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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Colombia	North Korea	Colombia	North Korea
1960	15,606,209	11,722,953	-	-
1961	16,095,203	11,990,713	3.13%	2.28%
1962	16,599,029	12,262,882	3.13%	2.27%
1963	17,113,823	12,567,057	3.1%	2.48%
1964	17,637,411	12,889,770	3.06%	2.57%
1965	18,169,050	13,219,369	3.01%	2.56%
1966	18,702,688	13,569,094	2.94%	2.65%
1967	19,235,618	13,958,350	2.85%	2.87%
1968	19,766,796	14,365,596	2.76%	2.92%
1969	20,291,942	14,767,615	2.66%	2.8%
1970	20,811,782	15,172,775	2.56%	2.74%
1971	21,319,096	15,572,457	2.44%	2.63%
1972	21,819,563	15,975,069	2.35%	2.59%
1973	22,325,374	16,350,367	2.32%	2.35%
1974	22,833,469	16,673,121	2.28%	1.97%
1975	23,344,644	16,971,055	2.24%	1.79%
1976	23,858,810	17,243,450	2.2%	1.61%
1977	24,393,494	17,492,798	2.24%	1.45%
1978	24,950,337	17,735,995	2.28%	1.39%
1979	25,515,626	17,983,470	2.27%	1.4%
1980	26,104,498	18,236,786	2.31%	1.41%
1981	26,713,267	18,501,295	2.33%	1.45%
1982	27,338,331	18,776,357	2.34%	1.49%
1983	27,988,173	19,054,034	2.38%	1.48%
1984	28,642,690	19,335,043	2.34%	1.47%
1985	29,268,470	19,620,388	2.18%	1.48%
1986	29,879,112	19,910,855	2.09%	1.48%
1987	30,499,467	20,205,483	2.08%	1.48%
1988	31,130,524	20,503,161	2.07%	1.47%
1989	31,776,279	20,804,367	2.07%	1.47%
1990	32,440,069	21,112,137	2.09%	1.48%
1991	33,098,372	21,428,638	2.03%	1.5%
1992	33,760,571	21,750,911	2%	1.5%
1993	34,441,473	22,073,352	2.02%	1.48%
1994	35,127,410	22,393,975	1.99%	1.45%
1995	35,804,662	22,669,304	1.93%	1.23%
1996	36,462,745	22,895,746	1.84%	1%
1997	37,121,149	23,110,830	1.81%	0.94%
1998	37,792,165	23,311,564	1.81%	0.87%
1999	38,454,863	23,497,599	1.75%	0.8%
2000	39,089,934	23,665,910	1.65%	0.72%
2001	39,709,262	23,815,358	1.58%	0.63%
2002	40,324,680	23,943,973	1.55%	0.54%
2003	40,937,429	24,090,380	1.52%	0.61%
2004	41,543,171	24,254,943	1.48%	0.68%
2005	42,128,977	24,396,433	1.41%	0.58%
2006	42,691,084	24,524,507	1.33%	0.52%
2007	43,235,374	24,646,383	1.27%	0.5%
2008	43,758,808	24,764,618	1.21%	0.48%
2009	44,271,541	24,878,332	1.17%	0.46%
2010	44,777,319	24,987,258	1.14%	0.44%
2011	45,259,614	25,097,874	1.08%	0.44%
2012	45,715,810	25,211,728	1.01%	0.45%
2013	46,151,584	25,329,451	0.95%	0.47%
2014	46,565,429	25,451,262	0.9%	0.48%
2015	46,969,940	25,575,350	0.87%	0.49%
2016	47,437,512	25,698,326	1%	0.48%
2017	48,131,078	25,817,709	1.46%	0.46%
2018	49,024,465	25,931,147	1.86%	0.44%
2019	49,907,985	26,037,632	1.8%	0.41%
2020	50,629,997	26,136,312	1.45%	0.38%
2021	51,188,173	26,232,534	1.1%	0.37%
2022	51,737,944	26,328,845	1.07%	0.37%
2023	52,321,152	26,418,204	1.13%	0.34%
2024	52,886,363	26,498,823	1.08%	0.31%
2025	53,425,632	26,571,033	1.02%	0.27%
2026	53,936,234	26,633,682	0.96%	0.24%
2027	54,422,275	26,686,492	0.9%	0.2%
2028	54,885,123	26,729,261	0.85%	0.16%
2029	55,322,627	26,762,008	0.8%	0.12%
2030	55,736,477	26,784,894	0.75%	0.09%
2031	56,125,966	26,797,946	0.7%	0.05%
2032	56,490,496	26,801,071	0.65%	0.01%
2033	56,832,264	26,795,061	0.61%	-0.02%
2034	57,151,619	26,780,481	0.56%	-0.05%
2035	57,445,755	26,757,705	0.51%	-0.09%
2036	57,716,869	26,727,309	0.47%	-0.11%
2037	57,965,300	26,689,907	0.43%	-0.14%
2038	58,190,082	26,646,323	0.39%	-0.16%
2039	58,394,310	26,596,967	0.35%	-0.19%
2040	58,576,452	26,542,417	0.31%	-0.21%
2041	58,736,886	26,483,475	0.27%	-0.22%
2042	58,878,126	26,420,812	0.24%	-0.24%
2043	59,000,362	26,354,324	0.21%	-0.25%
2044	59,104,592	26,284,000	0.18%	-0.27%
2045	59,190,826	26,210,196	0.15%	-0.28%
2046	59,259,758	26,132,922	0.12%	-0.29%
2047	59,313,132	26,052,086	0.09%	-0.31%
2048	59,351,262	25,967,581	0.06%	-0.32%
2049	59,375,012	25,879,244	0.04%	-0.34%
2050	59,385,355	25,787,120	0.02%	-0.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Colombia increased by 4,840,963 people (a 11.5% growth), while North Korea gained 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Colombia gained 6,865,847 (a 14.6% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth).

Colombia was ranked 29th most populous country in 2005 and is 28th 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) Colombia's population will grow by 10.3% to 59,385,355 people with a rank change from 28th to 34th. The population of North Korea will decrease by 3.13% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.