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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iceland	North Korea	Iceland	North Korea
1960	175,574	11,722,953	-	-
1961	179,029	11,990,713	1.97%	2.28%
1962	182,378	12,262,882	1.87%	2.27%
1963	185,653	12,567,057	1.8%	2.48%
1964	188,983	12,889,770	1.79%	2.57%
1965	192,286	13,219,369	1.75%	2.56%
1966	195,570	13,569,094	1.71%	2.65%
1967	198,751	13,958,350	1.63%	2.87%
1968	201,488	14,365,596	1.38%	2.92%
1969	203,369	14,767,615	0.93%	2.8%
1970	204,438	15,172,775	0.53%	2.74%
1971	206,098	15,572,457	0.81%	2.63%
1972	209,137	15,975,069	1.47%	2.59%
1973	212,317	16,350,367	1.52%	2.35%
1974	215,209	16,673,121	1.36%	1.97%
1975	217,979	16,971,055	1.29%	1.79%
1976	220,154	17,243,450	1%	1.61%
1977	221,799	17,492,798	0.75%	1.45%
1978	223,537	17,735,995	0.78%	1.39%
1979	225,735	17,983,470	0.98%	1.4%
1980	228,138	18,236,786	1.06%	1.41%
1981	230,755	18,501,295	1.15%	1.45%
1982	233,860	18,776,357	1.35%	1.49%
1983	236,977	19,054,034	1.33%	1.48%
1984	239,511	19,335,043	1.07%	1.47%
1985	241,405	19,620,388	0.79%	1.48%
1986	243,180	19,910,855	0.74%	1.48%
1987	245,859	20,205,483	1.1%	1.48%
1988	249,740	20,503,161	1.58%	1.47%
1989	252,852	20,804,367	1.25%	1.47%
1990	254,826	21,112,137	0.78%	1.48%
1991	257,797	21,428,638	1.17%	1.5%
1992	261,057	21,750,911	1.26%	1.5%
1993	263,725	22,073,352	1.02%	1.48%
1994	266,021	22,393,975	0.87%	1.45%
1995	267,468	22,669,304	0.54%	1.23%
1996	268,916	22,895,746	0.54%	1%
1997	271,128	23,110,830	0.82%	0.94%
1998	274,047	23,311,564	1.08%	0.87%
1999	277,381	23,497,599	1.22%	0.8%
2000	281,205	23,665,910	1.38%	0.72%
2001	284,968	23,815,358	1.34%	0.63%
2002	287,523	23,943,973	0.9%	0.54%
2003	289,521	24,090,380	0.69%	0.61%
2004	292,074	24,254,943	0.88%	0.68%
2005	296,734	24,396,433	1.6%	0.58%
2006	303,782	24,524,507	2.38%	0.52%
2007	311,566	24,646,383	2.56%	0.5%
2008	317,414	24,764,618	1.88%	0.48%
2009	318,499	24,878,332	0.34%	0.46%
2010	318,041	24,987,258	-0.14%	0.44%
2011	319,014	25,097,874	0.31%	0.44%
2012	320,716	25,211,728	0.53%	0.45%
2013	323,764	25,329,451	0.95%	0.47%
2014	327,386	25,451,262	1.12%	0.48%
2015	330,815	25,575,350	1.05%	0.49%
2016	335,439	25,698,326	1.4%	0.48%
2017	343,400	25,817,709	2.37%	0.46%
2018	352,721	25,931,147	2.71%	0.44%
2019	360,563	26,037,632	2.22%	0.41%
2020	366,463	26,136,312	1.64%	0.38%
2021	372,520	26,232,534	1.65%	0.37%
2022	382,003	26,328,845	2.55%	0.37%
2023	393,349	26,418,204	2.97%	0.34%
2024	404,610	26,498,823	2.86%	0.31%
2025	409,614	26,571,033	1.24%	0.27%
2026	413,792	26,633,682	1.02%	0.24%
2027	417,406	26,686,492	0.87%	0.2%
2028	420,691	26,729,261	0.79%	0.16%
2029	423,592	26,762,008	0.69%	0.12%
2030	426,158	26,784,894	0.61%	0.09%
2031	428,479	26,797,946	0.54%	0.05%
2032	430,544	26,801,071	0.48%	0.01%
2033	432,406	26,795,061	0.43%	-0.02%
2034	434,083	26,780,481	0.39%	-0.05%
2035	435,646	26,757,705	0.36%	-0.09%
2036	437,132	26,727,309	0.34%	-0.11%
2037	438,466	26,689,907	0.31%	-0.14%
2038	439,670	26,646,323	0.27%	-0.16%
2039	440,754	26,596,967	0.25%	-0.19%
2040	441,687	26,542,417	0.21%	-0.21%
2041	442,487	26,483,475	0.18%	-0.22%
2042	443,200	26,420,812	0.16%	-0.24%
2043	443,884	26,354,324	0.15%	-0.25%
2044	444,457	26,284,000	0.13%	-0.27%
2045	444,812	26,210,196	0.08%	-0.28%
2046	445,028	26,132,922	0.05%	-0.29%
2047	445,183	26,052,086	0.03%	-0.31%
2048	445,283	25,967,581	0.02%	-0.32%
2049	445,335	25,879,244	0.01%	-0.34%
2050	445,330	25,787,120	-0.001%	-0.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iceland increased by 34,081 people (a 11.5% growth), while North Korea gained 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iceland gained 82,155 (a 24.8% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth).

Iceland was ranked 172nd most populous country in 2005 and is still 172nd 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) Iceland's population will grow by 7.84% to 445,330 people with a rank change from 172nd to 173rd. The population of North Korea will decrease by 3.13% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.