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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eritrea	North Korea	Eritrea	North Korea
1960	972,547	11,722,953	-	-
1961	995,573	11,990,713	2.37%	2.28%
1962	1,019,788	12,262,882	2.43%	2.27%
1963	1,045,092	12,567,057	2.48%	2.48%
1964	1,071,287	12,889,770	2.51%	2.57%
1965	1,098,335	13,219,369	2.52%	2.56%
1966	1,124,957	13,569,094	2.42%	2.65%
1967	1,152,339	13,958,350	2.43%	2.87%
1968	1,181,737	14,365,596	2.55%	2.92%
1969	1,212,005	14,767,615	2.56%	2.8%
1970	1,243,453	15,172,775	2.59%	2.74%
1971	1,276,154	15,572,457	2.63%	2.63%
1972	1,309,235	15,975,069	2.59%	2.59%
1973	1,342,669	16,350,367	2.55%	2.35%
1974	1,375,688	16,673,121	2.46%	1.97%
1975	1,408,210	16,971,055	2.36%	1.79%
1976	1,443,807	17,243,450	2.53%	1.61%
1977	1,482,565	17,492,798	2.68%	1.45%
1978	1,522,378	17,735,995	2.69%	1.39%
1979	1,563,332	17,983,470	2.69%	1.4%
1980	1,605,797	18,236,786	2.72%	1.41%
1981	1,649,939	18,501,295	2.75%	1.45%
1982	1,695,461	18,776,357	2.76%	1.49%
1983	1,736,160	19,054,034	2.4%	1.48%
1984	1,771,730	19,335,043	2.05%	1.47%
1985	1,807,816	19,620,388	2.04%	1.48%
1986	1,845,164	19,910,855	2.07%	1.48%
1987	1,888,669	20,205,483	2.36%	1.48%
1988	1,938,255	20,503,161	2.63%	1.47%
1989	1,987,017	20,804,367	2.52%	1.47%
1990	2,032,737	21,112,137	2.3%	1.48%
1991	1,919,571	21,428,638	-5.57%	1.5%
1992	1,798,748	21,750,911	-6.29%	1.5%
1993	1,856,006	22,073,352	3.18%	1.48%
1994	1,913,915	22,393,975	3.12%	1.45%
1995	2,025,267	22,669,304	5.82%	1.23%
1996	2,128,464	22,895,746	5.1%	1%
1997	2,152,135	23,110,830	1.11%	0.94%
1998	2,180,419	23,311,564	1.31%	0.87%
1999	2,212,780	23,497,599	1.48%	0.8%
2000	2,247,031	23,665,910	1.55%	0.72%
2001	2,312,079	23,815,358	2.89%	0.63%
2002	2,392,978	23,943,973	3.5%	0.54%
2003	2,493,903	24,090,380	4.22%	0.61%
2004	2,598,284	24,254,943	4.19%	0.68%
2005	2,661,215	24,396,433	2.42%	0.58%
2006	2,703,502	24,524,507	1.59%	0.52%
2007	2,743,222	24,646,383	1.47%	0.5%
2008	2,816,327	24,764,618	2.66%	0.48%
2009	2,887,885	24,878,332	2.54%	0.46%
2010	2,945,186	24,987,258	1.98%	0.44%
2011	2,998,485	25,097,874	1.81%	0.44%
2012	3,036,988	25,211,728	1.28%	0.45%
2013	3,074,360	25,329,451	1.23%	0.47%
2014	3,095,173	25,451,262	0.68%	0.48%
2015	3,105,546	25,575,350	0.34%	0.49%
2016	3,124,698	25,698,326	0.62%	0.48%
2017	3,150,347	25,817,709	0.82%	0.46%
2018	3,192,760	25,931,147	1.35%	0.44%
2019	3,240,194	26,037,632	1.49%	0.41%
2020	3,291,271	26,136,312	1.58%	0.38%
2021	3,350,183	26,232,534	1.79%	0.37%
2022	3,409,447	26,328,845	1.77%	0.37%
2023	3,470,390	26,418,204	1.79%	0.34%
2024	3,535,603	26,498,823	1.88%	0.31%
2025	3,606,996	26,571,033	2.02%	0.27%
2026	3,682,659	26,633,682	2.1%	0.24%
2027	3,760,368	26,686,492	2.11%	0.2%
2028	3,840,135	26,729,261	2.12%	0.16%
2029	3,920,467	26,762,008	2.09%	0.12%
2030	4,002,671	26,784,894	2.1%	0.09%
2031	4,085,037	26,797,946	2.06%	0.05%
2032	4,166,507	26,801,071	1.99%	0.01%
2033	4,249,501	26,795,061	1.99%	-0.02%
2034	4,334,727	26,780,481	2.01%	-0.05%
2035	4,420,915	26,757,705	1.99%	-0.09%
2036	4,509,755	26,727,309	2.01%	-0.11%
2037	4,601,933	26,689,907	2.04%	-0.14%
2038	4,692,340	26,646,323	1.96%	-0.16%
2039	4,780,469	26,596,967	1.88%	-0.19%
2040	4,868,668	26,542,417	1.84%	-0.21%
2041	4,954,481	26,483,475	1.76%	-0.22%
2042	5,039,298	26,420,812	1.71%	-0.24%
2043	5,124,256	26,354,324	1.69%	-0.25%
2044	5,207,858	26,284,000	1.63%	-0.27%
2045	5,292,756	26,210,196	1.63%	-0.28%
2046	5,375,963	26,132,922	1.57%	-0.29%
2047	5,456,488	26,052,086	1.5%	-0.31%
2048	5,537,538	25,967,581	1.49%	-0.32%
2049	5,617,348	25,879,244	1.44%	-0.34%
2050	5,696,052	25,787,120	1.4%	-0.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Eritrea increased by 444,331 people (a 16.7% growth), while North Korea gained 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Eritrea gained 562,228 (a 18.1% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth).

Eritrea was ranked 136th most populous country in 2005 and is 131st 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) Eritrea's population will grow by 55.3% to 5,696,052 people with a rank change from 131st to 123rd. The population of North Korea will decrease by 3.13% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.