Population in Equatorial Guinea compared to North Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Equatorial Guinea and North Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Equatorial Guinea	North Korea	Equatorial Guinea	North Korea
1960	269,807	11,722,953	-	-
1961	274,896	11,990,713	1.89%	2.28%
1962	280,286	12,262,882	1.96%	2.27%
1963	285,965	12,567,057	2.03%	2.48%
1964	291,942	12,889,770	2.09%	2.57%
1965	298,238	13,219,369	2.16%	2.56%
1966	304,859	13,569,094	2.22%	2.65%
1967	311,805	13,958,350	2.28%	2.87%
1968	318,849	14,365,596	2.26%	2.92%
1969	322,517	14,767,615	1.15%	2.8%
1970	320,803	15,172,775	-0.53%	2.74%
1971	315,940	15,572,457	-1.52%	2.63%
1972	309,468	15,975,069	-2.05%	2.59%
1973	302,281	16,350,367	-2.32%	2.35%
1974	294,953	16,673,121	-2.42%	1.97%
1975	287,901	16,971,055	-2.39%	1.79%
1976	281,031	17,243,450	-2.39%	1.61%
1977	276,779	17,492,798	-1.51%	1.45%
1978	276,531	17,735,995	-0.09%	1.39%
1979	279,846	17,983,470	1.2%	1.4%
1980	288,644	18,236,786	3.14%	1.41%
1981	303,252	18,501,295	5.06%	1.45%
1982	322,216	18,776,357	6.25%	1.49%
1983	343,421	19,054,034	6.58%	1.48%
1984	364,899	19,335,043	6.25%	1.47%
1985	385,547	19,620,388	5.66%	1.48%
1986	404,728	19,910,855	4.98%	1.48%
1987	422,522	20,205,483	4.4%	1.48%
1988	439,651	20,503,161	4.05%	1.47%
1989	456,808	20,804,367	3.9%	1.47%
1990	474,274	21,112,137	3.82%	1.48%
1991	492,217	21,428,638	3.78%	1.5%
1992	510,770	21,750,911	3.77%	1.5%
1993	530,023	22,073,352	3.77%	1.48%
1994	550,138	22,393,975	3.8%	1.45%
1995	571,264	22,669,304	3.84%	1.23%
1996	593,492	22,895,746	3.89%	1%
1997	616,893	23,110,830	3.94%	0.94%
1998	641,474	23,311,564	3.98%	0.87%
1999	667,214	23,497,599	4.01%	0.8%
2000	703,279	23,665,910	5.41%	0.72%
2001	749,836	23,815,358	6.62%	0.63%
2002	797,957	23,943,973	6.42%	0.54%
2003	847,862	24,090,380	6.25%	0.61%
2004	899,917	24,254,943	6.14%	0.68%
2005	947,367	24,396,433	5.27%	0.58%
2006	990,343	24,524,507	4.54%	0.52%
2007	1,036,044	24,646,383	4.61%	0.5%
2008	1,084,530	24,764,618	4.68%	0.48%
2009	1,135,673	24,878,332	4.72%	0.46%
2010	1,189,085	24,987,258	4.7%	0.44%
2011	1,241,835	25,097,874	4.44%	0.44%
2012	1,293,483	25,211,728	4.16%	0.45%
2013	1,346,218	25,329,451	4.08%	0.47%
2014	1,399,828	25,451,262	3.98%	0.48%
2015	1,453,923	25,575,350	3.86%	0.49%
2016	1,508,186	25,698,326	3.73%	0.48%
2017	1,562,396	25,817,709	3.59%	0.46%
2018	1,616,422	25,931,147	3.46%	0.44%
2019	1,670,177	26,037,632	3.33%	0.41%
2020	1,716,468	26,136,312	2.77%	0.38%
2021	1,758,786	26,232,534	2.47%	0.37%
2022	1,803,545	26,328,845	2.54%	0.37%
2023	1,847,549	26,418,204	2.44%	0.34%
2024	1,892,516	26,498,823	2.43%	0.31%
2025	1,938,427	26,571,033	2.43%	0.27%
2026	1,984,463	26,633,682	2.37%	0.24%
2027	2,030,749	26,686,492	2.33%	0.2%
2028	2,077,253	26,729,261	2.29%	0.16%
2029	2,123,699	26,762,008	2.24%	0.12%
2030	2,170,434	26,784,894	2.2%	0.09%
2031	2,218,077	26,797,946	2.2%	0.05%
2032	2,267,025	26,801,071	2.21%	0.01%
2033	2,315,991	26,795,061	2.16%	-0.02%
2034	2,364,847	26,780,481	2.11%	-0.05%
2035	2,414,263	26,757,705	2.09%	-0.09%
2036	2,463,880	26,727,309	2.06%	-0.11%
2037	2,513,955	26,689,907	2.03%	-0.14%
2038	2,564,843	26,646,323	2.02%	-0.16%
2039	2,615,417	26,596,967	1.97%	-0.19%
2040	2,665,575	26,542,417	1.92%	-0.21%
2041	2,715,477	26,483,475	1.87%	-0.22%
2042	2,764,764	26,420,812	1.82%	-0.24%
2043	2,813,769	26,354,324	1.77%	-0.25%
2044	2,862,511	26,284,000	1.73%	-0.27%
2045	2,911,227	26,210,196	1.7%	-0.28%
2046	2,959,088	26,132,922	1.64%	-0.29%
2047	3,005,551	26,052,086	1.57%	-0.31%
2048	3,051,480	25,967,581	1.53%	-0.32%
2049	3,097,625	25,879,244	1.51%	-0.34%
2050	3,143,719	25,787,120	1.49%	-0.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Equatorial Guinea increased by 517,843 people (a 52.3% growth), while North Korea gained 1,173,819 people (a 4.79% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Equatorial Guinea gained 476,782 (a 31.6% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 935,933 (a 3.64% growth).

Equatorial Guinea was ranked 154th most populous country in 2006 and is 148th in 2026. North Korea was ranked 46th in 2006 and ranked 56th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Equatorial Guinea's population will grow by 58.4% to 3,143,719 people with a rank change from 148th to 140th. The population of North Korea will decrease by 3.18% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.