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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Denmark	North Korea	Denmark	North Korea
1960	4,579,603	11,722,953	-	-
1961	4,611,687	11,990,713	0.7%	2.28%
1962	4,647,727	12,262,882	0.78%	2.27%
1963	4,684,483	12,567,057	0.79%	2.48%
1964	4,722,072	12,889,770	0.8%	2.57%
1965	4,759,012	13,219,369	0.78%	2.56%
1966	4,797,381	13,569,094	0.81%	2.65%
1967	4,835,354	13,958,350	0.79%	2.87%
1968	4,864,883	14,365,596	0.61%	2.92%
1969	4,891,860	14,767,615	0.55%	2.8%
1970	4,928,757	15,172,775	0.75%	2.74%
1971	4,963,126	15,572,457	0.7%	2.63%
1972	4,991,596	15,975,069	0.57%	2.59%
1973	5,021,861	16,350,367	0.61%	2.35%
1974	5,045,297	16,673,121	0.47%	1.97%
1975	5,059,862	16,971,055	0.29%	1.79%
1976	5,072,596	17,243,450	0.25%	1.61%
1977	5,088,419	17,492,798	0.31%	1.45%
1978	5,104,248	17,735,995	0.31%	1.39%
1979	5,116,801	17,983,470	0.25%	1.4%
1980	5,123,027	18,236,786	0.12%	1.41%
1981	5,121,572	18,501,295	-0.03%	1.45%
1982	5,117,810	18,776,357	-0.07%	1.49%
1983	5,114,297	19,054,034	-0.07%	1.48%
1984	5,111,619	19,335,043	-0.05%	1.47%
1985	5,113,691	19,620,388	0.04%	1.48%
1986	5,120,534	19,910,855	0.13%	1.48%
1987	5,127,024	20,205,483	0.13%	1.48%
1988	5,129,516	20,503,161	0.05%	1.47%
1989	5,132,594	20,804,367	0.06%	1.47%
1990	5,140,939	21,112,137	0.16%	1.48%
1991	5,154,298	21,428,638	0.26%	1.5%
1992	5,171,370	21,750,911	0.33%	1.5%
1993	5,188,628	22,073,352	0.33%	1.48%
1994	5,206,180	22,393,975	0.34%	1.45%
1995	5,233,373	22,669,304	0.52%	1.23%
1996	5,263,074	22,895,746	0.57%	1%
1997	5,284,991	23,110,830	0.42%	0.94%
1998	5,304,219	23,311,564	0.36%	0.87%
1999	5,321,799	23,497,599	0.33%	0.8%
2000	5,339,616	23,665,910	0.33%	0.72%
2001	5,358,783	23,815,358	0.36%	0.63%
2002	5,375,931	23,943,973	0.32%	0.54%
2003	5,390,574	24,090,380	0.27%	0.61%
2004	5,404,523	24,254,943	0.26%	0.68%
2005	5,419,432	24,396,433	0.28%	0.58%
2006	5,437,272	24,524,507	0.33%	0.52%
2007	5,461,438	24,646,383	0.44%	0.5%
2008	5,493,621	24,764,618	0.59%	0.48%
2009	5,523,095	24,878,332	0.54%	0.46%
2010	5,547,683	24,987,258	0.45%	0.44%
2011	5,570,572	25,097,874	0.41%	0.44%
2012	5,591,572	25,211,728	0.38%	0.45%
2013	5,614,932	25,329,451	0.42%	0.47%
2014	5,643,475	25,451,262	0.51%	0.48%
2015	5,683,483	25,575,350	0.71%	0.49%
2016	5,728,010	25,698,326	0.78%	0.48%
2017	5,764,980	25,817,709	0.65%	0.46%
2018	5,793,636	25,931,147	0.5%	0.44%
2019	5,814,422	26,037,632	0.36%	0.41%
2020	5,831,404	26,136,312	0.29%	0.38%
2021	5,856,733	26,232,534	0.43%	0.37%
2022	5,903,037	26,328,845	0.79%	0.37%
2023	5,946,952	26,418,204	0.74%	0.34%
2024	5,976,992	26,498,823	0.51%	0.31%
2025	6,002,090	26,571,033	0.42%	0.27%
2026	6,023,091	26,633,682	0.35%	0.24%
2027	6,041,010	26,686,492	0.3%	0.2%
2028	6,056,755	26,729,261	0.26%	0.16%
2029	6,070,186	26,762,008	0.22%	0.12%
2030	6,081,559	26,784,894	0.19%	0.09%
2031	6,091,513	26,797,946	0.16%	0.05%
2032	6,099,943	26,801,071	0.14%	0.01%
2033	6,107,156	26,795,061	0.12%	-0.02%
2034	6,113,785	26,780,481	0.11%	-0.05%
2035	6,119,365	26,757,705	0.09%	-0.09%
2036	6,123,874	26,727,309	0.07%	-0.11%
2037	6,127,386	26,689,907	0.06%	-0.14%
2038	6,130,437	26,646,323	0.05%	-0.16%
2039	6,132,752	26,596,967	0.04%	-0.19%
2040	6,134,223	26,542,417	0.02%	-0.21%
2041	6,135,120	26,483,475	0.01%	-0.22%
2042	6,135,315	26,420,812	0.003%	-0.24%
2043	6,135,244	26,354,324	-0.001%	-0.25%
2044	6,134,789	26,284,000	-0.007%	-0.27%
2045	6,134,218	26,210,196	-0.009%	-0.28%
2046	6,133,182	26,132,922	-0.02%	-0.29%
2047	6,131,427	26,052,086	-0.03%	-0.31%
2048	6,129,548	25,967,581	-0.03%	-0.32%
2049	6,127,293	25,879,244	-0.04%	-0.34%
2050	6,124,397	25,787,120	-0.05%	-0.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Denmark increased by 264,051 people (a 4.87% growth), while North Korea gained 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Denmark gained 335,476 (a 5.9% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth).

Denmark was ranked 108th most populous country in 2005 and is 114th 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) Denmark's population will grow by 1.75% to 6,124,397 people with a rank change from 114th to 119th. The population of North Korea will decrease by 3.13% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.