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Population in Angola compared to North Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Angola was 37,885,849 in 2024 vs 26,498,823 people in North Korea in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Angola's population is 39,983,997 people compared to 26,621,357 in North Korea.

Population statistics:

  • Angola's population is 1.5 times bigger than North Korea's.
  • Angola is ranked the 39th most populous country in the world, while North Korea is the 56th.
  • The countries together account for 0.81% of the world: 0.48% for Angola vs 0.32% for North Korea.
  • For the last 10 years, Angola has had an average growth rate of +3.42% per year vs +0.41% in North Korea.
  • Since 2005, the population of Angola has increased from 19.3M people to 40M (107.3% growth), while North Korea has grown from 24.4M to 26.6M (9.12% growth).
  • Angola is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 150M people compared to the peak of 26.8M people in 2032 for North Korea.

Angola vs North Korea: live population counter

Angola North Korea
Current population
39983997
26621357
Population rank 39/197 56/197
Percent of world population 0.48% 0.32%
One net population change
27.8 seconds
6.52 minutes
One birth every
22.8 seconds
1.54 minutes
One death every
2.07 minutes
2.05 minutes
One migration net change every
3.33 hours
3.54 hours
Annual migration change -2,629 -2,473
Daily growth/decline +3,112 +221
Annual growth/decline +1,135,943 +80,619
Annual growth/decline rate +3.09% +0.31%
Population growth rate rank 13/197 149/197

Angola and North Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Angola
Population

Growth rate
North Korea
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Angola North Korea Angola North Korea
1960 5,231,654 11,722,953 - -
1961 5,301,583 11,990,713 1.34% 2.28%
1962 5,354,310 12,262,882 0.99% 2.27%
1963 5,408,320 12,567,057 1.01% 2.48%
1964 5,464,187 12,889,770 1.03% 2.57%
1965 5,521,981 13,219,369 1.06% 2.56%
1966 5,581,386 13,569,094 1.08% 2.65%
1967 5,641,807 13,958,350 1.08% 2.87%
1968 5,702,699 14,365,596 1.08% 2.92%
1969 5,763,685 14,767,615 1.07% 2.8%
1970 5,852,788 15,172,775 1.55% 2.74%
1971 5,991,102 15,572,457 2.36% 2.63%
1972 6,174,262 15,975,069 3.06% 2.59%
1973 6,388,528 16,350,367 3.47% 2.35%
1974 6,613,367 16,673,121 3.52% 1.97%
1975 6,842,947 16,971,055 3.47% 1.79%
1976 7,074,664 17,243,450 3.39% 1.61%
1977 7,317,829 17,492,798 3.44% 1.45%
1978 7,576,734 17,735,995 3.54% 1.39%
1979 7,847,207 17,983,470 3.57% 1.4%
1980 8,133,872 18,236,786 3.65% 1.41%
1981 8,435,607 18,501,295 3.71% 1.45%
1982 8,751,648 18,776,357 3.75% 1.49%
1983 9,082,983 19,054,034 3.79% 1.48%
1984 9,425,917 19,335,043 3.78% 1.47%
1985 9,779,120 19,620,388 3.75% 1.48%
1986 10,139,450 19,910,855 3.68% 1.48%
1987 10,497,858 20,205,483 3.53% 1.48%
1988 10,861,291 20,503,161 3.46% 1.47%
1989 11,238,562 20,804,367 3.47% 1.47%
1990 11,626,360 21,112,137 3.45% 1.48%
1991 12,023,529 21,428,638 3.42% 1.5%
1992 12,423,712 21,750,911 3.33% 1.5%
1993 12,827,135 22,073,352 3.25% 1.48%
1994 13,249,764 22,393,975 3.29% 1.45%
1995 13,699,778 22,669,304 3.4% 1.23%
1996 14,170,973 22,895,746 3.44% 1%
1997 14,660,413 23,110,830 3.45% 0.94%
1998 15,159,370 23,311,564 3.4% 0.87%
1999 15,667,235 23,497,599 3.35% 0.8%
2000 16,194,869 23,665,910 3.37% 0.72%
2001 16,747,208 23,815,358 3.41% 0.63%
2002 17,327,699 23,943,973 3.47% 0.54%
2003 17,943,712 24,090,380 3.56% 0.61%
2004 18,600,423 24,254,943 3.66% 0.68%
2005 19,291,161 24,396,433 3.71% 0.58%
2006 20,015,279 24,524,507 3.75% 0.52%
2007 20,778,561 24,646,383 3.81% 0.5%
2008 21,578,655 24,764,618 3.85% 0.48%
2009 22,414,773 24,878,332 3.87% 0.46%
2010 23,294,825 24,987,258 3.93% 0.44%
2011 24,218,352 25,097,874 3.96% 0.44%
2012 25,177,394 25,211,728 3.96% 0.45%
2013 26,165,620 25,329,451 3.93% 0.47%
2014 27,160,769 25,451,262 3.8% 0.48%
2015 28,157,798 25,575,350 3.67% 0.49%
2016 29,183,070 25,698,326 3.64% 0.48%
2017 30,234,839 25,817,709 3.6% 0.46%
2018 31,297,155 25,931,147 3.51% 0.44%
2019 32,375,632 26,037,632 3.45% 0.41%
2020 33,451,132 26,136,312 3.32% 0.38%
2021 34,532,429 26,232,534 3.23% 0.37%
2022 35,635,029 26,328,845 3.19% 0.37%
2023 36,749,906 26,418,204 3.13% 0.34%
2024 37,885,849 26,498,823 3.09% 0.31%
2025 39,040,029 26,571,033 3.05% 0.27%
2026 40,215,174 26,633,682 3.01% 0.24%
2027 41,415,119 26,686,492 2.98% 0.2%
2028 42,641,677 26,729,261 2.96% 0.16%
2029 43,891,847 26,762,008 2.93% 0.12%
2030 45,160,453 26,784,894 2.89% 0.09%
2031 46,449,962 26,797,946 2.86% 0.05%
2032 47,759,505 26,801,071 2.82% 0.01%
2033 49,091,470 26,795,061 2.79% -0.02%
2034 50,447,449 26,780,481 2.76% -0.05%
2035 51,821,711 26,757,705 2.72% -0.09%
2036 53,215,935 26,727,309 2.69% -0.11%
2037 54,625,858 26,689,907 2.65% -0.14%
2038 56,053,776 26,646,323 2.61% -0.16%
2039 57,501,906 26,596,967 2.58% -0.19%
2040 58,965,319 26,542,417 2.54% -0.21%
2041 60,441,178 26,483,475 2.5% -0.22%
2042 61,927,899 26,420,812 2.46% -0.24%
2043 63,430,872 26,354,324 2.43% -0.25%
2044 64,945,294 26,284,000 2.39% -0.27%
2045 66,464,320 26,210,196 2.34% -0.28%
2046 68,000,587 26,132,922 2.31% -0.29%
2047 69,554,157 26,052,086 2.28% -0.31%
2048 71,118,776 25,967,581 2.25% -0.32%
2049 72,701,379 25,879,244 2.23% -0.34%
2050 74,295,387 25,787,120 2.19% -0.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Angola increased by 8,866,637 people (a 46% growth), while North Korea gained 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Angola gained 11,826,199 (a 42% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth).

Angola was ranked 56th most populous country in 2005 and is 39th 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) Angola's population will grow by 85.8% to 74,295,387 people with a rank change from 39th to 27th. 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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