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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Comoros was 866,628 in 2024 vs 26,498,823 people in North Korea in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Comoros' population is 895,828 people compared to 26,621,357 in North Korea.

Population statistics:

  • North Korea's population is 29.7 times bigger than Comoros'.
  • Comoros is ranked the 160th most populous country in the world, while North Korea is the 56th.
  • The countries together account for 0.33% of the world: 0.01% for Comoros vs 0.32% for North Korea.
  • For the last 10 years, Comoros has had an average growth rate of +2.01% per year vs +0.41% in North Korea.
  • Since 2005, the population of Comoros has increased from 593K people to 896K (51.1% growth), while North Korea has grown from 24.4M to 26.6M (9.12% growth).
  • Comoros is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 1.91M people compared to the peak of 26.8M people in 2032 for North Korea.

Comoros vs North Korea: live population counter

Comoros North Korea
Current population
895828
26621357
Population rank 160/197 56/197
Percent of world population 0.01% 0.32%
One net population change
32.4 minutes
6.52 minutes
One birth every
21.6 minutes
1.54 minutes
One death every
1.43 hours
2.05 minutes
One migration net change every
4.27 hours
3.54 hours
Annual migration change -2,051 -2,473
Daily growth/decline +44 +221
Annual growth/decline +16,241 +80,619
Annual growth/decline rate +1.91% +0.31%
Population growth rate rank 58/197 149/197

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

Comoros
Population

Growth rate
North Korea
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Comoros North Korea Comoros North Korea
1960 197,700 11,722,953 - -
1961 201,201 11,990,713 1.77% 2.28%
1962 204,702 12,262,882 1.74% 2.27%
1963 208,185 12,567,057 1.7% 2.48%
1964 211,644 12,889,770 1.66% 2.57%
1965 214,967 13,219,369 1.57% 2.56%
1966 218,663 13,569,094 1.72% 2.65%
1967 223,859 13,958,350 2.38% 2.87%
1968 230,244 14,365,596 2.85% 2.92%
1969 237,001 14,767,615 2.93% 2.8%
1970 244,185 15,172,775 3.03% 2.74%
1971 251,865 15,572,457 3.15% 2.63%
1972 260,077 15,975,069 3.26% 2.59%
1973 268,820 16,350,367 3.36% 2.35%
1974 278,075 16,673,121 3.44% 1.97%
1975 287,692 16,971,055 3.46% 1.79%
1976 297,538 17,243,450 3.42% 1.61%
1977 307,579 17,492,798 3.37% 1.45%
1978 317,688 17,735,995 3.29% 1.39%
1979 327,791 17,983,470 3.18% 1.4%
1980 337,721 18,236,786 3.03% 1.41%
1981 347,382 18,501,295 2.86% 1.45%
1982 357,139 18,776,357 2.81% 1.49%
1983 367,233 19,054,034 2.83% 1.48%
1984 377,637 19,335,043 2.83% 1.47%
1985 388,352 19,620,388 2.84% 1.48%
1986 399,318 19,910,855 2.82% 1.48%
1987 410,439 20,205,483 2.78% 1.48%
1988 421,687 20,503,161 2.74% 1.47%
1989 433,103 20,804,367 2.71% 1.47%
1990 444,596 21,112,137 2.65% 1.48%
1991 455,556 21,428,638 2.47% 1.5%
1992 465,113 21,750,911 2.1% 1.5%
1993 473,682 22,073,352 1.84% 1.48%
1994 482,142 22,393,975 1.79% 1.45%
1995 490,586 22,669,304 1.75% 1.23%
1996 499,107 22,895,746 1.74% 1%
1997 507,777 23,110,830 1.74% 0.94%
1998 516,597 23,311,564 1.74% 0.87%
1999 525,886 23,497,599 1.8% 0.8%
2000 536,080 23,665,910 1.94% 0.72%
2001 547,220 23,815,358 2.08% 0.63%
2002 558,923 23,943,973 2.14% 0.54%
2003 569,798 24,090,380 1.95% 0.61%
2004 580,704 24,254,943 1.91% 0.68%
2005 592,677 24,396,433 2.06% 0.58%
2006 604,753 24,524,507 2.04% 0.52%
2007 616,927 24,646,383 2.01% 0.5%
2008 629,307 24,764,618 2.01% 0.48%
2009 641,947 24,878,332 2.01% 0.46%
2010 654,836 24,987,258 2.01% 0.44%
2011 668,056 25,097,874 2.02% 0.44%
2012 681,630 25,211,728 2.03% 0.45%
2013 696,192 25,329,451 2.14% 0.47%
2014 711,503 25,451,262 2.2% 0.48%
2015 726,682 25,575,350 2.13% 0.49%
2016 741,741 25,698,326 2.07% 0.48%
2017 756,669 25,817,709 2.01% 0.46%
2018 771,590 25,931,147 1.97% 0.44%
2019 786,578 26,037,632 1.94% 0.41%
2020 802,163 26,136,312 1.98% 0.38%
2021 818,174 26,232,534 2% 0.37%
2022 834,188 26,328,845 1.96% 0.37%
2023 850,387 26,418,204 1.94% 0.34%
2024 866,628 26,498,823 1.91% 0.31%
2025 882,845 26,571,033 1.87% 0.27%
2026 899,008 26,633,682 1.83% 0.24%
2027 915,176 26,686,492 1.8% 0.2%
2028 931,430 26,729,261 1.78% 0.16%
2029 947,803 26,762,008 1.76% 0.12%
2030 964,266 26,784,894 1.74% 0.09%
2031 980,769 26,797,946 1.71% 0.05%
2032 997,341 26,801,071 1.69% 0.01%
2033 1,014,064 26,795,061 1.68% -0.02%
2034 1,030,864 26,780,481 1.66% -0.05%
2035 1,047,760 26,757,705 1.64% -0.09%
2036 1,064,847 26,727,309 1.63% -0.11%
2037 1,081,999 26,689,907 1.61% -0.14%
2038 1,099,147 26,646,323 1.58% -0.16%
2039 1,116,418 26,596,967 1.57% -0.19%
2040 1,133,776 26,542,417 1.55% -0.21%
2041 1,151,146 26,483,475 1.53% -0.22%
2042 1,168,504 26,420,812 1.51% -0.24%
2043 1,185,954 26,354,324 1.49% -0.25%
2044 1,203,535 26,284,000 1.48% -0.27%
2045 1,221,066 26,210,196 1.46% -0.28%
2046 1,238,454 26,132,922 1.42% -0.29%
2047 1,255,711 26,052,086 1.39% -0.31%
2048 1,273,035 25,967,581 1.38% -0.32%
2049 1,290,365 25,879,244 1.36% -0.34%
2050 1,307,552 25,787,120 1.33% -0.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Comoros increased by 134,005 people (a 22.6% growth), while North Korea gained 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Comoros gained 169,146 (a 23.3% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth).

Comoros was ranked 163rd most populous country in 2005 and is 160th 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) Comoros' population will grow by 46% to 1,307,552 people with a rank change from 160th to 157th. 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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