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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Azerbaijan was 10,202,850 in 2024 vs 26,498,823 people in North Korea in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Azerbaijan's population is 10,308,499 people compared to 26,621,357 in North Korea.

Population statistics:

  • North Korea's population is 2.58 times bigger than Azerbaijan's.
  • Azerbaijan is ranked the 94th most populous country in the world, while North Korea is the 56th.
  • The countries together account for 0.45% of the world: 0.12% for Azerbaijan vs 0.32% for North Korea.
  • For the last 10 years, Azerbaijan has had an average growth rate of +0.73% per year vs +0.41% in North Korea.
  • Since 2005, the population of Azerbaijan has increased from 8.39M people to 10.3M (22.8% growth), while North Korea has grown from 24.4M to 26.6M (9.12% growth).
  • Azerbaijan is projected to reach its peak in 2050 at 11.1M people compared to the peak of 26.8M people in 2032 for North Korea.

Azerbaijan vs North Korea: live population counter

Azerbaijan North Korea
Current population
10308499
26621357
Population rank 94/197 56/197
Percent of world population 0.12% 0.32%
One net population change
10.8 minutes
6.52 minutes
One birth every
4.66 minutes
1.54 minutes
One death every
8.77 minutes
2.05 minutes
One migration net change every
48.4 minutes
3.54 hours
Annual migration change +10,864 -2,473
Daily growth/decline +134 +221
Annual growth/decline +48,892 +80,619
Annual growth/decline rate +0.48% +0.31%
Population growth rate rank 137/197 149/197

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

Azerbaijan
Population

Growth rate
North Korea
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Azerbaijan North Korea Azerbaijan North Korea
1960 3,894,500 11,722,953 - -
1961 4,045,750 11,990,713 3.88% 2.28%
1962 4,168,150 12,262,882 3.03% 2.27%
1963 4,293,550 12,567,057 3.01% 2.48%
1964 4,439,250 12,889,770 3.39% 2.57%
1965 4,574,650 13,219,369 3.05% 2.56%
1966 4,708,150 13,569,094 2.92% 2.65%
1967 4,832,000 13,958,350 2.63% 2.87%
1968 4,948,500 14,365,596 2.41% 2.92%
1969 5,063,300 14,767,615 2.32% 2.8%
1970 5,172,050 15,172,775 2.15% 2.74%
1971 5,282,950 15,572,457 2.14% 2.63%
1972 5,391,450 15,975,069 2.05% 2.59%
1973 5,493,900 16,350,367 1.9% 2.35%
1974 5,594,100 16,673,121 1.82% 1.97%
1975 5,689,050 16,971,055 1.7% 1.79%
1976 5,781,000 17,243,450 1.62% 1.61%
1977 5,876,150 17,492,798 1.65% 1.45%
1978 5,976,150 17,735,995 1.7% 1.39%
1979 6,071,300 17,983,470 1.59% 1.4%
1980 6,160,500 18,236,786 1.47% 1.41%
1981 6,257,750 18,501,295 1.58% 1.45%
1982 6,357,550 18,776,357 1.59% 1.49%
1983 6,459,800 19,054,034 1.61% 1.48%
1984 6,567,850 19,335,043 1.67% 1.47%
1985 6,670,150 19,620,388 1.56% 1.48%
1986 6,770,300 19,910,855 1.5% 1.48%
1987 6,875,350 20,205,483 1.55% 1.48%
1988 6,974,600 20,503,161 1.44% 1.47%
1989 7,076,550 20,804,367 1.46% 1.47%
1990 7,175,200 21,112,137 1.39% 1.48%
1991 7,271,300 21,428,638 1.34% 1.5%
1992 7,382,050 21,750,911 1.52% 1.5%
1993 7,494,800 22,073,352 1.53% 1.48%
1994 7,596,550 22,393,975 1.36% 1.45%
1995 7,684,850 22,669,304 1.16% 1.23%
1996 7,763,000 22,895,746 1.02% 1%
1997 7,838,250 23,110,830 0.97% 0.94%
1998 7,913,000 23,311,564 0.95% 0.87%
1999 7,982,750 23,497,599 0.88% 0.8%
2000 8,048,600 23,665,910 0.82% 0.72%
2001 8,111,200 23,815,358 0.78% 0.63%
2002 8,171,950 23,943,973 0.75% 0.54%
2003 8,234,100 24,090,380 0.76% 0.61%
2004 8,306,500 24,254,943 0.88% 0.68%
2005 8,391,850 24,396,433 1.03% 0.58%
2006 8,484,550 24,524,507 1.1% 0.52%
2007 8,581,300 24,646,383 1.14% 0.5%
2008 8,763,400 24,764,618 2.12% 0.48%
2009 8,947,243 24,878,332 2.1% 0.46%
2010 9,054,332 24,987,258 1.2% 0.44%
2011 9,173,082 25,097,874 1.31% 0.44%
2012 9,295,784 25,211,728 1.34% 0.45%
2013 9,416,801 25,329,451 1.3% 0.47%
2014 9,535,079 25,451,262 1.26% 0.48%
2015 9,649,341 25,575,350 1.2% 0.49%
2016 9,757,812 25,698,326 1.12% 0.48%
2017 9,854,033 25,817,709 0.99% 0.46%
2018 9,939,771 25,931,147 0.87% 0.44%
2019 10,024,283 26,037,632 0.85% 0.41%
2020 10,093,121 26,136,312 0.69% 0.38%
2021 10,137,750 26,232,534 0.44% 0.37%
2022 10,141,756 26,328,845 0.04% 0.37%
2023 10,153,958 26,418,204 0.12% 0.34%
2024 10,202,850 26,498,823 0.48% 0.31%
2025 10,263,192 26,571,033 0.59% 0.27%
2026 10,319,595 26,633,682 0.55% 0.24%
2027 10,373,460 26,686,492 0.52% 0.2%
2028 10,425,946 26,729,261 0.51% 0.16%
2029 10,477,429 26,762,008 0.49% 0.12%
2030 10,527,400 26,784,894 0.48% 0.09%
2031 10,576,015 26,797,946 0.46% 0.05%
2032 10,623,687 26,801,071 0.45% 0.01%
2033 10,669,963 26,795,061 0.44% -0.02%
2034 10,714,572 26,780,481 0.42% -0.05%
2035 10,757,666 26,757,705 0.4% -0.09%
2036 10,798,811 26,727,309 0.38% -0.11%
2037 10,837,689 26,689,907 0.36% -0.14%
2038 10,873,833 26,646,323 0.33% -0.16%
2039 10,907,324 26,596,967 0.31% -0.19%
2040 10,937,977 26,542,417 0.28% -0.21%
2041 10,965,202 26,483,475 0.25% -0.22%
2042 10,989,309 26,420,812 0.22% -0.24%
2043 11,010,513 26,354,324 0.19% -0.25%
2044 11,028,582 26,284,000 0.16% -0.27%
2045 11,044,051 26,210,196 0.14% -0.28%
2046 11,056,769 26,132,922 0.12% -0.29%
2047 11,066,704 26,052,086 0.09% -0.31%
2048 11,074,312 25,967,581 0.07% -0.32%
2049 11,078,340 25,879,244 0.04% -0.34%
2050 11,079,701 25,787,120 0.01% -0.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Azerbaijan increased by 1,257,491 people (a 15% growth), while North Korea gained 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Azerbaijan gained 659,158 (a 6.83% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth).

Azerbaijan was ranked 90th most populous country in 2005 and is 94th 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) Azerbaijan's population will grow by 7.48% to 11,079,701 people and will still be ranked 94th. 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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