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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Estonia	North Korea	Estonia	North Korea
1960	1,211,537	11,722,953	-	-
1961	1,225,077	11,990,713	1.12%	2.28%
1962	1,241,623	12,262,882	1.35%	2.27%
1963	1,258,857	12,567,057	1.39%	2.48%
1964	1,277,086	12,889,770	1.45%	2.57%
1965	1,294,566	13,219,369	1.37%	2.56%
1966	1,308,597	13,569,094	1.08%	2.65%
1967	1,318,946	13,958,350	0.79%	2.87%
1968	1,331,214	14,365,596	0.93%	2.92%
1969	1,345,249	14,767,615	1.05%	2.8%
1970	1,360,076	15,172,775	1.1%	2.74%
1971	1,376,955	15,572,457	1.24%	2.63%
1972	1,392,518	15,975,069	1.13%	2.59%
1973	1,405,951	16,350,367	0.96%	2.35%
1974	1,418,169	16,673,121	0.87%	1.97%
1975	1,429,352	16,971,055	0.79%	1.79%
1976	1,439,576	17,243,450	0.72%	1.61%
1977	1,450,211	17,492,798	0.74%	1.45%
1978	1,460,188	17,735,995	0.69%	1.39%
1979	1,468,333	17,983,470	0.56%	1.4%
1980	1,477,219	18,236,786	0.61%	1.41%
1981	1,487,666	18,501,295	0.71%	1.45%
1982	1,498,414	18,776,357	0.72%	1.49%
1983	1,508,745	19,054,034	0.69%	1.48%
1984	1,518,617	19,335,043	0.65%	1.47%
1985	1,528,781	19,620,388	0.67%	1.48%
1986	1,540,190	19,910,855	0.75%	1.48%
1987	1,552,221	20,205,483	0.78%	1.48%
1988	1,561,900	20,503,161	0.62%	1.47%
1989	1,568,131	20,804,367	0.4%	1.47%
1990	1,569,174	21,112,137	0.07%	1.48%
1991	1,561,314	21,428,638	-0.5%	1.5%
1992	1,533,091	21,750,911	-1.81%	1.5%
1993	1,494,128	22,073,352	-2.54%	1.48%
1994	1,462,514	22,393,975	-2.12%	1.45%
1995	1,436,634	22,669,304	-1.77%	1.23%
1996	1,415,594	22,895,746	-1.46%	1%
1997	1,399,535	23,110,830	-1.13%	0.94%
1998	1,386,156	23,311,564	-0.96%	0.87%
1999	1,390,244	23,497,599	0.29%	0.8%
2000	1,396,985	23,665,910	0.48%	0.72%
2001	1,388,115	23,815,358	-0.63%	0.63%
2002	1,379,350	23,943,973	-0.63%	0.54%
2003	1,370,720	24,090,380	-0.63%	0.61%
2004	1,362,550	24,254,943	-0.6%	0.68%
2005	1,354,775	24,396,433	-0.57%	0.58%
2006	1,346,810	24,524,507	-0.59%	0.52%
2007	1,340,680	24,646,383	-0.46%	0.5%
2008	1,337,090	24,764,618	-0.27%	0.48%
2009	1,334,515	24,878,332	-0.19%	0.46%
2010	1,331,475	24,987,258	-0.23%	0.44%
2011	1,327,439	25,097,874	-0.3%	0.44%
2012	1,322,696	25,211,728	-0.36%	0.45%
2013	1,317,997	25,329,451	-0.36%	0.47%
2014	1,314,545	25,451,262	-0.26%	0.48%
2015	1,315,407	25,575,350	0.07%	0.49%
2016	1,315,790	25,698,326	0.03%	0.48%
2017	1,317,384	25,817,709	0.12%	0.46%
2018	1,321,977	25,931,147	0.35%	0.44%
2019	1,326,898	26,037,632	0.37%	0.41%
2020	1,329,522	26,136,312	0.2%	0.38%
2021	1,330,932	26,232,534	0.11%	0.37%
2022	1,348,840	26,328,845	1.35%	0.37%
2023	1,370,286	26,418,204	1.59%	0.34%
2024	1,371,986	26,498,823	0.12%	0.31%
2025	1,355,535	26,571,033	-1.2%	0.27%
2026	1,342,253	26,633,682	-0.98%	0.24%
2027	1,335,097	26,686,492	-0.53%	0.2%
2028	1,327,942	26,729,261	-0.54%	0.16%
2029	1,320,819	26,762,008	-0.54%	0.12%
2030	1,313,729	26,784,894	-0.54%	0.09%
2031	1,306,620	26,797,946	-0.54%	0.05%
2032	1,299,552	26,801,071	-0.54%	0.01%
2033	1,292,576	26,795,061	-0.54%	-0.02%
2034	1,285,689	26,780,481	-0.53%	-0.05%
2035	1,278,930	26,757,705	-0.53%	-0.09%
2036	1,272,310	26,727,309	-0.52%	-0.11%
2037	1,265,820	26,689,907	-0.51%	-0.14%
2038	1,259,511	26,646,323	-0.5%	-0.16%
2039	1,253,315	26,596,967	-0.49%	-0.19%
2040	1,247,191	26,542,417	-0.49%	-0.21%
2041	1,241,077	26,483,475	-0.49%	-0.22%
2042	1,234,931	26,420,812	-0.5%	-0.24%
2043	1,228,790	26,354,324	-0.5%	-0.25%
2044	1,222,587	26,284,000	-0.5%	-0.27%
2045	1,216,327	26,210,196	-0.51%	-0.28%
2046	1,210,041	26,132,922	-0.52%	-0.29%
2047	1,203,693	26,052,086	-0.52%	-0.31%
2048	1,197,336	25,967,581	-0.53%	-0.32%
2049	1,190,841	25,879,244	-0.54%	-0.34%
2050	1,184,135	25,787,120	-0.56%	-0.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Estonia decreased by 39,368 people (a 2.91% decline), while North Korea gained 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Estonia gained 40,128 (a 3.05% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth).

Estonia was ranked 149th most populous country in 2005 and is 155th 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) Estonia's population will shrink by 12.6% to 1,184,135 people with a rank change from 155th to 159th. The population of North Korea will decrease by 3.13% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.