Population in East Timor compared to North Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

East Timor and North Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	East Timor	North Korea	East Timor	North Korea
1960	468,118	11,722,953	-	-
1961	475,291	11,990,713	1.53%	2.28%
1962	482,774	12,262,882	1.57%	2.27%
1963	490,564	12,567,057	1.61%	2.48%
1964	498,659	12,889,770	1.65%	2.57%
1965	507,034	13,219,369	1.68%	2.56%
1966	515,696	13,569,094	1.71%	2.65%
1967	524,648	13,958,350	1.74%	2.87%
1968	533,875	14,365,596	1.76%	2.92%
1969	543,356	14,767,615	1.78%	2.8%
1970	553,069	15,172,775	1.79%	2.74%
1971	562,966	15,572,457	1.79%	2.63%
1972	572,962	15,975,069	1.78%	2.59%
1973	582,855	16,350,367	1.73%	2.35%
1974	590,827	16,673,121	1.37%	1.97%
1975	598,158	16,971,055	1.24%	1.79%
1976	607,620	17,243,450	1.58%	1.61%
1977	618,315	17,492,798	1.76%	1.45%
1978	628,775	17,735,995	1.69%	1.39%
1979	638,719	17,983,470	1.58%	1.4%
1980	649,871	18,236,786	1.75%	1.41%
1981	660,493	18,501,295	1.63%	1.45%
1982	669,149	18,776,357	1.31%	1.49%
1983	677,707	19,054,034	1.28%	1.48%
1984	686,777	19,335,043	1.34%	1.47%
1985	696,665	19,620,388	1.44%	1.48%
1986	707,185	19,910,855	1.51%	1.48%
1987	718,476	20,205,483	1.6%	1.48%
1988	730,745	20,503,161	1.71%	1.47%
1989	744,856	20,804,367	1.93%	1.47%
1990	760,345	21,112,137	2.08%	1.48%
1991	778,278	21,428,638	2.36%	1.5%
1992	799,318	21,750,911	2.7%	1.5%
1993	821,437	22,073,352	2.77%	1.48%
1994	844,493	22,393,975	2.81%	1.45%
1995	868,146	22,669,304	2.8%	1.23%
1996	892,282	22,895,746	2.78%	1%
1997	917,184	23,110,830	2.79%	0.94%
1998	942,530	23,311,564	2.76%	0.87%
1999	834,697	23,497,599	-11.4%	0.8%
2000	745,088	23,665,910	-10.7%	0.72%
2001	812,249	23,815,358	9.01%	0.63%
2002	879,159	23,943,973	8.24%	0.54%
2003	916,878	24,090,380	4.29%	0.61%
2004	929,074	24,254,943	1.33%	0.68%
2005	948,311	24,396,433	2.07%	0.58%
2006	976,597	24,524,507	2.98%	0.52%
2007	1,004,889	24,646,383	2.9%	0.5%
2008	1,032,429	24,764,618	2.74%	0.48%
2009	1,058,782	24,878,332	2.55%	0.46%
2010	1,084,679	24,987,258	2.45%	0.44%
2011	1,110,207	25,097,874	2.35%	0.44%
2012	1,134,885	25,211,728	2.22%	0.45%
2013	1,158,695	25,329,451	2.1%	0.47%
2014	1,181,903	25,451,262	2%	0.48%
2015	1,205,131	25,575,350	1.97%	0.49%
2016	1,228,312	25,698,326	1.92%	0.48%
2017	1,251,703	25,817,709	1.9%	0.46%
2018	1,275,959	25,931,147	1.94%	0.44%
2019	1,300,945	26,037,632	1.96%	0.41%
2020	1,326,053	26,136,312	1.93%	0.38%
2021	1,350,139	26,232,534	1.82%	0.37%
2022	1,369,295	26,328,845	1.42%	0.37%
2023	1,384,286	26,418,204	1.09%	0.34%
2024	1,400,638	26,498,823	1.18%	0.31%
2025	1,418,519	26,571,033	1.28%	0.27%
2026	1,436,934	26,633,682	1.3%	0.24%
2027	1,456,334	26,686,492	1.35%	0.2%
2028	1,476,850	26,729,261	1.41%	0.16%
2029	1,498,119	26,762,008	1.44%	0.12%
2030	1,519,802	26,784,894	1.45%	0.09%
2031	1,540,659	26,797,946	1.37%	0.05%
2032	1,559,710	26,801,071	1.24%	0.01%
2033	1,578,114	26,795,061	1.18%	-0.02%
2034	1,597,444	26,780,481	1.22%	-0.05%
2035	1,618,799	26,757,705	1.34%	-0.09%
2036	1,639,721	26,727,309	1.29%	-0.11%
2037	1,659,327	26,689,907	1.2%	-0.14%
2038	1,678,953	26,646,323	1.18%	-0.16%
2039	1,698,891	26,596,967	1.19%	-0.19%
2040	1,718,249	26,542,417	1.14%	-0.21%
2041	1,736,476	26,483,475	1.06%	-0.22%
2042	1,755,847	26,420,812	1.12%	-0.24%
2043	1,776,066	26,354,324	1.15%	-0.25%
2044	1,793,758	26,284,000	1%	-0.27%
2045	1,809,637	26,210,196	0.89%	-0.28%
2046	1,825,551	26,132,922	0.88%	-0.29%
2047	1,841,558	26,052,086	0.88%	-0.31%
2048	1,858,311	25,967,581	0.91%	-0.32%
2049	1,873,846	25,879,244	0.84%	-0.34%
2050	1,889,246	25,787,120	0.82%	-0.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of East Timor increased by 256,820 people (a 27.1% growth), while North Korea gained 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, East Timor gained 228,180 (a 18.9% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth).

East Timor was ranked 154th most populous country in 2005 and is 152nd 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) East Timor's population will grow by 31.8% to 1,889,246 people with a rank change from 152nd to 149th. The population of North Korea will decrease by 3.13% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.