Population in the Bahamas compared to North Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the Bahamas and North Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bahamas	North Korea	Bahamas	North Korea
1960	116,317	11,722,953	-	-
1961	122,197	11,990,713	5.06%	2.28%
1962	128,493	12,262,882	5.15%	2.27%
1963	135,087	12,567,057	5.13%	2.48%
1964	141,528	12,889,770	4.77%	2.57%
1965	147,952	13,219,369	4.54%	2.56%
1966	154,874	13,569,094	4.68%	2.65%
1967	162,267	13,958,350	4.77%	2.87%
1968	170,089	14,365,596	4.82%	2.92%
1969	177,981	14,767,615	4.64%	2.8%
1970	184,982	15,172,775	3.93%	2.74%
1971	190,857	15,572,457	3.18%	2.63%
1972	196,055	15,975,069	2.72%	2.59%
1973	200,791	16,350,367	2.42%	2.35%
1974	205,342	16,673,121	2.27%	1.97%
1975	209,886	16,971,055	2.21%	1.79%
1976	214,501	17,243,450	2.2%	1.61%
1977	219,157	17,492,798	2.17%	1.45%
1978	223,761	17,735,995	2.1%	1.39%
1979	228,230	17,983,470	2%	1.4%
1980	232,526	18,236,786	1.88%	1.41%
1981	236,614	18,501,295	1.76%	1.45%
1982	240,614	18,776,357	1.69%	1.49%
1983	244,698	19,054,034	1.7%	1.48%
1984	248,863	19,335,043	1.7%	1.47%
1985	253,154	19,620,388	1.72%	1.48%
1986	257,536	19,910,855	1.73%	1.48%
1987	261,935	20,205,483	1.71%	1.48%
1988	266,448	20,503,161	1.72%	1.47%
1989	271,178	20,804,367	1.78%	1.47%
1990	275,945	21,112,137	1.76%	1.48%
1991	280,731	21,428,638	1.73%	1.5%
1992	285,927	21,750,911	1.85%	1.5%
1993	291,339	22,073,352	1.89%	1.48%
1994	296,509	22,393,975	1.77%	1.45%
1995	301,461	22,669,304	1.67%	1.23%
1996	306,268	22,895,746	1.59%	1%
1997	310,904	23,110,830	1.51%	0.94%
1998	315,368	23,311,564	1.44%	0.87%
1999	319,614	23,497,599	1.35%	0.8%
2000	323,835	23,665,910	1.32%	0.72%
2001	327,836	23,815,358	1.24%	0.63%
2002	331,614	23,943,973	1.15%	0.54%
2003	335,618	24,090,380	1.21%	0.61%
2004	339,782	24,254,943	1.24%	0.68%
2005	343,894	24,396,433	1.21%	0.58%
2006	348,375	24,524,507	1.3%	0.52%
2007	353,334	24,646,383	1.42%	0.5%
2008	358,120	24,764,618	1.35%	0.48%
2009	362,810	24,878,332	1.31%	0.46%
2010	367,478	24,987,258	1.29%	0.44%
2011	371,729	25,097,874	1.16%	0.44%
2012	375,469	25,211,728	1.01%	0.45%
2013	378,953	25,329,451	0.93%	0.47%
2014	382,298	25,451,262	0.88%	0.48%
2015	385,346	25,575,350	0.8%	0.49%
2016	388,055	25,698,326	0.7%	0.48%
2017	390,485	25,817,709	0.63%	0.46%
2018	392,717	25,931,147	0.57%	0.44%
2019	394,675	26,037,632	0.5%	0.41%
2020	395,863	26,136,312	0.3%	0.38%
2021	396,373	26,232,534	0.13%	0.37%
2022	397,538	26,328,845	0.29%	0.37%
2023	399,440	26,418,204	0.48%	0.34%
2024	401,283	26,498,823	0.46%	0.31%
2025	403,042	26,571,033	0.44%	0.27%
2026	404,635	26,633,682	0.4%	0.24%
2027	406,126	26,686,492	0.37%	0.2%
2028	407,560	26,729,261	0.35%	0.16%
2029	408,950	26,762,008	0.34%	0.12%
2030	410,269	26,784,894	0.32%	0.09%
2031	411,543	26,797,946	0.31%	0.05%
2032	412,724	26,801,071	0.29%	0.01%
2033	413,846	26,795,061	0.27%	-0.02%
2034	414,942	26,780,481	0.26%	-0.05%
2035	415,982	26,757,705	0.25%	-0.09%
2036	416,939	26,727,309	0.23%	-0.11%
2037	417,847	26,689,907	0.22%	-0.14%
2038	418,753	26,646,323	0.22%	-0.16%
2039	419,595	26,596,967	0.2%	-0.19%
2040	420,348	26,542,417	0.18%	-0.21%
2041	421,079	26,483,475	0.17%	-0.22%
2042	421,746	26,420,812	0.16%	-0.24%
2043	422,343	26,354,324	0.14%	-0.25%
2044	422,831	26,284,000	0.12%	-0.27%
2045	423,269	26,210,196	0.1%	-0.28%
2046	423,679	26,132,922	0.1%	-0.29%
2047	423,952	26,052,086	0.06%	-0.31%
2048	424,123	25,967,581	0.04%	-0.32%
2049	424,251	25,879,244	0.03%	-0.34%
2050	424,273	25,787,120	0.005%	-0.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Bahamas increased by 39,680 people (a 11.4% growth), while North Korea gained 1,173,819 people (a 4.79% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Bahamas gained 16,596 (a 4.28% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 935,933 (a 3.64% growth).

The Bahamas was ranked 170th most populous country in 2006 and is 172nd in 2026. North Korea was ranked 46th in 2006 and ranked 56th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) the Bahamas' population will grow by 4.85% to 424,273 people with a rank change from 172nd to 174th. The population of North Korea will decrease by 3.18% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.