Nepal vs North Korea statistics compared

Nepal has a population of 29.7M (ranked 51/197), compared with 26.5M in North Korea (ranked 56/197). Nepal's land area is 55,348 sq mi versus 46,491 sq mi for North Korea (ranked 92nd vs. 97th).

By GDP, Nepal ranks 101/197 ($42.9B) and North Korea ranks 106/197 ($34.9B). By GDP per capita, Nepal ranks 164/197 ($1,447), while North Korea ranks 168/197 ($1,319).

Nepal and North Korea: Comparison Charts

Nepal and North Korea economies compared

GDP

Nepal

North Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Nepal	North Korea
1960	$508,334,414	-
1961	$531,959,562	-
1962	$574,091,101	-
1963	$496,947,904	-
1964	$496,098,775	-
1965	$735,267,082	-
1966	$906,811,944	-
1967	$841,974,025	-
1968	$772,231,387	-
1969	$788,641,965	-
1970	$865,975,309	-
1971	$882,765,472	-
1972	$1,024,098,400	-
1973	$972,101,725	-
1974	$1,217,953,547	-
1975	$1,575,789,254	-
1976	$1,452,788,985	-
1977	$1,382,400,000	-
1978	$1,604,162,497	-
1979	$1,851,250,008	-
1980	$1,945,916,583	-
1981	$2,275,583,317	-
1982	$2,395,423,742	-
1983	$2,447,174,803	-
1984	$2,581,207,388	-
1985	$2,619,913,956	-
1986	$2,850,782,044	-
1987	$2,957,255,380	-
1988	$3,487,009,748	-
1989	$3,525,225,787	-
1990	$3,627,560,239	-
1991	$3,921,476,085	-
1992	$3,401,211,581	-
1993	$3,660,041,667	-
1994	$4,066,775,510	-
1995	$4,401,104,418	-
1996	$4,521,580,381	-
1997	$4,918,691,917	-
1998	$4,856,255,044	-
1999	$5,033,642,384	-
2000	$5,494,252,208	-
2001	$6,007,055,042	-
2002	$6,050,875,807	-
2003	$6,330,473,097	-
2004	$7,273,938,315	-
2005	$8,130,258,378	-
2006	$9,043,715,356	-
2007	$10,325,618,017	-
2008	$12,545,438,605	-
2009	$12,854,985,464	$23,356,470,000
2010	$16,002,656,434	$25,995,513,000
2011	$21,573,872,421	$29,005,020,000
2012	$21,703,100,877	$29,890,710,000
2013	$22,162,204,925	$30,588,922,000
2014	$22,731,612,922	$30,554,460,000
2015	$24,360,801,287	$30,723,030,000
2016	$24,524,109,484	$28,882,640,000
2017	$28,971,588,940	$29,105,440,000
2018	$33,111,525,237	$28,536,400,000
2019	$34,186,180,699	$28,222,880,000
2020	$33,433,659,301	$27,728,240,000
2021	$36,924,841,394	$32,301,720,000
2022	$41,182,939,601	$28,971,360,000
2023	$41,047,772,331	$32,155,360,000
2024	$42,914,268,287	$34,943,120,000

Nepal and North Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Nepal

North Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Nepal	North Korea
1960	$50.2	-
1961	$51.6	-
1962	$54.6	-
1963	$46.3	-
1964	$45.3	-
1965	$65.8	-
1966	$79.5	-
1967	$72.3	-
1968	$64.9	-
1969	$64.8	-
1970	$69.6	-
1971	$69.5	-
1972	$78.8	-
1973	$73.2	-
1974	$89.8	-
1975	$113.6	-
1976	$102.5	-
1977	$95.3	-
1978	$108.1	-
1979	$121.9	-
1980	$125.1	-
1981	$142.9	-
1982	$147	-
1983	$146.6	-
1984	$151.1	-
1985	$149.9	-
1986	$159.5	-
1987	$162	-
1988	$187.1	-
1989	$185	-
1990	$185.8	-
1991	$195.7	-
1992	$165	-
1993	$172.8	-
1994	$187.3	-
1995	$197.8	-
1996	$198.8	-
1997	$211.8	-
1998	$205.1	-
1999	$208.6	-
2000	$223.8	-
2001	$240.8	-
2002	$238.9	-
2003	$246.4	-
2004	$279.6	-
2005	$309	-
2006	$340	-
2007	$385	-
2008	$465	-
2009	$473	$939
2010	$585	$1,040
2011	$786	$1,156
2012	$788	$1,186
2013	$803	$1,208
2014	$821	$1,201
2015	$876	$1,201
2016	$877	$1,124
2017	$1,034	$1,127
2018	$1,179	$1,100
2019	$1,203	$1,084
2020	$1,154	$1,061
2021	$1,253	$1,231
2022	$1,386	$1,100
2023	$1,382	$1,217
2024	$1,447	$1,319

Nepal vs. North Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Nepal

North Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Nepal	North Korea
1950	37.6	14.2
1951	37.6	17.7
1952	37.7	32.8
1953	37.7	40.3
1954	37.8	50.6
1955	37.9	51.8
1956	37.9	52.8
1957	38	53.7
1958	38.1	54.5
1959	38.4	55.2
1960	38.7	55.8
1961	39	56.4
1962	39.3	57
1963	39.6	57.6
1964	40.2	58.2
1965	40.7	58.8
1966	41.2	59.4
1967	41.7	60.1
1968	42.2	60.8
1969	42.7	61.4
1970	43.2	62
1971	43.6	62.7
1972	44.1	63.3
1973	44.5	63.8
1974	44.9	64.3
1975	45.5	64.8
1976	46	65.3
1977	46.6	65.8
1978	47.2	66.3
1979	47.8	66.7
1980	48.3	67.2
1981	48.7	67.7
1982	49.2	68.1
1983	49.7	68.5
1984	50.2	68.9
1985	50.9	69.2
1986	51.6	69.5
1987	52.4	69.8
1988	53.1	70.1
1989	54	70.3
1990	54.8	70.5
1991	55.6	70.7
1992	56.7	71
1993	57.6	70.8
1994	58.6	70.5
1995	59.3	60.8
1996	60	60.8
1997	60.8	60.9
1998	61.5	60.9
1999	62	60.9
2000	62.6	60.9
2001	63.3	60.9
2002	63.5	60.9
2003	64.2	69.4
2004	64.7	69.3
2005	65.3	69.2
2006	65.9	69.1
2007	66.2	69
2008	66.4	69.3
2009	66.6	69.7
2010	66.8	70.2
2011	67.1	70.8
2012	67.4	71.3
2013	67.6	71.9
2014	67.8	72.5
2015	67.4	72.8
2016	68.4	73
2017	68.7	73
2018	69	73
2019	69.3	72.9
2020	69.1	72.8
2021	68.4	73.4
2022	70.1	73.6
2023	70.4	73.6
2024	70.6	73.7
2025	70.9	73.9

Nepal and North Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Nepal

North Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Nepal	North Korea
1960	10,123,658	11,722,953
1961	10,318,396	11,990,713
1962	10,521,116	12,262,882
1963	10,729,818	12,567,057
1964	10,946,392	12,889,770
1965	11,173,411	13,219,369
1966	11,408,710	13,569,094
1967	11,652,716	13,958,350
1968	11,906,266	14,365,596
1969	12,167,036	14,767,615
1970	12,436,190	15,172,775
1971	12,710,061	15,572,457
1972	12,989,099	15,975,069
1973	13,275,239	16,350,367
1974	13,568,435	16,673,121
1975	13,870,695	16,971,055
1976	14,177,649	17,243,450
1977	14,499,175	17,492,798
1978	14,839,695	17,735,995
1979	15,190,590	17,983,470
1980	15,553,105	18,236,786
1981	15,922,423	18,501,295
1982	16,297,987	18,776,357
1983	16,689,119	19,054,034
1984	17,085,242	19,335,043
1985	17,477,692	19,620,388
1986	17,868,124	19,910,855
1987	18,250,505	20,205,483
1988	18,638,661	20,503,161
1989	19,057,807	20,804,367
1990	19,524,573	21,112,137
1991	20,036,500	21,428,638
1992	20,609,707	21,750,911
1993	21,180,159	22,073,352
1994	21,717,479	22,393,975
1995	22,245,439	22,669,304
1996	22,741,862	22,895,746
1997	23,219,463	23,110,830
1998	23,680,357	23,311,564
1999	24,125,199	23,497,599
2000	24,546,509	23,665,910
2001	24,946,748	23,815,358
2002	25,328,981	23,943,973
2003	25,688,758	24,090,380
2004	26,016,656	24,254,943
2005	26,309,458	24,396,433
2006	26,565,425	24,524,507
2007	26,788,492	24,646,383
2008	26,990,037	24,764,618
2009	27,173,035	24,878,332
2010	27,341,952	24,987,258
2011	27,464,494	25,097,874
2012	27,534,915	25,211,728
2013	27,589,996	25,329,451
2014	27,672,370	25,451,262
2015	27,823,629	25,575,350
2016	27,955,462	25,698,326
2017	28,011,258	25,817,709
2018	28,079,689	25,931,147
2019	28,414,064	26,037,632
2020	28,966,574	26,136,312
2021	29,475,010	26,232,534
2022	29,715,436	26,328,845
2023	29,694,614	26,418,204
2024	29,651,054	26,498,823

Fertility rates in Nepal and North Korea

Fertility rate

Nepal

North Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Nepal	North Korea
1960	6.07	3.57
1961	6.09	3.26
1962	6.08	3.41
1963	6.06	3.63
1964	6.04	3.55
1965	6.01	3.56
1966	5.98	3.71
1967	5.95	4.05
1968	5.94	3.87
1969	5.89	3.86
1970	5.87	3.85
1971	5.85	3.74
1972	5.8	3.89
1973	5.7	3.35
1974	5.75	3.14
1975	5.73	3.05
1976	5.72	2.84
1977	5.69	2.77
1978	5.68	2.79
1979	5.64	2.85
1980	5.6	2.84
1981	5.58	2.92
1982	5.55	2.85
1983	5.54	2.78
1984	5.51	2.71
1985	5.46	2.65
1986	5.4	2.59
1987	5.35	2.53
1988	5.31	2.47
1989	5.26	2.41
1990	5.21	2.39
1991	5.15	2.35
1992	5.07	2.29
1993	5.04	2.22
1994	4.96	2.18
1995	4.87	2.15
1996	4.67	2.09
1997	4.44	2.03
1998	4.28	1.99
1999	4.13	1.97
2000	3.98	1.94
2001	3.79	1.94
2002	3.6	1.92
2003	3.44	1.91
2004	3.28	1.9
2005	3.12	1.87
2006	2.97	1.94
2007	2.86	1.94
2008	2.74	1.97
2009	2.63	1.91
2010	2.54	1.89
2011	2.46	1.88
2012	2.42	1.88
2013	2.36	1.88
2014	2.32	1.87
2015	2.27	1.86
2016	2.23	1.86
2017	2.17	1.85
2018	2.12	1.83
2019	2.08	1.83
2020	2.05	1.82
2021	2.03	1.81
2022	2	1.8
2023	1.98	1.78

Nepal and North Korea demographics compared

Median age

Nepal

North Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Nepal	North Korea
1960	19.5	19.9
1961	19.5	20.2
1962	19.6	20.6
1963	19.6	20.8
1964	19.6	21
1965	19.6	21.2
1966	19.6	21.3
1967	19.7	21.4
1968	19.7	21.4
1969	19.7	21.4
1970	19.7	21.4
1971	19.7	21.2
1972	19.7	20.9
1973	19.7	20.7
1974	19.7	20.7
1975	19.7	20.9
1976	19.7	21.1
1977	19.7	21.4
1978	19.6	21.8
1979	19.6	22.2
1980	19.6	22.5
1981	19.5	22.8
1982	19.5	23.1
1983	19.5	23.5
1984	19.5	23.9
1985	19.4	24.2
1986	19.4	24.5
1987	19.3	24.8
1988	19.2	25.1
1989	19.2	25.6
1990	19.2	26
1991	19.2	26.4
1992	19.2	26.8
1993	19.2	27.2
1994	19.2	27.6
1995	19.2	28
1996	19.2	28.3
1997	19.2	28.8
1998	19.2	29.2
1999	19.3	29.6
2000	19.3	30.1
2001	19.4	30.5
2002	19.5	31
2003	19.7	31.4
2004	19.8	31.8
2005	20	32.1
2006	20.3	32.5
2007	20.5	32.9
2008	20.8	33.3
2009	21	33.7
2010	21.3	34
2011	21.6	34.3
2012	21.8	34.5
2013	22	34.7
2014	22.2	35
2015	22.4	35.2
2016	22.7	35.4
2017	22.9	35.7
2018	23.2	35.9
2019	23.7	36.2
2020	24.5	36.4
2021	25	36.6
2022	25.4	36.8
2023	25.7	37.1
2024	26	37.3

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