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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Indonesia	North Korea	Indonesia	North Korea
1960	88,296,070	11,722,953	-	-
1961	90,791,249	11,990,713	2.83%	2.28%
1962	93,375,850	12,262,882	2.85%	2.27%
1963	96,051,424	12,567,057	2.87%	2.48%
1964	98,833,749	12,889,770	2.9%	2.57%
1965	101,365,130	13,219,369	2.56%	2.56%
1966	103,792,754	13,569,094	2.39%	2.65%
1967	106,526,393	13,958,350	2.63%	2.87%
1968	109,450,006	14,365,596	2.74%	2.92%
1969	112,517,639	14,767,615	2.8%	2.8%
1970	115,657,495	15,172,775	2.79%	2.74%
1971	118,833,702	15,572,457	2.75%	2.63%
1972	122,039,841	15,975,069	2.7%	2.59%
1973	125,288,515	16,350,367	2.66%	2.35%
1974	128,555,045	16,673,121	2.61%	1.97%
1975	131,843,848	16,971,055	2.56%	1.79%
1976	135,173,655	17,243,450	2.53%	1.61%
1977	138,533,541	17,492,798	2.49%	1.45%
1978	141,953,163	17,735,995	2.47%	1.39%
1979	145,434,834	17,983,470	2.45%	1.4%
1980	148,950,540	18,236,786	2.42%	1.41%
1981	152,485,035	18,501,295	2.37%	1.45%
1982	156,052,152	18,776,357	2.34%	1.49%
1983	159,651,381	19,054,034	2.31%	1.48%
1984	163,251,124	19,335,043	2.25%	1.47%
1985	166,776,185	19,620,388	2.16%	1.48%
1986	170,175,065	19,910,855	2.04%	1.48%
1987	173,511,154	20,205,483	1.96%	1.48%
1988	176,855,065	20,503,161	1.93%	1.47%
1989	180,201,630	20,804,367	1.89%	1.47%
1990	183,501,098	21,112,137	1.83%	1.48%
1991	186,778,238	21,428,638	1.79%	1.5%
1992	190,043,744	21,750,911	1.75%	1.5%
1993	193,305,168	22,073,352	1.72%	1.48%
1994	196,591,828	22,393,975	1.7%	1.45%
1995	199,888,057	22,669,304	1.68%	1.23%
1996	203,204,348	22,895,746	1.66%	1%
1997	206,536,095	23,110,830	1.64%	0.94%
1998	209,826,788	23,311,564	1.59%	0.87%
1999	213,004,668	23,497,599	1.51%	0.8%
2000	216,077,790	23,665,910	1.44%	0.72%
2001	219,097,902	23,815,358	1.4%	0.63%
2002	222,088,495	23,943,973	1.36%	0.54%
2003	225,048,008	24,090,380	1.33%	0.61%
2004	227,926,649	24,254,943	1.28%	0.68%
2005	230,871,650	24,396,433	1.29%	0.58%
2006	233,951,652	24,524,507	1.33%	0.52%
2007	237,062,337	24,646,383	1.33%	0.5%
2008	240,157,903	24,764,618	1.31%	0.48%
2009	243,220,028	24,878,332	1.28%	0.46%
2010	246,305,322	24,987,258	1.27%	0.44%
2011	249,470,032	25,097,874	1.28%	0.44%
2012	252,698,525	25,211,728	1.29%	0.45%
2013	255,852,467	25,329,451	1.25%	0.47%
2014	258,877,399	25,451,262	1.18%	0.48%
2015	261,799,249	25,575,350	1.13%	0.49%
2016	264,627,418	25,698,326	1.08%	0.48%
2017	267,346,658	25,817,709	1.03%	0.46%
2018	269,951,846	25,931,147	0.97%	0.44%
2019	272,489,381	26,037,632	0.94%	0.41%
2020	274,814,866	26,136,312	0.85%	0.38%
2021	276,758,053	26,232,534	0.71%	0.37%
2022	278,830,529	26,328,845	0.75%	0.37%
2023	281,190,067	26,418,204	0.85%	0.34%
2024	283,487,931	26,498,823	0.82%	0.31%
2025	285,721,231	26,571,033	0.79%	0.27%
2026	287,886,778	26,633,682	0.76%	0.24%
2027	289,986,520	26,686,492	0.73%	0.2%
2028	292,016,774	26,729,261	0.7%	0.16%
2029	293,978,106	26,762,008	0.67%	0.12%
2030	295,876,644	26,784,894	0.65%	0.09%
2031	297,719,741	26,797,946	0.62%	0.05%
2032	299,510,654	26,801,071	0.6%	0.01%
2033	301,250,975	26,795,061	0.58%	-0.02%
2034	302,938,571	26,780,481	0.56%	-0.05%
2035	304,566,615	26,757,705	0.54%	-0.09%
2036	306,135,097	26,727,309	0.51%	-0.11%
2037	307,646,407	26,689,907	0.49%	-0.14%
2038	309,096,450	26,646,323	0.47%	-0.16%
2039	310,481,116	26,596,967	0.45%	-0.19%
2040	311,797,391	26,542,417	0.42%	-0.21%
2041	313,041,656	26,483,475	0.4%	-0.22%
2042	314,211,278	26,420,812	0.37%	-0.24%
2043	315,304,309	26,354,324	0.35%	-0.25%
2044	316,318,412	26,284,000	0.32%	-0.27%
2045	317,249,609	26,210,196	0.29%	-0.28%
2046	318,096,567	26,132,922	0.27%	-0.29%
2047	318,862,018	26,052,086	0.24%	-0.31%
2048	319,554,646	25,967,581	0.22%	-0.32%
2049	320,173,244	25,879,244	0.19%	-0.34%
2050	320,712,941	25,787,120	0.17%	-0.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Indonesia increased by 30,675,766 people (a 13.1% growth), while North Korea gained 1,173,819 people (a 4.79% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Indonesia gained 23,282,308 (a 8.8% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 935,933 (a 3.64% growth).

Indonesia was ranked 4th most populous country in 2006 and is still 4th 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) Indonesia's population will grow by 11.4% to 320,712,941 people with a rank change from 4th to 6th. The population of North Korea will decrease by 3.18% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.