Population in Guinea-Bissau compared to North Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Guinea-Bissau and North Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guinea-Bissau	North Korea	Guinea-Bissau	North Korea
1960	577,633	11,722,953	-	-
1961	582,532	11,990,713	0.85%	2.28%
1962	589,474	12,262,882	1.19%	2.27%
1963	594,418	12,567,057	0.84%	2.48%
1964	588,543	12,889,770	-0.99%	2.57%
1965	575,005	13,219,369	-2.3%	2.56%
1966	566,908	13,569,094	-1.41%	2.65%
1967	569,011	13,958,350	0.37%	2.87%
1968	578,170	14,365,596	1.61%	2.92%
1969	581,610	14,767,615	0.59%	2.8%
1970	584,403	15,172,775	0.48%	2.74%
1971	586,221	15,572,457	0.31%	2.63%
1972	586,620	15,975,069	0.07%	2.59%
1973	592,808	16,350,367	1.05%	2.35%
1974	613,338	16,673,121	3.46%	1.97%
1975	650,966	16,971,055	6.13%	1.79%
1976	694,191	17,243,450	6.64%	1.61%
1977	741,789	17,492,798	6.86%	1.45%
1978	791,694	17,735,995	6.73%	1.39%
1979	819,867	17,983,470	3.56%	1.4%
1980	829,303	18,236,786	1.15%	1.41%
1981	842,432	18,501,295	1.58%	1.45%
1982	855,891	18,776,357	1.6%	1.49%
1983	869,592	19,054,034	1.6%	1.48%
1984	883,519	19,335,043	1.6%	1.47%
1985	897,697	19,620,388	1.6%	1.48%
1986	912,126	19,910,855	1.61%	1.48%
1987	926,862	20,205,483	1.62%	1.48%
1988	942,061	20,503,161	1.64%	1.47%
1989	957,789	20,804,367	1.67%	1.47%
1990	973,669	21,112,137	1.66%	1.48%
1991	994,639	21,428,638	2.15%	1.5%
1992	1,024,356	21,750,911	2.99%	1.5%
1993	1,058,745	22,073,352	3.36%	1.48%
1994	1,092,031	22,393,975	3.14%	1.45%
1995	1,119,949	22,669,304	2.56%	1.23%
1996	1,143,535	22,895,746	2.11%	1%
1997	1,165,545	23,110,830	1.92%	0.94%
1998	1,187,473	23,311,564	1.88%	0.87%
1999	1,210,206	23,497,599	1.91%	0.8%
2000	1,234,741	23,665,910	2.03%	0.72%
2001	1,261,273	23,815,358	2.15%	0.63%
2002	1,289,307	23,943,973	2.22%	0.54%
2003	1,318,806	24,090,380	2.29%	0.61%
2004	1,349,563	24,254,943	2.33%	0.68%
2005	1,381,585	24,396,433	2.37%	0.58%
2006	1,415,303	24,524,507	2.44%	0.52%
2007	1,450,986	24,646,383	2.52%	0.5%
2008	1,488,054	24,764,618	2.55%	0.48%
2009	1,526,377	24,878,332	2.58%	0.46%
2010	1,566,347	24,987,258	2.62%	0.44%
2011	1,608,076	25,097,874	2.66%	0.44%
2012	1,651,417	25,211,728	2.7%	0.45%
2013	1,695,973	25,329,451	2.7%	0.47%
2014	1,741,122	25,451,262	2.66%	0.48%
2015	1,786,457	25,575,350	2.6%	0.49%
2016	1,831,893	25,698,326	2.54%	0.48%
2017	1,877,072	25,817,709	2.47%	0.46%
2018	1,922,168	25,931,147	2.4%	0.44%
2019	1,967,696	26,037,632	2.37%	0.41%
2020	2,013,255	26,136,312	2.32%	0.38%
2021	2,058,841	26,232,534	2.26%	0.37%
2022	2,105,529	26,328,845	2.27%	0.37%
2023	2,153,339	26,418,204	2.27%	0.34%
2024	2,201,352	26,498,823	2.23%	0.31%
2025	2,249,512	26,571,033	2.19%	0.27%
2026	2,297,807	26,633,682	2.15%	0.24%
2027	2,346,190	26,686,492	2.11%	0.2%
2028	2,394,226	26,729,261	2.05%	0.16%
2029	2,441,574	26,762,008	1.98%	0.12%
2030	2,488,931	26,784,894	1.94%	0.09%
2031	2,536,893	26,797,946	1.93%	0.05%
2032	2,585,565	26,801,071	1.92%	0.01%
2033	2,634,701	26,795,061	1.9%	-0.02%
2034	2,683,078	26,780,481	1.84%	-0.05%
2035	2,730,136	26,757,705	1.75%	-0.09%
2036	2,777,887	26,727,309	1.75%	-0.11%
2037	2,826,159	26,689,907	1.74%	-0.14%
2038	2,873,929	26,646,323	1.69%	-0.16%
2039	2,921,973	26,596,967	1.67%	-0.19%
2040	2,969,699	26,542,417	1.63%	-0.21%
2041	3,016,537	26,483,475	1.58%	-0.22%
2042	3,063,161	26,420,812	1.55%	-0.24%
2043	3,109,927	26,354,324	1.53%	-0.25%
2044	3,156,704	26,284,000	1.5%	-0.27%
2045	3,204,242	26,210,196	1.51%	-0.28%
2046	3,251,465	26,132,922	1.47%	-0.29%
2047	3,298,563	26,052,086	1.45%	-0.31%
2048	3,345,853	25,967,581	1.43%	-0.32%
2049	3,392,557	25,879,244	1.4%	-0.34%
2050	3,438,597	25,787,120	1.36%	-0.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Guinea-Bissau increased by 416,590 people (a 29.4% growth), while North Korea gained 1,173,819 people (a 4.79% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Guinea-Bissau gained 466,442 (a 25.5% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 935,933 (a 3.64% growth).

Guinea-Bissau was ranked 148th most populous country in 2006 and is 146th 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) Guinea-Bissau's population will grow by 49.6% to 3,438,597 people with a rank change from 146th to 136th. The population of North Korea will decrease by 3.18% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.