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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Brunei	North Korea	Brunei	North Korea
1960	88,347	11,722,953	-	-
1961	92,517	11,990,713	4.72%	2.28%
1962	96,719	12,262,882	4.54%	2.27%
1963	101,159	12,567,057	4.59%	2.48%
1964	105,922	12,889,770	4.71%	2.57%
1965	110,838	13,219,369	4.64%	2.56%
1966	115,874	13,569,094	4.54%	2.65%
1967	121,017	13,958,350	4.44%	2.87%
1968	126,222	14,365,596	4.3%	2.92%
1969	131,446	14,767,615	4.14%	2.8%
1970	135,138	15,172,775	2.81%	2.74%
1971	137,921	15,572,457	2.06%	2.63%
1972	142,189	15,975,069	3.09%	2.59%
1973	147,369	16,350,367	3.64%	2.35%
1974	152,656	16,673,121	3.59%	1.97%
1975	158,070	16,971,055	3.55%	1.79%
1976	163,607	17,243,450	3.5%	1.61%
1977	169,277	17,492,798	3.47%	1.45%
1978	174,884	17,735,995	3.31%	1.39%
1979	180,422	17,983,470	3.17%	1.4%
1980	186,111	18,236,786	3.15%	1.41%
1981	191,977	18,501,295	3.15%	1.45%
1982	198,165	18,776,357	3.22%	1.49%
1983	204,741	19,054,034	3.32%	1.48%
1984	211,661	19,335,043	3.38%	1.47%
1985	218,919	19,620,388	3.43%	1.48%
1986	226,495	19,910,855	3.46%	1.48%
1987	233,860	20,205,483	3.25%	1.48%
1988	240,913	20,503,161	3.02%	1.47%
1989	248,064	20,804,367	2.97%	1.47%
1990	255,292	21,112,137	2.91%	1.48%
1991	262,596	21,428,638	2.86%	1.5%
1992	269,839	21,750,911	2.76%	1.5%
1993	276,971	22,073,352	2.64%	1.48%
1994	284,091	22,393,975	2.57%	1.45%
1995	291,195	22,669,304	2.5%	1.23%
1996	298,276	22,895,746	2.43%	1%
1997	305,341	23,110,830	2.37%	0.94%
1998	312,385	23,311,564	2.31%	0.87%
1999	319,411	23,497,599	2.25%	0.8%
2000	326,424	23,665,910	2.2%	0.72%
2001	333,345	23,815,358	2.12%	0.63%
2002	340,099	23,943,973	2.03%	0.54%
2003	346,637	24,090,380	1.92%	0.61%
2004	352,911	24,254,943	1.81%	0.68%
2005	358,916	24,396,433	1.7%	0.58%
2006	364,663	24,524,507	1.6%	0.52%
2007	370,873	24,646,383	1.7%	0.5%
2008	377,793	24,764,618	1.87%	0.48%
2009	384,952	24,878,332	1.89%	0.46%
2010	392,332	24,987,258	1.92%	0.44%
2011	399,389	25,097,874	1.8%	0.44%
2012	405,557	25,211,728	1.54%	0.45%
2013	411,202	25,329,451	1.39%	0.47%
2014	416,750	25,451,262	1.35%	0.48%
2015	422,212	25,575,350	1.31%	0.49%
2016	427,564	25,698,326	1.27%	0.48%
2017	432,772	25,817,709	1.22%	0.46%
2018	437,810	25,931,147	1.16%	0.44%
2019	442,680	26,037,632	1.11%	0.41%
2020	447,404	26,136,312	1.07%	0.38%
2021	451,721	26,232,534	0.96%	0.37%
2022	455,370	26,328,845	0.81%	0.37%
2023	458,949	26,418,204	0.79%	0.34%
2024	462,721	26,498,823	0.82%	0.31%
2025	466,324	26,571,033	0.78%	0.27%
2026	469,766	26,633,682	0.74%	0.24%
2027	473,148	26,686,492	0.72%	0.2%
2028	476,428	26,729,261	0.69%	0.16%
2029	479,491	26,762,008	0.64%	0.12%
2030	482,438	26,784,894	0.61%	0.09%
2031	485,308	26,797,946	0.59%	0.05%
2032	487,943	26,801,071	0.54%	0.01%
2033	490,424	26,795,061	0.51%	-0.02%
2034	492,887	26,780,481	0.5%	-0.05%
2035	495,286	26,757,705	0.49%	-0.09%
2036	497,544	26,727,309	0.46%	-0.11%
2037	499,693	26,689,907	0.43%	-0.14%
2038	501,910	26,646,323	0.44%	-0.16%
2039	504,061	26,596,967	0.43%	-0.19%
2040	505,968	26,542,417	0.38%	-0.21%
2041	507,800	26,483,475	0.36%	-0.22%
2042	509,531	26,420,812	0.34%	-0.24%
2043	511,124	26,354,324	0.31%	-0.25%
2044	512,586	26,284,000	0.29%	-0.27%
2045	514,047	26,210,196	0.29%	-0.28%
2046	515,409	26,132,922	0.26%	-0.29%
2047	516,596	26,052,086	0.23%	-0.31%
2048	517,693	25,967,581	0.21%	-0.32%
2049	518,684	25,879,244	0.19%	-0.34%
2050	519,542	25,787,120	0.17%	-0.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Brunei increased by 63,296 people (a 17.6% growth), while North Korea gained 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Brunei gained 46,876 (a 11.1% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth).

Brunei was ranked 169th most populous country in 2005 and is 170th 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) Brunei's population will grow by 10.8% to 519,542 people with a rank change from 170th to 171st. The population of North Korea will decrease by 3.13% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.