The latest officially reported population of Brazil was 211,998,573 in 2024 vs 26,498,823 people in North Korea in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Brazil's population is 213,415,080 people compared to 26,621,357 in North Korea.
Population statistics:
- Brazil's population is 8.02 times bigger than North Korea's.
- Brazil is ranked the 7th most populous country in the world, while North Korea is the 56th.
- The countries together account for 2.9% of the world: 2.58% for Brazil vs 0.32% for North Korea.
- For the last 10 years, Brazil has had an average growth rate of +0.6% per year vs +0.41% in North Korea.
- Since 2005, the population of Brazil has increased from 185M people to 213M (15.6% growth), while North Korea has grown from 24.4M to 26.6M (9.12% growth).
- Brazil is projected to reach its peak in 2042 at 219M people compared to the peak of 26.8M people in 2032 for North Korea.
Brazil vs North Korea: live population counter
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| Current population |
213415080
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26621357
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| Population rank | 7/197 | 56/197 |
| Percent of world population | 2.58% | 0.32% |
| One net population change |
36.8 seconds
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6.52 minutes
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| One birth every |
12.1 seconds
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1.54 minutes
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| One death every |
21.1 seconds
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2.05 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
2.33 minutes
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3.54 hours
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| Annual migration change | -225,510 | -2,473 |
| Daily growth/decline | +2,350 | +221 |
| Annual growth/decline | +857,844 | +80,619 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.41% | +0.31% |
| Population growth rate rank | 141/197 | 149/197 |
Brazil and North Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 72,388,126 | 11,722,953 | - | - |
| 1961 | 74,605,447 | 11,990,713 | 3.06% | 2.28% |
| 1962 | 76,865,323 | 12,262,882 | 3.03% | 2.27% |
| 1963 | 79,164,235 | 12,567,057 | 2.99% | 2.48% |
| 1964 | 81,488,595 | 12,889,770 | 2.94% | 2.57% |
| 1965 | 83,817,583 | 13,219,369 | 2.86% | 2.56% |
| 1966 | 86,139,359 | 13,569,094 | 2.77% | 2.65% |
| 1967 | 88,446,124 | 13,958,350 | 2.68% | 2.87% |
| 1968 | 90,741,240 | 14,365,596 | 2.59% | 2.92% |
| 1969 | 93,045,777 | 14,767,615 | 2.54% | 2.8% |
| 1970 | 95,375,651 | 15,172,775 | 2.5% | 2.74% |
| 1971 | 97,739,273 | 15,572,457 | 2.48% | 2.63% |
| 1972 | 100,146,797 | 15,975,069 | 2.46% | 2.59% |
| 1973 | 102,600,976 | 16,350,367 | 2.45% | 2.35% |
| 1974 | 105,089,675 | 16,673,121 | 2.43% | 1.97% |
| 1975 | 107,619,565 | 16,971,055 | 2.41% | 1.79% |
| 1976 | 110,213,349 | 17,243,450 | 2.41% | 1.61% |
| 1977 | 112,875,292 | 17,492,798 | 2.42% | 1.45% |
| 1978 | 115,600,942 | 17,735,995 | 2.41% | 1.39% |
| 1979 | 118,380,821 | 17,983,470 | 2.4% | 1.4% |
| 1980 | 121,207,461 | 18,236,786 | 2.39% | 1.41% |
| 1981 | 124,063,109 | 18,501,295 | 2.36% | 1.45% |
| 1982 | 126,923,155 | 18,776,357 | 2.31% | 1.49% |
| 1983 | 129,790,077 | 19,054,034 | 2.26% | 1.48% |
| 1984 | 132,658,864 | 19,335,043 | 2.21% | 1.47% |
| 1985 | 135,515,595 | 19,620,388 | 2.15% | 1.48% |
| 1986 | 138,336,370 | 19,910,855 | 2.08% | 1.48% |
| 1987 | 141,104,944 | 20,205,483 | 2% | 1.48% |
| 1988 | 143,826,357 | 20,503,161 | 1.93% | 1.47% |
| 1989 | 146,502,972 | 20,804,367 | 1.86% | 1.47% |
| 1990 | 149,143,223 | 21,112,137 | 1.8% | 1.48% |
| 1991 | 151,724,256 | 21,428,638 | 1.73% | 1.5% |
| 1992 | 154,275,079 | 21,750,911 | 1.68% | 1.5% |
| 1993 | 156,794,577 | 22,073,352 | 1.63% | 1.48% |
| 1994 | 159,265,006 | 22,393,975 | 1.58% | 1.45% |
| 1995 | 161,735,073 | 22,669,304 | 1.55% | 1.23% |
| 1996 | 164,202,549 | 22,895,746 | 1.53% | 1% |
| 1997 | 166,661,659 | 23,110,830 | 1.5% | 0.94% |
| 1998 | 169,159,655 | 23,311,564 | 1.5% | 0.87% |
| 1999 | 171,641,543 | 23,497,599 | 1.47% | 0.8% |
| 2000 | 174,018,282 | 23,665,910 | 1.38% | 0.72% |
| 2001 | 176,301,203 | 23,815,358 | 1.31% | 0.63% |
| 2002 | 178,503,484 | 23,943,973 | 1.25% | 0.54% |
| 2003 | 180,622,688 | 24,090,380 | 1.19% | 0.61% |
| 2004 | 182,675,143 | 24,254,943 | 1.14% | 0.68% |
| 2005 | 184,688,101 | 24,396,433 | 1.1% | 0.58% |
| 2006 | 186,653,106 | 24,524,507 | 1.06% | 0.52% |
| 2007 | 188,552,320 | 24,646,383 | 1.02% | 0.5% |
| 2008 | 190,367,302 | 24,764,618 | 0.96% | 0.48% |
| 2009 | 192,079,951 | 24,878,332 | 0.9% | 0.46% |
| 2010 | 193,701,929 | 24,987,258 | 0.84% | 0.44% |
| 2011 | 195,284,734 | 25,097,874 | 0.82% | 0.44% |
| 2012 | 196,876,111 | 25,211,728 | 0.81% | 0.45% |
| 2013 | 198,478,299 | 25,329,451 | 0.81% | 0.47% |
| 2014 | 200,085,127 | 25,451,262 | 0.81% | 0.48% |
| 2015 | 201,675,532 | 25,575,350 | 0.79% | 0.49% |
| 2016 | 203,218,114 | 25,698,326 | 0.76% | 0.48% |
| 2017 | 204,703,445 | 25,817,709 | 0.73% | 0.46% |
| 2018 | 206,107,261 | 25,931,147 | 0.69% | 0.44% |
| 2019 | 207,455,459 | 26,037,632 | 0.65% | 0.41% |
| 2020 | 208,660,842 | 26,136,312 | 0.58% | 0.38% |
| 2021 | 209,550,294 | 26,232,534 | 0.43% | 0.37% |
| 2022 | 210,306,415 | 26,328,845 | 0.36% | 0.37% |
| 2023 | 211,140,729 | 26,418,204 | 0.4% | 0.34% |
| 2024 | 211,998,573 | 26,498,823 | 0.41% | 0.31% |
| 2025 | 212,812,405 | 26,571,033 | 0.38% | 0.27% |
| 2026 | 213,562,674 | 26,633,682 | 0.35% | 0.24% |
| 2027 | 214,261,037 | 26,686,492 | 0.33% | 0.2% |
| 2028 | 214,911,388 | 26,729,261 | 0.3% | 0.16% |
| 2029 | 215,515,178 | 26,762,008 | 0.28% | 0.12% |
| 2030 | 216,074,424 | 26,784,894 | 0.26% | 0.09% |
| 2031 | 216,587,355 | 26,797,946 | 0.24% | 0.05% |
| 2032 | 217,055,392 | 26,801,071 | 0.22% | 0.01% |
| 2033 | 217,479,394 | 26,795,061 | 0.2% | -0.02% |
| 2034 | 217,860,892 | 26,780,481 | 0.18% | -0.05% |
| 2035 | 218,199,715 | 26,757,705 | 0.16% | -0.09% |
| 2036 | 218,495,215 | 26,727,309 | 0.14% | -0.11% |
| 2037 | 218,747,246 | 26,689,907 | 0.12% | -0.14% |
| 2038 | 218,955,573 | 26,646,323 | 0.1% | -0.16% |
| 2039 | 219,118,385 | 26,596,967 | 0.07% | -0.19% |
| 2040 | 219,237,085 | 26,542,417 | 0.05% | -0.21% |
| 2041 | 219,307,158 | 26,483,475 | 0.03% | -0.22% |
| 2042 | 219,319,771 | 26,420,812 | 0.006% | -0.24% |
| 2043 | 219,276,528 | 26,354,324 | -0.02% | -0.25% |
| 2044 | 219,179,002 | 26,284,000 | -0.04% | -0.27% |
| 2045 | 219,026,208 | 26,210,196 | -0.07% | -0.28% |
| 2046 | 218,821,045 | 26,132,922 | -0.09% | -0.29% |
| 2047 | 218,565,379 | 26,052,086 | -0.12% | -0.31% |
| 2048 | 218,258,225 | 25,967,581 | -0.14% | -0.32% |
| 2049 | 217,897,833 | 25,879,244 | -0.17% | -0.34% |
| 2050 | 217,489,309 | 25,787,120 | -0.19% | -0.36% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Brazil increased by 16,987,431 people (a 9.2% growth), while North Korea gained 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Brazil gained 11,739,548 (a 5.82% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth).
Brazil was ranked 5th most populous country in 2005 and is 7th 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) Brazil's population will grow by 1.91% to 217,489,309 people with a rank change from 7th to 9th. 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 Brazil and North Korea
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| Life expectancy | 76.2 years | 73.9 years |
| Average age | 36.3 years | 38 years |
| Median age | 35.4 years | 37.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.2:50.8 | 49.5:50.5 |
| Fertility rate | 1.62 births per woman | 1.78 births per woman |
| Population density | 65.7 ppl/mi² | 570 ppl/mi² |
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