The latest officially reported population of Germany was 83,516,593 in 2024 vs 26,498,823 people in North Korea in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Germany's population is 82,619,736 people compared to 26,634,259 in North Korea.
Population statistics:
- Germany's population is 3.1 times bigger than North Korea's.
- Germany is ranked the 19th most populous country in the world, while North Korea is the 56th.
- The countries together account for 1.32% of the world: 1% for Germany vs 0.32% for North Korea.
- For the last 10 years, Germany has had an average growth rate of +0.32% per year vs +0.41% in North Korea.
- Since 2006, the population of Germany has increased from 82.4M people to 82.6M (0.3% growth), while North Korea has grown from 24.5M to 26.6M (8.6% growth).
- North Korea is projected to reach its peak in 2032 at 26.8M people, while Germany's population already peaked in 2024 at 83.5M people and is projected to decrease to 70M people by 2100.
Germany vs North Korea: live population counter
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| Current population |
82619736
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26634259
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| Population rank | 19/197 | 56/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1% | 0.32% |
| One net population change |
2.29 minutes
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6.52 minutes
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| One birth every |
45.6 seconds
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1.54 minutes
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| One death every |
30.8 seconds
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2.05 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
14.2 minutes
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3.54 hours
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| Annual migration change | +36,954 | -2,473 |
| Daily growth/decline | +628 | +221 |
| Annual growth/decline | +229,320 | +80,619 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.28% | +0.31% |
| Population growth rate rank | 152/197 | 150/197 |
Germany and North Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 72,814,900 | 11,722,953 | - | - |
| 1961 | 73,377,632 | 11,990,713 | 0.77% | 2.28% |
| 1962 | 74,025,784 | 12,262,882 | 0.88% | 2.27% |
| 1963 | 74,714,353 | 12,567,057 | 0.93% | 2.48% |
| 1964 | 75,318,337 | 12,889,770 | 0.81% | 2.57% |
| 1965 | 75,963,695 | 13,219,369 | 0.86% | 2.56% |
| 1966 | 76,600,311 | 13,569,094 | 0.84% | 2.65% |
| 1967 | 76,951,336 | 13,958,350 | 0.46% | 2.87% |
| 1968 | 77,294,314 | 14,365,596 | 0.45% | 2.92% |
| 1969 | 77,909,682 | 14,767,615 | 0.8% | 2.8% |
| 1970 | 78,169,289 | 15,172,775 | 0.33% | 2.74% |
| 1971 | 78,312,842 | 15,572,457 | 0.18% | 2.63% |
| 1972 | 78,688,452 | 15,975,069 | 0.48% | 2.59% |
| 1973 | 78,936,666 | 16,350,367 | 0.32% | 2.35% |
| 1974 | 78,967,433 | 16,673,121 | 0.04% | 1.97% |
| 1975 | 78,673,554 | 16,971,055 | -0.37% | 1.79% |
| 1976 | 78,336,950 | 17,243,450 | -0.43% | 1.61% |
| 1977 | 78,159,814 | 17,492,798 | -0.23% | 1.45% |
| 1978 | 78,091,820 | 17,735,995 | -0.09% | 1.39% |
| 1979 | 78,126,350 | 17,983,470 | 0.04% | 1.4% |
| 1980 | 78,288,576 | 18,236,786 | 0.21% | 1.41% |
| 1981 | 78,407,907 | 18,501,295 | 0.15% | 1.45% |
| 1982 | 78,333,366 | 18,776,357 | -0.1% | 1.49% |
| 1983 | 78,128,282 | 19,054,034 | -0.26% | 1.48% |
| 1984 | 77,858,685 | 19,335,043 | -0.35% | 1.47% |
| 1985 | 77,684,873 | 19,620,388 | -0.22% | 1.48% |
| 1986 | 77,720,436 | 19,910,855 | 0.05% | 1.48% |
| 1987 | 77,839,920 | 20,205,483 | 0.15% | 1.48% |
| 1988 | 78,144,619 | 20,503,161 | 0.39% | 1.47% |
| 1989 | 78,751,283 | 20,804,367 | 0.78% | 1.47% |
| 1990 | 79,433,029 | 21,112,137 | 0.87% | 1.48% |
| 1991 | 80,013,896 | 21,428,638 | 0.73% | 1.5% |
| 1992 | 80,624,598 | 21,750,911 | 0.76% | 1.5% |
| 1993 | 81,156,363 | 22,073,352 | 0.66% | 1.48% |
| 1994 | 81,438,348 | 22,393,975 | 0.35% | 1.45% |
| 1995 | 81,678,051 | 22,669,304 | 0.29% | 1.23% |
| 1996 | 81,914,831 | 22,895,746 | 0.29% | 1% |
| 1997 | 82,034,771 | 23,110,830 | 0.15% | 0.94% |
| 1998 | 82,047,195 | 23,311,564 | 0.02% | 0.87% |
| 1999 | 82,100,243 | 23,497,599 | 0.06% | 0.8% |
| 2000 | 82,211,508 | 23,665,910 | 0.14% | 0.72% |
| 2001 | 82,349,925 | 23,815,358 | 0.17% | 0.63% |
| 2002 | 82,488,495 | 23,943,973 | 0.17% | 0.54% |
| 2003 | 82,534,176 | 24,090,380 | 0.06% | 0.61% |
| 2004 | 82,516,260 | 24,254,943 | -0.02% | 0.68% |
| 2005 | 82,469,422 | 24,396,433 | -0.06% | 0.58% |
| 2006 | 82,376,451 | 24,524,507 | -0.11% | 0.52% |
| 2007 | 82,266,372 | 24,646,383 | -0.13% | 0.5% |
| 2008 | 82,110,097 | 24,764,618 | -0.19% | 0.48% |
| 2009 | 81,902,307 | 24,878,332 | -0.25% | 0.46% |
| 2010 | 81,776,930 | 24,987,258 | -0.15% | 0.44% |
| 2011 | 80,274,983 | 25,097,874 | -1.84% | 0.44% |
| 2012 | 80,425,823 | 25,211,728 | 0.19% | 0.45% |
| 2013 | 80,645,605 | 25,329,451 | 0.27% | 0.47% |
| 2014 | 80,982,500 | 25,451,262 | 0.42% | 0.48% |
| 2015 | 81,686,611 | 25,575,350 | 0.87% | 0.49% |
| 2016 | 82,348,669 | 25,698,326 | 0.81% | 0.48% |
| 2017 | 82,657,002 | 25,817,709 | 0.37% | 0.46% |
| 2018 | 82,905,782 | 25,931,147 | 0.3% | 0.44% |
| 2019 | 83,092,962 | 26,037,632 | 0.23% | 0.41% |
| 2020 | 83,160,871 | 26,136,312 | 0.08% | 0.38% |
| 2021 | 83,196,078 | 26,232,534 | 0.04% | 0.37% |
| 2022 | 83,177,813 | 26,328,845 | -0.02% | 0.37% |
| 2023 | 83,287,273 | 26,418,204 | 0.13% | 0.34% |
| 2024 | 83,516,593 | 26,498,823 | 0.28% | 0.31% |
| 2025 | 83,045,276 | 26,571,033 | -0.56% | 0.27% |
| 2026 | 82,619,736 | 26,633,682 | -0.51% | 0.24% |
| 2027 | 82,420,656 | 26,686,492 | -0.24% | 0.2% |
| 2028 | 82,209,650 | 26,729,261 | -0.26% | 0.16% |
| 2029 | 81,988,746 | 26,762,008 | -0.27% | 0.12% |
| 2030 | 81,767,011 | 26,784,894 | -0.27% | 0.09% |
| 2031 | 81,541,291 | 26,797,946 | -0.28% | 0.05% |
| 2032 | 81,315,327 | 26,801,071 | -0.28% | 0.01% |
| 2033 | 81,094,150 | 26,795,061 | -0.27% | -0.02% |
| 2034 | 80,879,704 | 26,780,481 | -0.26% | -0.05% |
| 2035 | 80,669,570 | 26,757,705 | -0.26% | -0.09% |
| 2036 | 80,445,835 | 26,727,309 | -0.28% | -0.11% |
| 2037 | 80,222,108 | 26,689,907 | -0.28% | -0.14% |
| 2038 | 80,001,936 | 26,646,323 | -0.27% | -0.16% |
| 2039 | 79,780,699 | 26,596,967 | -0.28% | -0.19% |
| 2040 | 79,565,092 | 26,542,417 | -0.27% | -0.21% |
| 2041 | 79,361,541 | 26,483,475 | -0.26% | -0.22% |
| 2042 | 79,167,400 | 26,420,812 | -0.24% | -0.24% |
| 2043 | 78,962,964 | 26,354,324 | -0.26% | -0.25% |
| 2044 | 78,743,160 | 26,284,000 | -0.28% | -0.27% |
| 2045 | 78,518,131 | 26,210,196 | -0.29% | -0.28% |
| 2046 | 78,293,579 | 26,132,922 | -0.29% | -0.29% |
| 2047 | 78,066,226 | 26,052,086 | -0.29% | -0.31% |
| 2048 | 77,826,011 | 25,967,581 | -0.31% | -0.32% |
| 2049 | 77,578,876 | 25,879,244 | -0.32% | -0.34% |
| 2050 | 77,335,610 | 25,787,120 | -0.31% | -0.36% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Germany decreased by 27,782 people (a 0.03% decline), while North Korea gained 1,173,819 people (a 4.79% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Germany gained 271,067 (a 0.33% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 935,933 (a 3.64% growth).
Germany was ranked 14th most populous country in 2006 and is 19th 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) Germany's population will shrink by 6.4% to 77,335,610 people with a rank change from 19th to 24th. The population of North Korea will decrease by 3.18% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.
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Population differences between Germany and North Korea
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| Life expectancy | 81.9 years | 74 years |
| Average age | 45 years | 38 years |
| Median age | 46.3 years | 37.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.4:50.6 | 49.5:50.5 |
| Fertility rate | 1.39 births per woman | 1.78 births per woman |
| Population density | 619 ppl/mi² | 570 ppl/mi² |
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