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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eswatini	North Korea	Eswatini	North Korea
1960	345,337	11,722,953	-	-
1961	353,264	11,990,713	2.3%	2.28%
1962	361,365	12,262,882	2.29%	2.27%
1963	369,759	12,567,057	2.32%	2.48%
1964	378,656	12,889,770	2.41%	2.57%
1965	388,336	13,219,369	2.56%	2.56%
1966	398,766	13,569,094	2.69%	2.65%
1967	409,031	13,958,350	2.57%	2.87%
1968	419,147	14,365,596	2.47%	2.92%
1969	429,875	14,767,615	2.56%	2.8%
1970	441,216	15,172,775	2.64%	2.74%
1971	453,183	15,572,457	2.71%	2.63%
1972	465,788	15,975,069	2.78%	2.59%
1973	479,038	16,350,367	2.84%	2.35%
1974	492,988	16,673,121	2.91%	1.97%
1975	507,673	16,971,055	2.98%	1.79%
1976	523,330	17,243,450	3.08%	1.61%
1977	540,348	17,492,798	3.25%	1.45%
1978	558,446	17,735,995	3.35%	1.39%
1979	577,199	17,983,470	3.36%	1.4%
1980	596,644	18,236,786	3.37%	1.41%
1981	616,808	18,501,295	3.38%	1.45%
1982	637,652	18,776,357	3.38%	1.49%
1983	658,957	19,054,034	3.34%	1.48%
1984	680,783	19,335,043	3.31%	1.47%
1985	706,196	19,620,388	3.73%	1.48%
1986	734,732	19,910,855	4.04%	1.48%
1987	763,811	20,205,483	3.96%	1.48%
1988	799,798	20,503,161	4.71%	1.47%
1989	837,800	20,804,367	4.75%	1.47%
1990	872,428	21,112,137	4.13%	1.48%
1991	908,189	21,428,638	4.1%	1.5%
1992	943,416	21,750,911	3.88%	1.5%
1993	971,318	22,073,352	2.96%	1.48%
1994	971,212	22,393,975	-0.01%	1.45%
1995	970,433	22,669,304	-0.08%	1.23%
1996	989,841	22,895,746	2%	1%
1997	1,006,635	23,110,830	1.7%	0.94%
1998	1,019,653	23,311,564	1.29%	0.87%
1999	1,030,782	23,497,599	1.09%	0.8%
2000	1,041,414	23,665,910	1.03%	0.72%
2001	1,051,064	23,815,358	0.93%	0.63%
2002	1,059,441	23,943,973	0.8%	0.54%
2003	1,066,700	24,090,380	0.69%	0.61%
2004	1,073,159	24,254,943	0.61%	0.68%
2005	1,079,022	24,396,433	0.55%	0.58%
2006	1,084,436	24,524,507	0.5%	0.52%
2007	1,090,705	24,646,383	0.58%	0.5%
2008	1,098,091	24,764,618	0.68%	0.48%
2009	1,105,153	24,878,332	0.64%	0.46%
2010	1,111,650	24,987,258	0.59%	0.44%
2011	1,117,833	25,097,874	0.56%	0.44%
2012	1,123,863	25,211,728	0.54%	0.45%
2013	1,129,990	25,329,451	0.55%	0.47%
2014	1,136,299	25,451,262	0.56%	0.48%
2015	1,142,813	25,575,350	0.57%	0.49%
2016	1,149,507	25,698,326	0.59%	0.48%
2017	1,158,195	25,817,709	0.76%	0.46%
2018	1,168,929	25,931,147	0.93%	0.44%
2019	1,179,874	26,037,632	0.94%	0.41%
2020	1,192,729	26,136,312	1.09%	0.38%
2021	1,206,593	26,232,534	1.16%	0.37%
2022	1,218,917	26,328,845	1.02%	0.37%
2023	1,230,506	26,418,204	0.95%	0.34%
2024	1,242,822	26,498,823	1%	0.31%
2025	1,256,168	26,571,033	1.07%	0.27%
2026	1,269,854	26,633,682	1.09%	0.24%
2027	1,283,222	26,686,492	1.05%	0.2%
2028	1,295,964	26,729,261	0.99%	0.16%
2029	1,308,342	26,762,008	0.96%	0.12%
2030	1,320,904	26,784,894	0.96%	0.09%
2031	1,333,159	26,797,946	0.93%	0.05%
2032	1,344,893	26,801,071	0.88%	0.01%
2033	1,356,736	26,795,061	0.88%	-0.02%
2034	1,368,346	26,780,481	0.86%	-0.05%
2035	1,379,413	26,757,705	0.81%	-0.09%
2036	1,390,148	26,727,309	0.78%	-0.11%
2037	1,400,439	26,689,907	0.74%	-0.14%
2038	1,410,496	26,646,323	0.72%	-0.16%
2039	1,420,444	26,596,967	0.71%	-0.19%
2040	1,429,771	26,542,417	0.66%	-0.21%
2041	1,439,042	26,483,475	0.65%	-0.22%
2042	1,448,106	26,420,812	0.63%	-0.24%
2043	1,456,448	26,354,324	0.58%	-0.25%
2044	1,464,359	26,284,000	0.54%	-0.27%
2045	1,472,135	26,210,196	0.53%	-0.28%
2046	1,479,603	26,132,922	0.51%	-0.29%
2047	1,486,494	26,052,086	0.47%	-0.31%
2048	1,493,017	25,967,581	0.44%	-0.32%
2049	1,499,424	25,879,244	0.43%	-0.34%
2050	1,505,327	25,787,120	0.39%	-0.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Eswatini increased by 65,071 people (a 6% growth), while North Korea gained 1,173,819 people (a 4.79% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Eswatini gained 120,493 (a 10.5% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 935,933 (a 3.64% growth).

Eswatini was ranked 152nd most populous country in 2006 and is 156th 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) Eswatini's population will grow by 18.5% to 1,505,327 people with a rank change from 156th to 155th. The population of North Korea will decrease by 3.18% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.