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	385,663	26,418,204	0.96%	0.34%
2024	386,506	26,498,823	0.22%	0.31%
2025	391,286	26,571,033	1.24%	0.27%
2026	395,277	26,633,682	1.02%	0.24%
2027	398,729	26,686,492	0.87%	0.2%
2028	401,867	26,729,261	0.79%	0.16%
2029	404,639	26,762,008	0.69%	0.12%
2030	407,090	26,784,894	0.61%	0.09%
2031	409,307	26,797,946	0.54%	0.05%
2032	411,279	26,801,071	0.48%	0.01%
2033	413,059	26,795,061	0.43%	-0.02%
2034	414,660	26,780,481	0.39%	-0.05%
2035	416,153	26,757,705	0.36%	-0.09%
2036	417,573	26,727,309	0.34%	-0.11%
2037	418,847	26,689,907	0.31%	-0.14%
2038	419,997	26,646,323	0.27%	-0.16%
2039	421,032	26,596,967	0.25%	-0.19%
2040	421,924	26,542,417	0.21%	-0.21%
2041	422,688	26,483,475	0.18%	-0.22%
2042	423,370	26,420,812	0.16%	-0.24%
2043	424,023	26,354,324	0.15%	-0.25%
2044	424,570	26,284,000	0.13%	-0.27%
2045	424,909	26,210,196	0.08%	-0.28%
2046	425,115	26,132,922	0.05%	-0.29%
2047	425,264	26,052,086	0.03%	-0.31%
2048	425,359	25,967,581	0.02%	-0.32%
2049	425,409	25,879,244	0.01%	-0.34%
2050	425,404	25,787,120	-0.001%	-0.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Iceland increased by 31,657 people (a 10.4% growth), while North Korea gained 1,173,819 people (a 4.79% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Iceland gained 59,875 (a 17.8% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 935,933 (a 3.64% growth).

Iceland was ranked 172nd most populous country in 2006 and is 173rd 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) Iceland's population will grow by 7.61% to 425,404 people and will still be ranked 173rd. The population of North Korea will decrease by 3.18% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.