North Korea vs Russia statistics compared

North Korea has a population of 26.5M (ranked 56/197), compared with 144M in Russia (ranked 9/197). North Korea's land area is 46,491 sq mi versus 6,323,145 sq mi for Russia (ranked 97th vs. 1st).

By GDP, North Korea ranks 106/197 ($34.9B) and Russia ranks 11/197 ($2.17T). By GDP per capita, North Korea ranks 168/197 ($1,319), while Russia ranks 69/197 ($15,145).

North Korea and Russia: Comparison Charts

North Korea and Russia economies compared

GDP

North Korea

Russia

Table

Year	GDP
	North Korea	Russia
1988	-	$554,828,660,436
1989	-	$506,631,299,735
1990	-	$517,014,446,228
1991	-	$517,962,962,963
1992	-	$460,290,556,901
1993	-	$435,083,713,851
1994	-	$395,077,301,248
1995	-	$395,537,185,735
1996	-	$391,724,890,744
1997	-	$404,928,954,192
1998	-	$270,955,486,862
1999	-	$195,907,128,351
2000	-	$259,710,142,197
2001	-	$306,602,070,621
2002	-	$345,470,494,418
2003	-	$430,347,420,185
2004	-	$591,016,690,732
2005	-	$764,015,973,481
2006	-	$989,932,071,353
2007	-	$1,299,703,478,482
2008	-	$1,660,848,058,303
2009	$23,356,470,000	$1,222,645,900,056
2010	$25,995,513,000	$1,524,916,715,224
2011	$29,005,020,000	$2,045,922,753,398
2012	$29,890,710,000	$2,208,293,553,878
2013	$30,588,922,000	$2,292,470,078,346
2014	$30,554,460,000	$2,059,241,589,895
2015	$30,723,030,000	$1,363,482,182,198
2016	$28,882,640,000	$1,276,786,350,881
2017	$29,105,440,000	$1,574,199,360,089
2018	$28,536,400,000	$1,657,328,773,461
2019	$28,222,880,000	$1,693,115,002,708
2020	$27,728,240,000	$1,493,075,894,362
2021	$32,301,720,000	$1,829,186,719,575
2022	$28,971,360,000	$2,291,612,121,335
2023	$32,155,360,000	$2,071,505,725,031
2024	$34,943,120,000	$2,173,835,806,672

North Korea and Russia economies compared

GDP per capita

North Korea

Russia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	North Korea	Russia
1988	-	$3,778
1989	-	$3,430
1990	-	$3,494
1991	-	$3,490
1992	-	$3,099
1993	-	$2,931
1994	-	$2,662
1995	-	$2,666
1996	-	$2,644
1997	-	$2,738
1998	-	$1,835
1999	-	$1,331
2000	-	$1,772
2001	-	$2,100
2002	-	$2,378
2003	-	$2,975
2004	-	$4,102
2005	-	$5,323
2006	-	$6,920
2007	-	$9,101
2008	-	$11,635
2009	$939	$8,563
2010	$1,040	$10,675
2011	$1,156	$14,305
2012	$1,186	$15,402
2013	$1,208	$15,941
2014	$1,201	$14,277
2015	$1,201	$9,427
2016	$1,124	$8,804
2017	$1,127	$10,835
2018	$1,100	$11,399
2019	$1,084	$11,640
2020	$1,061	$10,280
2021	$1,231	$12,637
2022	$1,100	$15,888
2023	$1,217	$14,403
2024	$1,319	$15,145

North Korea vs. Russia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

North Korea

Russia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	North Korea	Russia
1950	14.2	55.5
1951	17.7	55.3
1952	32.8	57.6
1953	40.3	58.8
1954	50.6	59.9
1955	51.8	62.1
1956	52.8	66.5
1957	53.7	66
1958	54.5	67.7
1959	55.2	67.4
1960	55.8	68.3
1961	56.4	68.6
1962	57	68.5
1963	57.6	69.1
1964	58.2	69.5
1965	58.8	69.3
1966	59.4	69.4
1967	60.1	69.2
1968	60.8	69.1
1969	61.4	68.6
1970	62	68.7
1971	62.7	68.9
1972	63.3	68.8
1973	63.8	68.9
1974	64.3	68.7
1975	64.8	68.3
1976	65.3	68.1
1977	65.8	67.9
1978	66.3	67.8
1979	66.7	67.6
1980	67.2	67.5
1981	67.7	67.6
1982	68.1	68.1
1983	68.5	68
1984	68.9	67.6
1985	69.2	68.3
1986	69.5	70
1987	69.8	70.1
1988	70.1	69.9
1989	70.3	69.7
1990	70.5	69.3
1991	70.7	69
1992	71	67.8
1993	70.8	65
1994	70.5	63.8
1995	60.8	64
1996	60.8	65.4
1997	60.9	66.6
1998	60.9	66.9
1999	60.9	65.6
2000	60.9	65
2001	60.9	65
2002	60.9	64.7
2003	69.4	64.7
2004	69.3	65.1
2005	69.2	65.2
2006	69.1	66.5
2007	69	67.5
2008	69.3	67.9
2009	69.7	68.7
2010	70.2	68.2
2011	70.8	69.7
2012	71.3	70.1
2013	71.9	70.6
2014	72.5	70.8
2015	72.8	71.3
2016	73	71.9
2017	73	72.8
2018	73	72.9
2019	72.9	73.1
2020	72.8	71.2
2021	73.4	69.8
2022	73.6	72.5
2023	73.6	73.2
2024	73.7	73.3
2025	73.9	73.5

North Korea and Russia population clocks and comparison

Population

North Korea

Russia

Table

Year	Population
	North Korea	Russia
1960	11,722,953	119,897,000
1961	11,990,713	121,236,000
1962	12,262,882	122,591,000
1963	12,567,057	123,960,000
1964	12,889,770	125,345,000
1965	13,219,369	126,745,000
1966	13,569,094	127,468,000
1967	13,958,350	128,196,000
1968	14,365,596	128,928,000
1969	14,767,615	129,664,000
1970	15,172,775	130,404,000
1971	15,572,457	131,155,000
1972	15,975,069	131,909,000
1973	16,350,367	132,669,000
1974	16,673,121	133,432,000
1975	16,971,055	134,200,000
1976	17,243,450	135,147,000
1977	17,492,798	136,100,000
1978	17,735,995	137,060,000
1979	17,983,470	138,027,000
1980	18,236,786	139,010,000
1981	18,501,295	139,941,000
1982	18,776,357	140,823,000
1983	19,054,034	141,668,000
1984	19,335,043	142,745,000
1985	19,620,388	143,858,000
1986	19,910,855	144,894,000
1987	20,205,483	145,908,000
1988	20,503,161	146,857,000
1989	20,804,367	147,721,000
1990	21,112,137	147,969,406
1991	21,428,638	148,394,216
1992	21,750,911	148,538,197
1993	22,073,352	148,458,777
1994	22,393,975	148,407,912
1995	22,669,304	148,375,787
1996	22,895,746	148,160,129
1997	23,110,830	147,915,361
1998	23,311,564	147,670,784
1999	23,497,599	147,214,776
2000	23,665,910	146,596,869
2001	23,815,358	145,976,482
2002	23,943,973	145,306,497
2003	24,090,380	144,648,618
2004	24,254,943	144,067,316
2005	24,396,433	143,518,814
2006	24,524,507	143,049,637
2007	24,646,383	142,805,114
2008	24,764,618	142,742,366
2009	24,878,332	142,785,348
2010	24,987,258	142,849,468
2011	25,097,874	143,018,195
2012	25,211,728	143,378,447
2013	25,329,451	143,805,638
2014	25,451,262	144,237,223
2015	25,575,350	144,640,716
2016	25,698,326	145,015,460
2017	25,817,709	145,293,260
2018	25,931,147	145,398,106
2019	26,037,632	145,453,291
2020	26,136,312	145,245,148
2021	26,232,534	144,746,762
2022	26,328,845	144,236,933
2023	26,418,204	143,826,130
2024	26,498,823	143,533,851

Fertility rates in North Korea and Russia

Fertility rate

North Korea

Russia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	North Korea	Russia
1960	3.57	2.52
1961	3.26	2.45
1962	3.41	2.36
1963	3.63	2.27
1964	3.55	2.18
1965	3.56	2.13
1966	3.71	2.1
1967	4.05	2.04
1968	3.87	1.99
1969	3.86	1.97
1970	3.85	1.99
1971	3.74	2.03
1972	3.89	2.04
1973	3.35	2.01
1974	3.14	2
1975	3.05	1.98
1976	2.84	1.97
1977	2.77	1.95
1978	2.79	1.92
1979	2.85	1.9
1980	2.84	1.89
1981	2.92	1.91
1982	2.85	2.04
1983	2.78	2.11
1984	2.71	2.06
1985	2.65	2.05
1986	2.59	2.15
1987	2.53	2.22
1988	2.47	2.12
1989	2.41	2.01
1990	2.39	1.89
1991	2.35	1.73
1992	2.29	1.55
1993	2.22	1.39
1994	2.18	1.4
1995	2.15	1.34
1996	2.09	1.27
1997	2.03	1.22
1998	1.99	1.23
1999	1.97	1.16
2000	1.94	1.2
2001	1.94	1.22
2002	1.92	1.29
2003	1.91	1.32
2004	1.9	1.34
2005	1.87	1.29
2006	1.94	1.31
2007	1.94	1.42
2008	1.97	1.5
2009	1.91	1.54
2010	1.89	1.57
2011	1.88	1.58
2012	1.88	1.69
2013	1.88	1.71
2014	1.87	1.75
2015	1.86	1.78
2016	1.86	1.76
2017	1.85	1.62
2018	1.83	1.58
2019	1.83	1.5
2020	1.82	1.51
2021	1.81	1.51
2022	1.8	1.42
2023	1.78	1.41

North Korea and Russia demographics compared

Median age

North Korea

Russia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	North Korea	Russia
1960	19.9	27.1
1961	20.2	27.4
1962	20.6	27.7
1963	20.8	28.1
1964	21	28.3
1965	21.2	28.6
1966	21.3	28.9
1967	21.4	29.2
1968	21.4	29.8
1969	21.4	30.3
1970	21.4	30.7
1971	21.2	31
1972	20.9	31.1
1973	20.7	31.1
1974	20.7	30.9
1975	20.9	30.7
1976	21.1	30.6
1977	21.4	30.9
1978	21.8	31
1979	22.2	31.1
1980	22.5	31.3
1981	22.8	31.4
1982	23.1	31.6
1983	23.5	31.7
1984	23.9	31.8
1985	24.2	32
1986	24.5	32.2
1987	24.8	32.4
1988	25.1	32.6
1989	25.6	32.9
1990	26	33.2
1991	26.4	33.6
1992	26.8	33.9
1993	27.2	34.4
1994	27.6	34.7
1995	28	35
1996	28.3	35.3
1997	28.8	35.7
1998	29.2	36
1999	29.6	36.3
2000	30.1	36.6
2001	30.5	36.8
2002	31	36.9
2003	31.4	37
2004	31.8	37.2
2005	32.1	37.4
2006	32.5	37.6
2007	32.9	37.7
2008	33.3	37.8
2009	33.7	37.9
2010	34	38
2011	34.3	38.1
2012	34.5	38.3
2013	34.7	38.4
2014	35	38.6
2015	35.2	38.7
2016	35.4	38.8
2017	35.7	39
2018	35.9	39.2
2019	36.2	39.4
2020	36.4	39.7
2021	36.6	39.9
2022	36.8	40.1
2023	37.1	40.5
2024	37.3	40.9

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