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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Hungary	North Korea	Hungary	North Korea
1960	9,983,512	11,722,953	-	-
1961	10,027,958	11,990,713	0.45%	2.28%
1962	10,060,825	12,262,882	0.33%	2.27%
1963	10,087,947	12,567,057	0.27%	2.48%
1964	10,119,835	12,889,770	0.32%	2.57%
1965	10,147,935	13,219,369	0.28%	2.56%
1966	10,178,653	13,569,094	0.3%	2.65%
1967	10,216,604	13,958,350	0.37%	2.87%
1968	10,255,815	14,365,596	0.38%	2.92%
1969	10,298,723	14,767,615	0.42%	2.8%
1970	10,337,910	15,172,775	0.38%	2.74%
1971	10,367,537	15,572,457	0.29%	2.63%
1972	10,398,489	15,975,069	0.3%	2.59%
1973	10,432,055	16,350,367	0.32%	2.35%
1974	10,478,720	16,673,121	0.45%	1.97%
1975	10,540,525	16,971,055	0.59%	1.79%
1976	10,598,677	17,243,450	0.55%	1.61%
1977	10,648,031	17,492,798	0.47%	1.45%
1978	10,684,822	17,735,995	0.35%	1.39%
1979	10,704,152	17,983,470	0.18%	1.4%
1980	10,711,122	18,236,786	0.07%	1.41%
1981	10,711,848	18,501,295	0.007%	1.45%
1982	10,705,535	18,776,357	-0.06%	1.49%
1983	10,689,463	19,054,034	-0.15%	1.48%
1984	10,668,095	19,335,043	-0.2%	1.47%
1985	10,648,713	19,620,388	-0.18%	1.48%
1986	10,630,564	19,910,855	-0.17%	1.48%
1987	10,612,741	20,205,483	-0.17%	1.48%
1988	10,596,487	20,503,161	-0.15%	1.47%
1989	10,481,719	20,804,367	-1.08%	1.47%
1990	10,373,988	21,112,137	-1.03%	1.48%
1991	10,373,400	21,428,638	-0.006%	1.5%
1992	10,369,341	21,750,911	-0.04%	1.5%
1993	10,357,523	22,073,352	-0.11%	1.48%
1994	10,343,355	22,393,975	-0.14%	1.45%
1995	10,328,965	22,669,304	-0.14%	1.23%
1996	10,311,238	22,895,746	-0.17%	1%
1997	10,290,486	23,110,830	-0.2%	0.94%
1998	10,266,570	23,311,564	-0.23%	0.87%
1999	10,237,530	23,497,599	-0.28%	0.8%
2000	10,210,971	23,665,910	-0.26%	0.72%
2001	10,187,576	23,815,358	-0.23%	0.63%
2002	10,158,608	23,943,973	-0.28%	0.54%
2003	10,129,552	24,090,380	-0.29%	0.61%
2004	10,107,146	24,254,943	-0.22%	0.68%
2005	10,087,065	24,396,433	-0.2%	0.58%
2006	10,071,370	24,524,507	-0.16%	0.52%
2007	10,055,780	24,646,383	-0.15%	0.5%
2008	10,038,188	24,764,618	-0.17%	0.48%
2009	10,022,650	24,878,332	-0.15%	0.46%
2010	10,000,023	24,987,258	-0.23%	0.44%
2011	9,971,727	25,097,874	-0.28%	0.44%
2012	9,920,362	25,211,728	-0.52%	0.45%
2013	9,872,734	25,329,451	-0.48%	0.47%
2014	9,833,038	25,451,262	-0.4%	0.48%
2015	9,797,755	25,575,350	-0.36%	0.49%
2016	9,759,755	25,698,326	-0.39%	0.48%
2017	9,726,756	25,817,709	-0.34%	0.46%
2018	9,706,964	25,931,147	-0.2%	0.44%
2019	9,694,824	26,037,632	-0.13%	0.41%
2020	9,670,419	26,136,312	-0.25%	0.38%
2021	9,630,932	26,232,534	-0.41%	0.37%
2022	9,605,074	26,328,845	-0.27%	0.37%
2023	9,592,186	26,418,204	-0.13%	0.34%
2024	9,562,314	26,498,823	-0.31%	0.31%
2025	9,518,980	26,571,033	-0.45%	0.27%
2026	9,473,059	26,633,682	-0.48%	0.24%
2027	9,440,865	26,686,492	-0.34%	0.2%
2028	9,407,907	26,729,261	-0.35%	0.16%
2029	9,373,535	26,762,008	-0.37%	0.12%
2030	9,337,966	26,784,894	-0.38%	0.09%
2031	9,301,690	26,797,946	-0.39%	0.05%
2032	9,264,741	26,801,071	-0.4%	0.01%
2033	9,227,265	26,795,061	-0.4%	-0.02%
2034	9,189,343	26,780,481	-0.41%	-0.05%
2035	9,150,977	26,757,705	-0.42%	-0.09%
2036	9,112,647	26,727,309	-0.42%	-0.11%
2037	9,074,256	26,689,907	-0.42%	-0.14%
2038	9,036,089	26,646,323	-0.42%	-0.16%
2039	8,998,343	26,596,967	-0.42%	-0.19%
2040	8,960,956	26,542,417	-0.42%	-0.21%
2041	8,924,349	26,483,475	-0.41%	-0.22%
2042	8,888,360	26,420,812	-0.4%	-0.24%
2043	8,853,182	26,354,324	-0.4%	-0.25%
2044	8,818,771	26,284,000	-0.39%	-0.27%
2045	8,784,653	26,210,196	-0.39%	-0.28%
2046	8,750,973	26,132,922	-0.38%	-0.29%
2047	8,717,982	26,052,086	-0.38%	-0.31%
2048	8,685,744	25,967,581	-0.37%	-0.32%
2049	8,654,021	25,879,244	-0.37%	-0.34%
2050	8,622,711	25,787,120	-0.36%	-0.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Hungary decreased by 289,310 people (a 2.87% decline), while North Korea gained 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Hungary lost -278,775 (a 2.85% decline), while North Korea's population increased by 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth).

Hungary was ranked 81st most populous country in 2005 and is 98th 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) Hungary's population will shrink by 9.42% to 8,622,711 people with a rank change from 98th to 111th. The population of North Korea will decrease by 3.13% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.