North Korea vs Poland statistics compared

North Korea has a population of 26.5M (ranked 56/197), compared with 36.6M in Poland (ranked 42/197). North Korea's land area is 46,491 sq mi versus 118,252 sq mi for Poland (ranked 97th vs. 69th).

By GDP, North Korea ranks 106/197 ($34.9B) and Poland ranks 21/197 ($915B). By GDP per capita, North Korea ranks 168/197 ($1,319), while Poland ranks 48/197 ($25,023).

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North Korea and Poland economies compared

GDP

North Korea

Poland

Table

Year	GDP
	North Korea	Poland
1990	-	$65,977,748,211
1991	-	$85,500,935,935
1992	-	$94,337,050,693
1993	-	$96,043,157,273
1994	-	$110,803,635,288
1995	-	$142,838,527,115
1996	-	$160,813,026,223
1997	-	$159,893,964,917
1998	-	$175,282,269,667
1999	-	$170,704,452,715
2000	-	$172,953,527,033
2001	-	$191,823,200,371
2002	-	$199,694,463,256
2003	-	$218,561,225,998
2004	-	$256,268,656,145
2005	-	$306,999,913,151
2006	-	$345,897,630,736
2007	-	$429,715,132,138
2008	-	$535,612,030,672
2009	$23,356,470,000	$440,891,472,247
2010	$25,995,513,000	$478,111,630,684
2011	$29,005,020,000	$527,848,543,023
2012	$29,890,710,000	$498,148,649,703
2013	$30,588,922,000	$518,179,836,405
2014	$30,554,460,000	$542,134,167,179
2015	$30,723,030,000	$480,054,118,583
2016	$28,882,640,000	$473,259,623,976
2017	$29,105,440,000	$528,356,723,263
2018	$28,536,400,000	$594,616,632,477
2019	$28,222,880,000	$602,683,770,145
2020	$27,728,240,000	$605,914,186,118
2021	$32,301,720,000	$689,170,171,187
2022	$28,971,360,000	$695,607,522,885
2023	$32,155,360,000	$812,451,128,979
2024	$34,943,120,000	$914,696,430,325

North Korea and Poland economies compared

GDP per capita

North Korea

Poland

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	North Korea	Poland
1990	-	$1,731
1991	-	$2,236
1992	-	$2,459
1993	-	$2,497
1994	-	$2,875
1995	-	$3,701
1996	-	$4,164
1997	-	$4,137
1998	-	$4,534
1999	-	$4,416
2000	-	$4,521
2001	-	$5,015
2002	-	$5,223
2003	-	$5,721
2004	-	$6,712
2005	-	$8,044
2006	-	$9,069
2007	-	$11,273
2008	-	$14,049
2009	$939	$11,556
2010	$1,040	$12,568
2011	$1,156	$13,868
2012	$1,186	$13,087
2013	$1,208	$13,622
2014	$1,201	$14,262
2015	$1,201	$12,638
2016	$1,124	$12,464
2017	$1,127	$13,913
2018	$1,100	$15,658
2019	$1,084	$15,875
2020	$1,061	$16,151
2021	$1,231	$18,636
2022	$1,100	$18,891
2023	$1,217	$22,145
2024	$1,319	$25,023

North Korea vs. Poland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

North Korea

Poland

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	North Korea	Poland
1950	14.2	58.3
1951	17.7	58.9
1952	32.8	59.7
1953	40.3	61.3
1954	50.6	62.3
1955	51.8	63.1
1956	52.8	63.4
1957	53.7	64.4
1958	54.5	64.9
1959	55.2	66.4
1960	55.8	67.1
1961	56.4	67.8
1962	57	68
1963	57.6	68.3
1964	58.2	68.9
1965	58.8	69.4
1966	59.4	69.7
1967	60.1	69.9
1968	60.8	69.8
1969	61.4	69.8
1970	62	69.6
1971	62.7	69.8
1972	63.3	70.1
1973	63.8	70.7
1974	64.3	70.7
1975	64.8	70.6
1976	65.3	70.4
1977	65.8	70.3
1978	66.3	70.4
1979	66.7	70.2
1980	67.2	70.5
1981	67.7	70.6
1982	68.1	70.9
1983	68.5	70.8
1984	68.9	70.6
1985	69.2	70.5
1986	69.5	70.6
1987	69.8	70.8
1988	70.1	70.8
1989	70.3	70.8
1990	70.5	70.6
1991	70.7	70.7
1992	71	70.9
1993	70.8	71.3
1994	70.5	71.7
1995	60.8	72
1996	60.8	72.3
1997	60.9	72.6
1998	60.9	72.8
1999	60.9	73.2
2000	60.9	73.6
2001	60.9	74.2
2002	60.9	74.5
2003	69.4	74.8
2004	69.3	74.9
2005	69.2	75.1
2006	69.1	75.3
2007	69	75.4
2008	69.3	75.6
2009	69.7	75.9
2010	70.2	76.3
2011	70.8	76.6
2012	71.3	76.8
2013	71.9	77.1
2014	72.5	77.3
2015	72.8	77.6
2016	73	77.6
2017	73	77.7
2018	73	77.6
2019	72.9	77.9
2020	72.8	76.6
2021	73.4	75.6
2022	73.6	77.9
2023	73.6	78.6
2024	73.7	78.8
2025	73.9	79

North Korea and Poland population clocks and comparison

Population

North Korea

Poland

Table

Year	Population
	North Korea	Poland
1960	11,722,953	29,637,450
1961	11,990,713	29,964,000
1962	12,262,882	30,308,500
1963	12,567,057	30,712,000
1964	12,889,770	31,139,450
1965	13,219,369	31,444,950
1966	13,569,094	31,681,000
1967	13,958,350	31,987,155
1968	14,365,596	32,294,655
1969	14,767,615	32,548,300
1970	15,172,775	32,664,300
1971	15,572,457	32,783,500
1972	15,975,069	33,055,650
1973	16,350,367	33,357,200
1974	16,673,121	33,678,899
1975	16,971,055	34,015,199
1976	17,243,450	34,356,300
1977	17,492,798	34,689,050
1978	17,735,995	34,965,600
1979	17,983,470	35,247,217
1980	18,236,786	35,574,150
1981	18,501,295	35,898,587
1982	18,776,357	36,230,481
1983	19,054,034	36,571,808
1984	19,335,043	36,904,134
1985	19,620,388	37,201,885
1986	19,910,855	37,456,119
1987	20,205,483	37,668,045
1988	20,503,161	37,824,487
1989	20,804,367	37,961,529
1990	21,112,137	38,110,782
1991	21,428,638	38,246,193
1992	21,750,911	38,363,667
1993	22,073,352	38,461,408
1994	22,393,975	38,542,652
1995	22,669,304	38,594,998
1996	22,895,746	38,624,370
1997	23,110,830	38,649,660
1998	23,311,564	38,663,481
1999	23,497,599	38,660,271
2000	23,665,910	38,258,629
2001	23,815,358	38,248,076
2002	23,943,973	38,230,364
2003	24,090,380	38,204,570
2004	24,254,943	38,182,222
2005	24,396,433	38,165,445
2006	24,524,507	38,141,267
2007	24,646,383	38,120,560
2008	24,764,618	38,125,759
2009	24,878,332	38,151,603
2010	24,987,258	38,042,794
2011	25,097,874	38,063,255
2012	25,211,728	38,063,164
2013	25,329,451	38,040,196
2014	25,451,262	38,011,735
2015	25,575,350	37,986,412
2016	25,698,326	37,970,087
2017	25,817,709	37,974,826
2018	25,931,147	37,974,750
2019	26,037,632	37,965,475
2020	26,136,312	37,515,748
2021	26,232,534	36,981,559
2022	26,328,845	36,821,749
2023	26,418,204	36,687,353
2024	26,498,823	36,554,707

Fertility rates in North Korea and Poland

Fertility rate

North Korea

Poland

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	North Korea	Poland
1960	3.57	2.98
1961	3.26	2.83
1962	3.41	2.72
1963	3.63	2.7
1964	3.55	2.57
1965	3.56	2.52
1966	3.71	2.34
1967	4.05	2.33
1968	3.87	2.24
1969	3.86	2.2
1970	3.85	2.2
1971	3.74	2.25
1972	3.89	2.24
1973	3.35	2.26
1974	3.14	2.26
1975	3.05	2.27
1976	2.84	2.3
1977	2.77	2.23
1978	2.79	2.21
1979	2.85	2.28
1980	2.84	2.28
1981	2.92	2.24
1982	2.85	2.34
1983	2.78	2.42
1984	2.71	2.37
1985	2.65	2.33
1986	2.59	2.22
1987	2.53	2.15
1988	2.47	2.13
1989	2.41	2.08
1990	2.39	2.06
1991	2.35	2.07
1992	2.29	1.95
1993	2.22	1.87
1994	2.18	1.81
1995	2.15	1.62
1996	2.09	1.59
1997	2.03	1.51
1998	1.99	1.44
1999	1.97	1.37
2000	1.94	1.37
2001	1.94	1.31
2002	1.92	1.25
2003	1.91	1.22
2004	1.9	1.23
2005	1.87	1.24
2006	1.94	1.27
2007	1.94	1.31
2008	1.97	1.39
2009	1.91	1.4
2010	1.89	1.41
2011	1.88	1.33
2012	1.88	1.33
2013	1.88	1.29
2014	1.87	1.32
2015	1.86	1.32
2016	1.86	1.39
2017	1.85	1.48
2018	1.83	1.46
2019	1.83	1.44
2020	1.82	1.39
2021	1.81	1.33
2022	1.8	1.29
2023	1.78	1.16

North Korea and Poland demographics compared

Median age

North Korea

Poland

Table

Year	Median age, years
	North Korea	Poland
1960	19.9	26.6
1961	20.2	26.8
1962	20.6	26.9
1963	20.8	27.1
1964	21	27.3
1965	21.2	27.5
1966	21.3	27.7
1967	21.4	27.8
1968	21.4	28
1969	21.4	28.1
1970	21.4	28.2
1971	21.2	28.4
1972	20.9	28.5
1973	20.7	28.5
1974	20.7	28.6
1975	20.9	28.6
1976	21.1	28.7
1977	21.4	28.9
1978	21.8	29.1
1979	22.2	29.3
1980	22.5	29.5
1981	22.8	29.8
1982	23.1	30.1
1983	23.5	30.3
1984	23.9	30.6
1985	24.2	30.8
1986	24.5	31.1
1987	24.8	31.4
1988	25.1	31.7
1989	25.6	32.1
1990	26	32.4
1991	26.4	32.6
1992	26.8	32.9
1993	27.2	33.2
1994	27.6	33.5
1995	28	33.9
1996	28.3	34.2
1997	28.8	34.4
1998	29.2	34.7
1999	29.6	35
2000	30.1	35.2
2001	30.5	35.5
2002	31	35.8
2003	31.4	36
2004	31.8	36.3
2005	32.1	36.6
2006	32.5	36.9
2007	32.9	37.2
2008	33.3	37.5
2009	33.7	37.8
2010	34	38.1
2011	34.3	38.2
2012	34.5	38.4
2013	34.7	38.7
2014	35	39
2015	35.2	39.3
2016	35.4	39.7
2017	35.7	40
2018	35.9	40.4
2019	36.2	40.8
2020	36.4	41.1
2021	36.6	41.5
2022	36.8	41.9
2023	37.1	42.4
2024	37.3	42.9

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