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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Belarus	North Korea	Belarus	North Korea
1960	8,198,000	11,722,953	-	-
1961	8,271,216	11,990,713	0.89%	2.28%
1962	8,351,928	12,262,882	0.98%	2.27%
1963	8,437,232	12,567,057	1.02%	2.48%
1964	8,524,224	12,889,770	1.03%	2.57%
1965	8,610,000	13,219,369	1.01%	2.56%
1966	8,696,496	13,569,094	1%	2.65%
1967	8,785,648	13,958,350	1.03%	2.87%
1968	8,874,552	14,365,596	1.01%	2.92%
1969	8,960,304	14,767,615	0.97%	2.8%
1970	9,040,000	15,172,775	0.89%	2.74%
1971	9,115,576	15,572,457	0.84%	2.63%
1972	9,188,968	15,975,069	0.81%	2.59%
1973	9,257,272	16,350,367	0.74%	2.35%
1974	9,317,584	16,673,121	0.65%	1.97%
1975	9,367,000	16,971,055	0.53%	1.79%
1976	9,411,000	17,243,450	0.47%	1.61%
1977	9,463,000	17,492,798	0.55%	1.45%
1978	9,525,000	17,735,995	0.66%	1.39%
1979	9,584,000	17,983,470	0.62%	1.4%
1980	9,643,000	18,236,786	0.62%	1.41%
1981	9,710,000	18,501,295	0.69%	1.45%
1982	9,776,000	18,776,357	0.68%	1.49%
1983	9,843,000	19,054,034	0.69%	1.48%
1984	9,910,000	19,335,043	0.68%	1.47%
1985	9,975,000	19,620,388	0.66%	1.48%
1986	10,043,000	19,910,855	0.68%	1.48%
1987	10,111,000	20,205,483	0.68%	1.48%
1988	10,140,000	20,503,161	0.29%	1.47%
1989	10,170,000	20,804,367	0.3%	1.47%
1990	10,189,348	21,112,137	0.19%	1.48%
1991	10,194,050	21,428,638	0.05%	1.5%
1992	10,216,470	21,750,911	0.22%	1.5%
1993	10,239,050	22,073,352	0.22%	1.48%
1994	10,226,955	22,393,975	-0.12%	1.45%
1995	10,193,831	22,669,304	-0.32%	1.23%
1996	10,159,569	22,895,746	-0.34%	1%
1997	10,117,433	23,110,830	-0.41%	0.94%
1998	10,071,963	23,311,564	-0.45%	0.87%
1999	10,026,738	23,497,599	-0.45%	0.8%
2000	9,979,610	23,665,910	-0.47%	0.72%
2001	9,928,549	23,815,358	-0.51%	0.63%
2002	9,865,548	23,943,973	-0.63%	0.54%
2003	9,796,749	24,090,380	-0.7%	0.61%
2004	9,730,146	24,254,943	-0.68%	0.68%
2005	9,663,915	24,396,433	-0.68%	0.58%
2006	9,604,924	24,524,507	-0.61%	0.52%
2007	9,560,953	24,646,383	-0.46%	0.5%
2008	9,527,985	24,764,618	-0.34%	0.48%
2009	9,504,583	24,878,332	-0.25%	0.46%
2010	9,483,836	24,987,258	-0.22%	0.44%
2011	9,461,643	25,097,874	-0.23%	0.44%
2012	9,446,836	25,211,728	-0.16%	0.45%
2013	9,443,211	25,329,451	-0.04%	0.47%
2014	9,448,515	25,451,262	0.06%	0.48%
2015	9,461,076	25,575,350	0.13%	0.49%
2016	9,469,379	25,698,326	0.09%	0.48%
2017	9,458,989	25,817,709	-0.11%	0.46%
2018	9,438,785	25,931,147	-0.21%	0.44%
2019	9,419,758	26,037,632	-0.2%	0.41%
2020	9,379,952	26,136,312	-0.42%	0.38%
2021	9,302,585	26,232,534	-0.82%	0.37%
2022	9,228,071	26,328,845	-0.8%	0.37%
2023	9,178,298	26,418,204	-0.54%	0.34%
2024	9,132,629	26,498,823	-0.5%	0.31%
2025	9,073,036	26,571,033	-0.65%	0.27%
2026	9,011,944	26,633,682	-0.67%	0.24%
2027	8,950,041	26,686,492	-0.69%	0.2%
2028	8,887,762	26,729,261	-0.7%	0.16%
2029	8,824,424	26,762,008	-0.71%	0.12%
2030	8,760,466	26,784,894	-0.72%	0.09%
2031	8,696,768	26,797,946	-0.73%	0.05%
2032	8,633,068	26,801,071	-0.73%	0.01%
2033	8,569,172	26,795,061	-0.74%	-0.02%
2034	8,505,555	26,780,481	-0.74%	-0.05%
2035	8,442,461	26,757,705	-0.74%	-0.09%
2036	8,379,897	26,727,309	-0.74%	-0.11%
2037	8,317,831	26,689,907	-0.74%	-0.14%
2038	8,255,917	26,646,323	-0.74%	-0.16%
2039	8,193,893	26,596,967	-0.75%	-0.19%
2040	8,132,083	26,542,417	-0.75%	-0.21%
2041	8,070,545	26,483,475	-0.76%	-0.22%
2042	8,009,602	26,420,812	-0.76%	-0.24%
2043	7,949,312	26,354,324	-0.75%	-0.25%
2044	7,889,014	26,284,000	-0.76%	-0.27%
2045	7,828,555	26,210,196	-0.77%	-0.28%
2046	7,767,902	26,132,922	-0.77%	-0.29%
2047	7,706,676	26,052,086	-0.79%	-0.31%
2048	7,644,179	25,967,581	-0.81%	-0.32%
2049	7,580,508	25,879,244	-0.83%	-0.34%
2050	7,516,034	25,787,120	-0.85%	-0.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Belarus decreased by 135,545 people (a 1.41% decline), while North Korea gained 1,173,819 people (a 4.79% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Belarus lost -457,435 (a 4.83% decline), while North Korea's population increased by 935,933 (a 3.64% growth).

Belarus was ranked 82nd most populous country in 2006 and is 101st 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) Belarus' population will shrink by 16.6% to 7,516,034 people with a rank change from 101st to 114th. The population of North Korea will decrease by 3.18% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.