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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Germany	North Korea	Germany	North Korea
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	83,797,985	26,328,845	0.72%	0.37%
2023	83,901,923	26,418,204	0.12%	0.34%
2024	83,510,950	26,498,823	-0.47%	0.31%
2025	83,039,665	26,571,033	-0.56%	0.27%
2026	82,614,154	26,633,682	-0.51%	0.24%
2027	82,415,087	26,686,492	-0.24%	0.2%
2028	82,204,095	26,729,261	-0.26%	0.16%
2029	81,983,207	26,762,008	-0.27%	0.12%
2030	81,761,486	26,784,894	-0.27%	0.09%
2031	81,535,782	26,797,946	-0.28%	0.05%
2032	81,309,833	26,801,071	-0.28%	0.01%
2033	81,088,671	26,795,061	-0.27%	-0.02%
2034	80,874,239	26,780,481	-0.26%	-0.05%
2035	80,664,119	26,757,705	-0.26%	-0.09%
2036	80,440,400	26,727,309	-0.28%	-0.11%
2037	80,216,687	26,689,907	-0.28%	-0.14%
2038	79,996,530	26,646,323	-0.27%	-0.16%
2039	79,775,309	26,596,967	-0.28%	-0.19%
2040	79,559,716	26,542,417	-0.27%	-0.21%
2041	79,356,179	26,483,475	-0.26%	-0.22%
2042	79,162,051	26,420,812	-0.24%	-0.24%
2043	78,957,628	26,354,324	-0.26%	-0.25%
2044	78,737,840	26,284,000	-0.28%	-0.27%
2045	78,512,825	26,210,196	-0.29%	-0.28%
2046	78,288,289	26,132,922	-0.29%	-0.29%
2047	78,060,952	26,052,086	-0.29%	-0.31%
2048	77,820,753	25,967,581	-0.31%	-0.32%
2049	77,573,634	25,879,244	-0.32%	-0.34%
2050	77,330,385	25,787,120	-0.31%	-0.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Germany decreased by 782,811 people (a 0.95% decline), while North Korea gained 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Germany gained 1,353,054 (a 1.66% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth).

Germany was ranked 13th most populous country in 2005 and is 19th 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) Germany's population will shrink by 6.88% to 77,330,385 people with a rank change from 19th to 24th. The population of North Korea will decrease by 3.13% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.