The latest officially reported population of Algeria was 46,814,308 in 2024 vs 26,498,823 people in North Korea in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Algeria's population is 47,911,682 people compared to 26,621,357 in North Korea.
Population statistics:
- Algeria's population is 1.8 times bigger than North Korea's.
- Algeria is ranked the 33rd most populous country in the world, while North Korea is the 56th.
- The countries together account for 0.9% of the world: 0.58% for Algeria vs 0.32% for North Korea.
- For the last 10 years, Algeria has had an average growth rate of +1.81% per year vs +0.41% in North Korea.
- Since 2005, the population of Algeria has increased from 33.1M people to 47.9M (44.7% growth), while North Korea has grown from 24.4M to 26.6M (9.12% growth).
- Algeria is projected to reach its peak in 2090 at 65.1M people compared to the peak of 26.8M people in 2032 for North Korea.
Algeria vs North Korea: live population counter
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| Current population |
47911682
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26621357
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| Population rank | 33/197 | 56/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.58% | 0.32% |
| One net population change |
48.5 seconds
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6.52 minutes
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| One birth every |
34.8 seconds
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1.54 minutes
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| One death every |
2.45 minutes
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2.05 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
16.8 minutes
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3.54 hours
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| Annual migration change | -31,240 | -2,473 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,781 | +221 |
| Annual growth/decline | +650,089 | +80,619 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.41% | +0.31% |
| Population growth rate rank | 76/197 | 149/197 |
Algeria and North Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 11,424,922 | 11,722,953 | - | - |
| 1961 | 11,628,883 | 11,990,713 | 1.79% | 2.28% |
| 1962 | 11,800,771 | 12,262,882 | 1.48% | 2.27% |
| 1963 | 11,982,118 | 12,567,057 | 1.54% | 2.48% |
| 1964 | 12,179,813 | 12,889,770 | 1.65% | 2.57% |
| 1965 | 12,365,976 | 13,219,369 | 1.53% | 2.56% |
| 1966 | 12,590,069 | 13,569,094 | 1.81% | 2.65% |
| 1967 | 12,876,118 | 13,958,350 | 2.27% | 2.87% |
| 1968 | 13,172,614 | 14,365,596 | 2.3% | 2.92% |
| 1969 | 13,475,960 | 14,767,615 | 2.3% | 2.8% |
| 1970 | 13,783,719 | 15,172,775 | 2.28% | 2.74% |
| 1971 | 14,098,936 | 15,572,457 | 2.29% | 2.63% |
| 1972 | 14,427,072 | 15,975,069 | 2.33% | 2.59% |
| 1973 | 14,771,147 | 16,350,367 | 2.38% | 2.35% |
| 1974 | 15,133,502 | 16,673,121 | 2.45% | 1.97% |
| 1975 | 15,678,596 | 16,971,055 | 3.6% | 1.79% |
| 1976 | 16,409,170 | 17,243,450 | 4.66% | 1.61% |
| 1977 | 17,015,994 | 17,492,798 | 3.7% | 1.45% |
| 1978 | 17,506,974 | 17,735,995 | 2.89% | 1.39% |
| 1979 | 18,036,655 | 17,983,470 | 3.03% | 1.4% |
| 1980 | 18,607,174 | 18,236,786 | 3.16% | 1.41% |
| 1981 | 19,220,704 | 18,501,295 | 3.3% | 1.45% |
| 1982 | 19,872,348 | 18,776,357 | 3.39% | 1.49% |
| 1983 | 20,558,115 | 19,054,034 | 3.45% | 1.48% |
| 1984 | 21,271,969 | 19,335,043 | 3.47% | 1.47% |
| 1985 | 22,008,544 | 19,620,388 | 3.46% | 1.48% |
| 1986 | 22,745,499 | 19,910,855 | 3.35% | 1.48% |
| 1987 | 23,443,624 | 20,205,483 | 3.07% | 1.48% |
| 1988 | 24,109,536 | 20,503,161 | 2.84% | 1.47% |
| 1989 | 24,754,485 | 20,804,367 | 2.68% | 1.47% |
| 1990 | 25,375,810 | 21,112,137 | 2.51% | 1.48% |
| 1991 | 25,987,928 | 21,428,638 | 2.41% | 1.5% |
| 1992 | 26,628,568 | 21,750,911 | 2.47% | 1.5% |
| 1993 | 27,277,048 | 22,073,352 | 2.44% | 1.48% |
| 1994 | 27,887,279 | 22,393,975 | 2.24% | 1.45% |
| 1995 | 28,470,191 | 22,669,304 | 2.09% | 1.23% |
| 1996 | 29,033,044 | 22,895,746 | 1.98% | 1% |
| 1997 | 29,579,301 | 23,110,830 | 1.88% | 0.94% |
| 1998 | 30,054,133 | 23,311,564 | 1.61% | 0.87% |
| 1999 | 30,474,354 | 23,497,599 | 1.4% | 0.8% |
| 2000 | 30,903,893 | 23,665,910 | 1.41% | 0.72% |
| 2001 | 31,331,221 | 23,815,358 | 1.38% | 0.63% |
| 2002 | 31,750,835 | 23,943,973 | 1.34% | 0.54% |
| 2003 | 32,175,818 | 24,090,380 | 1.34% | 0.61% |
| 2004 | 32,628,286 | 24,254,943 | 1.41% | 0.68% |
| 2005 | 33,109,249 | 24,396,433 | 1.47% | 0.58% |
| 2006 | 33,623,506 | 24,524,507 | 1.55% | 0.52% |
| 2007 | 34,189,416 | 24,646,383 | 1.68% | 0.5% |
| 2008 | 34,816,961 | 24,764,618 | 1.84% | 0.48% |
| 2009 | 35,490,445 | 24,878,332 | 1.93% | 0.46% |
| 2010 | 36,188,236 | 24,987,258 | 1.97% | 0.44% |
| 2011 | 36,903,376 | 25,097,874 | 1.98% | 0.44% |
| 2012 | 37,646,166 | 25,211,728 | 2.01% | 0.45% |
| 2013 | 38,414,171 | 25,329,451 | 2.04% | 0.47% |
| 2014 | 39,205,031 | 25,451,262 | 2.06% | 0.48% |
| 2015 | 40,019,529 | 25,575,350 | 2.08% | 0.49% |
| 2016 | 40,850,721 | 25,698,326 | 2.08% | 0.48% |
| 2017 | 41,689,299 | 25,817,709 | 2.05% | 0.46% |
| 2018 | 42,505,035 | 25,931,147 | 1.96% | 0.44% |
| 2019 | 43,294,546 | 26,037,632 | 1.86% | 0.41% |
| 2020 | 44,042,091 | 26,136,312 | 1.73% | 0.38% |
| 2021 | 44,761,099 | 26,232,534 | 1.63% | 0.37% |
| 2022 | 45,477,389 | 26,328,845 | 1.6% | 0.37% |
| 2023 | 46,164,219 | 26,418,204 | 1.51% | 0.34% |
| 2024 | 46,814,308 | 26,498,823 | 1.41% | 0.31% |
| 2025 | 47,435,316 | 26,571,033 | 1.33% | 0.27% |
| 2026 | 48,028,344 | 26,633,682 | 1.25% | 0.24% |
| 2027 | 48,593,419 | 26,686,492 | 1.18% | 0.2% |
| 2028 | 49,135,532 | 26,729,261 | 1.12% | 0.16% |
| 2029 | 49,655,386 | 26,762,008 | 1.06% | 0.12% |
| 2030 | 50,154,168 | 26,784,894 | 1% | 0.09% |
| 2031 | 50,637,369 | 26,797,946 | 0.96% | 0.05% |
| 2032 | 51,113,505 | 26,801,071 | 0.94% | 0.01% |
| 2033 | 51,584,249 | 26,795,061 | 0.92% | -0.02% |
| 2034 | 52,048,009 | 26,780,481 | 0.9% | -0.05% |
| 2035 | 52,516,794 | 26,757,705 | 0.9% | -0.09% |
| 2036 | 52,986,277 | 26,727,309 | 0.89% | -0.11% |
| 2037 | 53,452,788 | 26,689,907 | 0.88% | -0.14% |
| 2038 | 53,921,847 | 26,646,323 | 0.88% | -0.16% |
| 2039 | 54,396,263 | 26,596,967 | 0.88% | -0.19% |
| 2040 | 54,873,482 | 26,542,417 | 0.88% | -0.21% |
| 2041 | 55,351,998 | 26,483,475 | 0.87% | -0.22% |
| 2042 | 55,834,554 | 26,420,812 | 0.87% | -0.24% |
| 2043 | 56,319,606 | 26,354,324 | 0.87% | -0.25% |
| 2044 | 56,806,185 | 26,284,000 | 0.86% | -0.27% |
| 2045 | 57,290,162 | 26,210,196 | 0.85% | -0.28% |
| 2046 | 57,767,681 | 26,132,922 | 0.83% | -0.29% |
| 2047 | 58,234,183 | 26,052,086 | 0.81% | -0.31% |
| 2048 | 58,690,893 | 25,967,581 | 0.78% | -0.32% |
| 2049 | 59,136,165 | 25,879,244 | 0.76% | -0.34% |
| 2050 | 59,565,558 | 25,787,120 | 0.73% | -0.36% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Algeria increased by 6,910,280 people (a 20.9% growth), while North Korea gained 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Algeria gained 7,892,153 (a 19.7% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth).
Algeria was ranked 34th most populous country in 2005 and is 33rd in 2025. North Korea was ranked 46th in 2005 and ranked 56th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Algeria's population will grow by 24.3% to 59,565,558 people and will still be ranked 33rd. The population of North Korea will decrease by 3.13% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.
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Population differences between Algeria and North Korea
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| Life expectancy | 76.7 years | 73.9 years |
| Average age | 30.8 years | 38 years |
| Median age | 29.3 years | 37.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 51:49 | 49.5:50.5 |
| Fertility rate | 2.77 births per woman | 1.78 births per woman |
| Population density | 50.9 ppl/mi² | 570 ppl/mi² |
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