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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Greece	North Korea	Greece	North Korea
1960	8,331,725	11,722,953	-	-
1961	8,398,050	11,990,713	0.8%	2.28%
1962	8,448,233	12,262,882	0.6%	2.27%
1963	8,479,625	12,567,057	0.37%	2.48%
1964	8,510,429	12,889,770	0.36%	2.57%
1965	8,550,333	13,219,369	0.47%	2.56%
1966	8,613,651	13,569,094	0.74%	2.65%
1967	8,684,088	13,958,350	0.82%	2.87%
1968	8,740,765	14,365,596	0.65%	2.92%
1969	8,772,764	14,767,615	0.37%	2.8%
1970	8,792,806	15,172,775	0.23%	2.74%
1971	8,831,036	15,572,457	0.43%	2.63%
1972	8,888,628	15,975,069	0.65%	2.59%
1973	8,929,086	16,350,367	0.46%	2.35%
1974	8,962,022	16,673,121	0.37%	1.97%
1975	9,046,541	16,971,055	0.94%	1.79%
1976	9,188,150	17,243,450	1.57%	1.61%
1977	9,308,479	17,492,798	1.31%	1.45%
1978	9,429,959	17,735,995	1.31%	1.39%
1979	9,548,258	17,983,470	1.25%	1.4%
1980	9,642,505	18,236,786	0.99%	1.41%
1981	9,729,350	18,501,295	0.9%	1.45%
1982	9,789,513	18,776,357	0.62%	1.49%
1983	9,846,627	19,054,034	0.58%	1.48%
1984	9,895,801	19,335,043	0.5%	1.47%
1985	9,934,300	19,620,388	0.39%	1.48%
1986	9,967,213	19,910,855	0.33%	1.48%
1987	10,000,595	20,205,483	0.33%	1.48%
1988	10,036,983	20,503,161	0.36%	1.47%
1989	10,089,498	20,804,367	0.52%	1.47%
1990	10,196,792	21,112,137	1.06%	1.48%
1991	10,319,927	21,428,638	1.21%	1.5%
1992	10,399,061	21,750,911	0.77%	1.5%
1993	10,460,415	22,073,352	0.59%	1.48%
1994	10,512,922	22,393,975	0.5%	1.45%
1995	10,562,153	22,669,304	0.47%	1.23%
1996	10,608,800	22,895,746	0.44%	1%
1997	10,661,259	23,110,830	0.49%	0.94%
1998	10,720,509	23,311,564	0.56%	0.87%
1999	10,761,698	23,497,599	0.38%	0.8%
2000	10,805,808	23,665,910	0.41%	0.72%
2001	10,862,132	23,815,358	0.52%	0.63%
2002	10,902,022	23,943,973	0.37%	0.54%
2003	10,928,070	24,090,380	0.24%	0.61%
2004	10,955,141	24,254,943	0.25%	0.68%
2005	10,987,314	24,396,433	0.29%	0.58%
2006	11,020,362	24,524,507	0.3%	0.52%
2007	11,048,473	24,646,383	0.26%	0.5%
2008	11,077,841	24,764,618	0.27%	0.48%
2009	11,107,017	24,878,332	0.26%	0.46%
2010	11,121,341	24,987,258	0.13%	0.44%
2011	11,104,899	25,097,874	-0.15%	0.44%
2012	11,045,011	25,211,728	-0.54%	0.45%
2013	10,965,211	25,329,451	-0.72%	0.47%
2014	10,892,413	25,451,262	-0.66%	0.48%
2015	10,820,883	25,575,350	-0.66%	0.49%
2016	10,775,971	25,698,326	-0.42%	0.48%
2017	10,754,679	25,817,709	-0.2%	0.46%
2018	10,732,882	25,931,147	-0.2%	0.44%
2019	10,721,582	26,037,632	-0.11%	0.41%
2020	10,698,599	26,136,312	-0.21%	0.38%
2021	10,569,207	26,232,534	-1.21%	0.37%
2022	10,436,882	26,328,845	-1.25%	0.37%
2023	10,407,351	26,418,204	-0.28%	0.34%
2024	10,405,134	26,498,823	-0.02%	0.31%
2025	10,292,291	26,571,033	-1.08%	0.27%
2026	10,249,082	26,633,682	-0.42%	0.24%
2027	10,204,400	26,686,492	-0.44%	0.2%
2028	10,159,146	26,729,261	-0.44%	0.16%
2029	10,113,475	26,762,008	-0.45%	0.12%
2030	10,067,720	26,784,894	-0.45%	0.09%
2031	10,021,773	26,797,946	-0.46%	0.05%
2032	9,974,701	26,801,071	-0.47%	0.01%
2033	9,927,344	26,795,061	-0.47%	-0.02%
2034	9,880,848	26,780,481	-0.47%	-0.05%
2035	9,834,216	26,757,705	-0.47%	-0.09%
2036	9,787,786	26,727,309	-0.47%	-0.11%
2037	9,741,790	26,689,907	-0.47%	-0.14%
2038	9,695,855	26,646,323	-0.47%	-0.16%
2039	9,650,459	26,596,967	-0.47%	-0.19%
2040	9,605,475	26,542,417	-0.47%	-0.21%
2041	9,560,641	26,483,475	-0.47%	-0.22%
2042	9,516,502	26,420,812	-0.46%	-0.24%
2043	9,472,263	26,354,324	-0.46%	-0.25%
2044	9,426,737	26,284,000	-0.48%	-0.27%
2045	9,380,458	26,210,196	-0.49%	-0.28%
2046	9,333,671	26,132,922	-0.5%	-0.29%
2047	9,284,541	26,052,086	-0.53%	-0.31%
2048	9,233,189	25,967,581	-0.55%	-0.32%
2049	9,180,074	25,879,244	-0.58%	-0.34%
2050	9,125,443	25,787,120	-0.6%	-0.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Greece decreased by 244,391 people (a 2.22% decline), while North Korea gained 1,173,819 people (a 4.79% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Greece lost -526,889 (a 4.89% decline), while North Korea's population increased by 935,933 (a 3.64% growth).

Greece was ranked 74th most populous country in 2006 and is 96th 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) Greece's population will shrink by 11% to 9,125,443 people with a rank change from 96th to 106th. The population of North Korea will decrease by 3.18% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.