736,367	-
1986	$35,834,154,874	-
1987	$43,049,543,635	-
1988	$52,650,948,910	-
1989	$52,443,479,454	-
1990	$62,016,729,541	-
1991	$70,998,755,007	-
1992	$79,457,685,757	-
1993	$79,855,877,174	-
1994	$90,740,103,829	-
1995	$105,497,418,059	-
1996	$115,116,595,545	-
1997	$119,459,826,347	-
1998	$120,547,409,279	-
1999	$121,417,185,062	-
2000	$136,512,300,542	-
2001	$135,002,039,613	-
2002	$125,332,331,884	-
2003	$131,408,914,824	-
2004	$140,047,984,605	-
2005	$147,519,922,009	-
2006	$158,900,547,825	-
2007	$184,681,214,673	-
2008	$221,231,658,863	-
2009	$213,403,181,853	$23,356,470,000
2010	$239,679,036,634	$25,995,513,000
2011	$268,094,998,225	$29,005,020,000
2012	$263,589,172,712	$29,890,710,000
2013	$298,478,070,673	$30,588,922,000
2014	$315,017,088,117	$30,554,460,000
2015	$303,469,434,072	$30,723,030,000
2016	$321,940,971,558	$28,882,640,000
2017	$358,451,839,053	$29,105,440,000
2018	$376,299,083,108	$28,536,400,000
2019	$400,645,216,359	$28,222,880,000
2020	$410,768,352,658	$27,728,240,000
2021	$489,851,549,972	$32,301,720,000
2022	$525,181,008,026	$28,971,360,000
2023	$512,184,638,999	$32,155,360,000
2024	$540,379,921,262	$34,943,120,000

Israel and North Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Israel

North Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Israel	North Korea
1960	$1,452	-
1961	$1,697	-
1962	$1,294	-
1963	$1,486	-
1964	$1,626	-
1965	$1,689	-
1966	$1,789	-
1967	$1,735	-
1968	$1,947	-
1969	$2,189	-
1970	$2,490	-
1971	$2,298	-
1972	$2,930	-
1973	$3,631	-
1974	$5,085	-
1975	$4,672	-
1976	$4,516	-
1977	$5,053	-
1978	$4,797	-
1979	$5,972	-
1980	$6,549	-
1981	$6,795	-
1982	$7,258	-
1983	$7,960	-
1984	$7,369	-
1985	$6,829	-
1986	$8,335	-
1987	$9,853	-
1988	$11,853	-
1989	$11,608	-
1990	$13,308	-
1991	$14,346	-
1992	$15,510	-
1993	$15,179	-
1994	$16,807	-
1995	$19,026	-
1996	$20,224	-
1997	$20,469	-
1998	$20,189	-
1999	$19,823	-
2000	$21,707	-
2001	$20,966	-
2002	$19,076	-
2003	$19,643	-
2004	$20,568	-
2005	$21,287	-
2006	$22,527	-
2007	$25,721	-
2008	$30,269	-
2009	$28,508	$939
2010	$31,439	$1,040
2011	$34,523	$1,156
2012	$33,321	$1,186
2013	$37,034	$1,208
2014	$38,343	$1,201
2015	$36,213	$1,201
2016	$37,672	$1,124
2017	$41,138	$1,127
2018	$42,363	$1,100
2019	$44,251	$1,084
2020	$44,576	$1,061
2021	$52,271	$1,231
2022	$54,950	$1,100
2023	$52,004	$1,217
2024	$54,177	$1,319

Israel vs. North Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Israel

North Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Israel	North Korea
1950	69.9	14.2
1951	67.6	17.7
1952	67.2	32.8
1953	66.4	40.3
1954	66.3	50.6
1955	68	51.8
1956	66.6	52.8
1957	66.5	53.7
1958	68.4	54.5
1959	68.9	55.2
1960	69.8	55.8
1961	69.8	56.4
1962	69.3	57
1963	69.6	57.6
1964	69.6	58.2
1965	70.5	58.8
1966	70.9	59.4
1967	70.9	60.1
1968	70.8	60.8
1969	71	61.4
1970	71.2	62
1971	71.8	62.7
1972	71.6	63.3
1973	71.6	63.8
1974	71.6	64.3
1975	71.6	64.8
1976	72.7	65.3
1977	72.7	65.8
1978	73.1	66.3
1979	73.4	66.7
1980	73.7	67.2
1981	74.2	67.7
1982	74.3	68.1
1983	75.1	68.5
1984	75.5	68.9
1985	76	69.2
1986	75.9	69.5
1987	76.4	69.8
1988	76.9	70.1
1989	77.6	70.3
1990	78	70.5
1991	77.6	70.7
1992	77.3	71
1993	77.9	70.8
1994	78	70.5
1995	78.1	60.8
1996	78.6	60.8
1997	78.6	60.9
1998	78.6	60.9
1999	78.9	60.9
2000	79.2	60.9
2001	79.5	60.9
2002	79.5	60.9
2003	79.8	69.4
2004	80.3	69.3
2005	80.4	69.2
2006	80.8	69.1
2007	81	69
2008	81.3	69.3
2009	81.8	69.7
2010	82	70.2
2011	82	70.8
2012	82	71.3
2013	82.4	71.9
2014	82.4	72.5
2015	82.3	72.8
2016	82.6	73
2017	82.7	73
2018	82.9	73
2019	82.9	72.9
2020	82.7	72.8
2021	82.5	73.4
2022	82.8	73.6
2023	82.4	73.6
2024	82.7	73.7
2025	82.8	73.9

Israel and North Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Israel

North Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Israel	North Korea
1960	2,114,020	11,722,953
1961	2,185,000	11,990,713
1962	2,293,000	12,262,882
1963	2,379,000	12,567,057
1964	2,475,000	12,889,770
1965	2,563,000	13,219,369
1966	2,629,000	13,569,094
1967	2,745,000	13,958,350
1968	2,803,000	14,365,596
1969	2,877,000	14,767,615
1970	2,974,000	15,172,775
1971	3,069,000	15,572,457
1972	3,148,000	15,975,069
1973	3,278,000	16,350,367
1974	3,377,000	16,673,121
1975	3,455,000	16,971,055
1976	3,533,000	17,243,450
1977	3,613,000	17,492,798
1978	3,690,000	17,735,995
1979	3,786,000	17,983,470
1980	3,878,000	18,236,786
1981	3,956,000	18,501,295
1982	4,031,000	18,776,357
1983	4,105,000	19,054,034
1984	4,159,000	19,335,043
1985	4,233,000	19,620,388
1986	4,299,000	19,910,855
1987	4,369,000	20,205,483
1988	4,442,000	20,503,161
1989	4,518,000	20,804,367
1990	4,660,000	21,112,137
1991	4,949,000	21,428,638
1992	5,123,000	21,750,911
1993	5,261,000	22,073,352
1994	5,399,000	22,393,975
1995	5,545,000	22,669,304
1996	5,692,000	22,895,746
1997	5,836,000	23,110,830
1998	5,971,000	23,311,564
1999	6,125,000	23,497,599
2000	6,289,000	23,665,910
2001	6,439,000	23,815,358
2002	6,570,000	23,943,973
2003	6,689,700	24,090,380
2004	6,809,000	24,254,943
2005	6,930,100	24,396,433
2006	7,053,700	24,524,507
2007	7,180,100	24,646,383
2008	7,308,800	24,764,618
2009	7,485,600	24,878,332
2010	7,623,600	24,987,258
2011	7,765,800	25,097,874
2012	7,910,500	25,211,728
2013	8,059,500	25,329,451
2014	8,215,700	25,451,262
2015	8,380,100	25,575,350
2016	8,546,000	25,698,326
2017	8,713,300	25,817,709
2018	8,882,800	25,931,147
2019	9,054,000	26,037,632
2020	9,215,100	26,136,312
2021	9,371,400	26,232,534
2022	9,557,500	26,328,845
2023	9,849,000	26,418,204
2024	9,974,400	26,498,823

Fertility rates in Israel and North Korea

Fertility rate

Israel

North Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Israel	North Korea
1960	3.87	3.57
1961	3.86	3.26
1962	3.85	3.41
1963	3.84	3.63
1964	3.83	3.55
1965	3.81	3.56
1966	3.8	3.71
1967	3.79	4.05
1968	3.79	3.87
1969	3.78	3.86
1970	3.78	3.85
1971	3.77	3.74
1972	3.77	3.89
1973	3.7	3.35
1974	3.63	3.14
1975	3.55	3.05
1976	3.48	2.84
1977	3.41	2.77
1978	3.35	2.79
1979	3.3	2.85
1980	3.24	2.84
1981	3.19	2.92
1982	3.13	2.85
1983	3.11	2.78
1984	3.08	2.71
1985	3.06	2.65
1986	3.03	2.59
1987	3.01	2.53
1988	2.95	2.47
1989	2.89	2.41
1990	2.82	2.39
1991	2.76	2.35
1992	2.7	2.29
1993	2.8	2.22
1994	2.9	2.18
1995	2.9	2.15
1996	2.9	2.09
1997	2.94	2.03
1998	2.98	1.99
1999	2.97	1.97
2000	2.95	1.94
2001	2.92	1.94
2002	2.89	1.92
2003	2.95	1.91
2004	2.9	1.9
2005	2.84	1.87
2006	2.88	1.94
2007	2.9	1.94
2008	2.96	1.97
2009	2.96	1.91
2010	3.03	1.89
2011	2.98	1.88
2012	3.05	1.88
2013	3.03	1.88
2014	3.08	1.87
2015	3.09	1.86
2016	3.11	1.86
2017	3.11	1.85
2018	3.09	1.83
2019	3.01	1.83
2020	2.9	1.82
2021	3	1.81
2022	2.89	1.8
2023	2.85	1.78

Israel and North Korea demographics compared

Median age

Israel

North Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Israel	North Korea
1960	25.3	19.9
1961	25.3	20.2
1962	25	20.6
1963	24.6	20.8
1964	24.1	21
1965	23.8	21.2
1966	23.5	21.3
1967	23.4	21.4
1968	23.3	21.4
1969	23.3	21.4
1970	23.4	21.4
1971	23.5	21.2
1972	23.7	20.9
1973	23.8	20.7
1974	24	20.7
1975	24.2	20.9
1976	24.3	21.1
1977	24.5	21.4
1978	24.7	21.8
1979	24.8	22.2
1980	25	22.5
1981	25.1	22.8
1982	25.2	23.1
1983	25.3	23.5
1984	25.4	23.9
1985	25.4	24.2
1986	25.4	24.5
1987	25.5	24.8
1988	25.5	25.1
1989	25.6	25.6
1990	25.8	26
1991	26.2	26.4
1992	26.4	26.8
1993	26.5	27.2
1994	26.6	27.6
1995	26.9	28
1996	27.1	28.3
1997	27.3	28.8
1998	27.4	29.2
1999	27.6	29.6
2000	27.8	30.1
2001	28	30.5
2002	28.2	31
2003	28.4	31.4
2004	28.5	31.8
2005	28.7	32.1
2006	28.9	32.5
2007	29.1	32.9
2008	29.2	33.3
2009	29.3	33.7
2010	29.4	34
2011	29.5	34.3
2012	29.5	34.5
2013	29.6	34.7
2014	29.7	35
2015	29.8	35.2
2016	29.8	35.4
2017	29.9	35.7
2018	29.9	35.9
2019	29.9	36.2
2020	30	36.4
2021	30	36.6
2022	30.1	36.8
2023	30.2	37.1
2024	30.2	37.3

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