North Korea vs Tonga statistics compared

North Korea has a population of 26.5M (ranked 56/197), compared with 104K in Tonga (ranked 183/197). North Korea's land area is 46,491 sq mi versus 278 sq mi for Tonga (ranked 97th vs. 176th).

By GDP, North Korea ranks 106/197 ($34.9B) and Tonga ranks 191/197 ($509M). By GDP per capita, North Korea ranks 168/197 ($1,319), while Tonga ranks 121/197 ($4,864).

North Korea and Tonga: Comparison Charts

North Korea and Tonga economies compared

GDP

North Korea

Tonga

Table

Year	GDP
	North Korea	Tonga
1975	-	$32,506,742
1976	-	$30,036,417
1977	-	$34,139,388
1978	-	$41,567,472
1979	-	$44,667,002
1980	-	$53,260,077
1981	-	$62,242,013
1982	-	$62,068,161
1983	-	$60,863,964
1984	-	$64,248,355
1985	-	$60,058,663
1986	-	$68,195,856
1987	-	$81,667,133
1988	-	$106,657,267
1989	-	$106,344,855
1990	-	$113,563,822
1991	-	$132,201,141
1992	-	$137,066,291
1993	-	$138,489,884
1994	-	$195,990,986
1995	-	$208,871,666
1996	-	$222,100,576
1997	-	$214,991,452
1998	-	$191,504,893
1999	-	$199,208,718
2000	-	$204,848,488
2001	-	$181,117,230
2002	-	$182,764,281
2003	-	$202,246,591
2004	-	$230,678,011
2005	-	$261,823,805
2006	-	$292,232,703
2007	-	$298,519,623
2008	-	$344,438,844
2009	$23,356,470,000	$312,415,028
2010	$25,995,513,000	$366,887,375
2011	$29,005,020,000	$414,143,828
2012	$29,890,710,000	$471,122,971
2013	$30,588,922,000	$451,788,498
2014	$30,554,460,000	$440,997,735
2015	$30,723,030,000	$437,525,539
2016	$28,882,640,000	$420,828,255
2017	$29,105,440,000	$459,976,847
2018	$28,536,400,000	$489,714,530
2019	$28,222,880,000	$494,197,854
2020	$27,728,240,000	$496,856,304
2021	$32,301,720,000	$518,228,029
2022	$28,971,360,000	$518,180,029
2023	$32,155,360,000	$508,735,107
2024	$34,943,120,000	-

North Korea and Tonga economies compared

GDP per capita

North Korea

Tonga

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	North Korea	Tonga
1975	-	$349
1976	-	$315
1977	-	$353
1978	-	$428
1979	-	$458
1980	-	$545
1981	-	$636
1982	-	$633
1983	-	$621
1984	-	$656
1985	-	$613
1986	-	$696
1987	-	$830
1988	-	$1,078
1989	-	$1,070
1990	-	$1,139
1991	-	$1,323
1992	-	$1,370
1993	-	$1,383
1994	-	$1,957
1995	-	$2,084
1996	-	$2,215
1997	-	$2,136
1998	-	$1,889
1999	-	$1,952
2000	-	$1,995
2001	-	$1,754
2002	-	$1,759
2003	-	$1,936
2004	-	$2,195
2005	-	$2,478
2006	-	$2,750
2007	-	$2,797
2008	-	$3,218
2009	$939	$2,914
2010	$1,040	$3,416
2011	$1,156	$3,850
2012	$1,186	$4,384
2013	$1,208	$4,219
2014	$1,201	$4,137
2015	$1,201	$4,124
2016	$1,124	$3,988
2017	$1,127	$4,366
2018	$1,100	$4,639
2019	$1,084	$4,677
2020	$1,061	$4,700
2021	$1,231	$4,913
2022	$1,100	$4,933
2023	$1,217	$4,864
2024	$1,319	-

North Korea vs. Tonga life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

North Korea

Tonga

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	North Korea	Tonga
1950	14.2	48.4
1951	17.7	49.8
1952	32.8	51.2
1953	40.3	52.4
1954	50.6	53.6
1955	51.8	54.7
1956	52.8	55.7
1957	53.7	56.5
1958	54.5	57.2
1959	55.2	57.8
1960	55.8	58.3
1961	56.4	58.8
1962	57	59.3
1963	57.6	59.8
1964	58.2	60.3
1965	58.8	60.7
1966	59.4	61.2
1967	60.1	61.7
1968	60.8	62.2
1969	61.4	62.7
1970	62	63.2
1971	62.7	63.6
1972	63.3	64.1
1973	63.8	64.4
1974	64.3	64.8
1975	64.8	65.1
1976	65.3	65.4
1977	65.8	65.6
1978	66.3	65.9
1979	66.7	66
1980	67.2	66.2
1981	67.7	66.4
1982	68.1	66.3
1983	68.5	66.7
1984	68.9	66.8
1985	69.2	66.9
1986	69.5	67.1
1987	69.8	67.2
1988	70.1	67.3
1989	70.3	67.4
1990	70.5	67.5
1991	70.7	67.7
1992	71	67.9
1993	70.8	68.2
1994	70.5	68.4
1995	60.8	68.6
1996	60.8	68.8
1997	60.9	69
1998	60.9	69.2
1999	60.9	69.4
2000	60.9	69.6
2001	60.9	69.8
2002	60.9	70
2003	69.4	70.2
2004	69.3	70.4
2005	69.2	70.6
2006	69.1	70.7
2007	69	70.9
2008	69.3	71
2009	69.7	70.9
2010	70.2	71.3
2011	70.8	71.4
2012	71.3	71.5
2013	71.9	71.6
2014	72.5	71.7
2015	72.8	71.9
2016	73	72
2017	73	72.1
2018	73	72.2
2019	72.9	72.3
2020	72.8	72.4
2021	73.4	72.1
2022	73.6	72.6
2023	73.6	72.9
2024	73.7	73.1
2025	73.9	73.2

North Korea and Tonga population clocks and comparison

Population

North Korea

Tonga

Table

Year	Population
	North Korea	Tonga
1960	11,722,953	66,170
1961	11,990,713	68,037
1962	12,262,882	69,940
1963	12,567,057	71,885
1964	12,889,770	73,879
1965	13,219,369	75,924
1966	13,569,094	78,002
1967	13,958,350	79,814
1968	14,365,596	81,353
1969	14,767,615	82,885
1970	15,172,775	84,401
1971	15,572,457	85,896
1972	15,975,069	87,356
1973	16,350,367	88,805
1974	16,673,121	90,683
1975	16,971,055	93,017
1976	17,243,450	95,325
1977	17,492,798	96,725
1978	17,735,995	97,204
1979	17,983,470	97,544
1980	18,236,786	97,769
1981	18,501,295	97,909
1982	18,776,357	97,980
1983	19,054,034	97,998
1984	19,335,043	97,990
1985	19,620,388	97,984
1986	19,910,855	98,010
1987	20,205,483	98,376
1988	20,503,161	98,969
1989	20,804,367	99,403
1990	21,112,137	99,700
1991	21,428,638	99,895
1992	21,750,911	100,022
1993	22,073,352	100,103
1994	22,393,975	100,166
1995	22,669,304	100,225
1996	22,895,746	100,275
1997	23,110,830	100,674
1998	23,311,564	101,388
1999	23,497,599	102,046
2000	23,665,910	102,677
2001	23,815,358	103,288
2002	23,943,973	103,874
2003	24,090,380	104,464
2004	24,254,943	105,071
2005	24,396,433	105,671
2006	24,524,507	106,253
2007	24,646,383	106,726
2008	24,764,618	107,020
2009	24,878,332	107,203
2010	24,987,258	107,400
2011	25,097,874	107,570
2012	25,211,728	107,460
2013	25,329,451	107,078
2014	25,451,262	106,609
2015	25,575,350	106,095
2016	25,698,326	105,524
2017	25,817,709	105,356
2018	25,931,147	105,567
2019	26,037,632	105,669
2020	26,136,312	105,704
2021	26,232,534	105,490
2022	26,328,845	105,042
2023	26,418,204	104,597
2024	26,498,823	104,175

Fertility rates in North Korea and Tonga

Fertility rate

North Korea

Tonga

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	North Korea	Tonga
1960	3.57	6.65
1961	3.26	6.61
1962	3.41	6.57
1963	3.63	6.52
1964	3.55	6.46
1965	3.56	6.41
1966	3.71	6.35
1967	4.05	6.29
1968	3.87	6.23
1969	3.86	6.17
1970	3.85	6.07
1971	3.74	5.96
1972	3.89	5.86
1973	3.35	5.8
1974	3.14	5.77
1975	3.05	5.75
1976	2.84	5.73
1977	2.77	5.7
1978	2.79	5.68
1979	2.85	5.65
1980	2.84	5.6
1981	2.92	5.55
1982	2.85	5.5
1983	2.78	5.45
1984	2.71	5.41
1985	2.65	5.34
1986	2.59	5.27
1987	2.53	5.19
1988	2.47	5.1
1989	2.41	5.01
1990	2.39	4.93
1991	2.35	4.85
1992	2.29	4.79
1993	2.22	4.73
1994	2.18	4.66
1995	2.15	4.56
1996	2.09	4.46
1997	2.03	4.38
1998	1.99	4.31
1999	1.97	4.23
2000	1.94	4.16
2001	1.94	4.13
2002	1.92	4.14
2003	1.91	4.18
2004	1.9	4.19
2005	1.87	4.2
2006	1.94	4.14
2007	1.94	4.09
2008	1.97	4.01
2009	1.91	3.95
2010	1.89	3.88
2011	1.88	3.83
2012	1.88	3.77
2013	1.88	3.7
2014	1.87	3.62
2015	1.86	3.54
2016	1.86	3.46
2017	1.85	3.39
2018	1.83	3.33
2019	1.83	3.27
2020	1.82	3.23
2021	1.81	3.2
2022	1.8	3.17
2023	1.78	3.13

North Korea and Tonga demographics compared

Median age

North Korea

Tonga

Table

Year	Median age, years
	North Korea	Tonga
1960	19.9	17.1
1961	20.2	17.1
1962	20.6	17.1
1963	20.8	17
1964	21	17
1965	21.2	17
1966	21.3	17
1967	21.4	17
1968	21.4	16.9
1969	21.4	16.8
1970	21.4	16.8
1971	21.2	16.7
1972	20.9	16.7
1973	20.7	16.8
1974	20.7	16.8
1975	20.9	16.7
1976	21.1	16.7
1977	21.4	16.8
1978	21.8	17.1
1979	22.2	17.3
1980	22.5	17.4
1981	22.8	17.6
1982	23.1	17.8
1983	23.5	17.9
1984	23.9	18
1985	24.2	18.1
1986	24.5	18.2
1987	24.8	18.3
1988	25.1	18.6
1989	25.6	18.9
1990	26	19.1
1991	26.4	19.3
1992	26.8	19.5
1993	27.2	19.6
1994	27.6	19.6
1995	28	19.6
1996	28.3	19.6
1997	28.8	19.7
1998	29.2	19.9
1999	29.6	20.1
2000	30.1	20.3
2001	30.5	20.5
2002	31	20.7
2003	31.4	20.8
2004	31.8	20.8
2005	32.1	20.8
2006	32.5	20.8
2007	32.9	20.9
2008	33.3	21
2009	33.7	21.1
2010	34	21.2
2011	34.3	21.2
2012	34.5	21.4
2013	34.7	21.6
2014	35	21.7
2015	35.2	21.8
2016	35.4	21.9
2017	35.7	21.9
2018	35.9	22
2019	36.2	22
2020	36.4	22.1
2021	36.6	22.1
2022	36.8	22
2023	37.1	21.9
2024	37.3	21.9

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