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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Israel	North Korea	Israel	North Korea
1960	2,114,020	11,722,953	-	-
1961	2,185,000	11,990,713	3.36%	2.28%
1962	2,293,000	12,262,882	4.94%	2.27%
1963	2,379,000	12,567,057	3.75%	2.48%
1964	2,475,000	12,889,770	4.04%	2.57%
1965	2,563,000	13,219,369	3.56%	2.56%
1966	2,629,000	13,569,094	2.58%	2.65%
1967	2,745,000	13,958,350	4.41%	2.87%
1968	2,803,000	14,365,596	2.11%	2.92%
1969	2,877,000	14,767,615	2.64%	2.8%
1970	2,974,000	15,172,775	3.37%	2.74%
1971	3,069,000	15,572,457	3.19%	2.63%
1972	3,148,000	15,975,069	2.57%	2.59%
1973	3,278,000	16,350,367	4.13%	2.35%
1974	3,377,000	16,673,121	3.02%	1.97%
1975	3,455,000	16,971,055	2.31%	1.79%
1976	3,533,000	17,243,450	2.26%	1.61%
1977	3,613,000	17,492,798	2.26%	1.45%
1978	3,690,000	17,735,995	2.13%	1.39%
1979	3,786,000	17,983,470	2.6%	1.4%
1980	3,878,000	18,236,786	2.43%	1.41%
1981	3,956,000	18,501,295	2.01%	1.45%
1982	4,031,000	18,776,357	1.9%	1.49%
1983	4,105,000	19,054,034	1.84%	1.48%
1984	4,159,000	19,335,043	1.32%	1.47%
1985	4,233,000	19,620,388	1.78%	1.48%
1986	4,299,000	19,910,855	1.56%	1.48%
1987	4,369,000	20,205,483	1.63%	1.48%
1988	4,442,000	20,503,161	1.67%	1.47%
1989	4,518,000	20,804,367	1.71%	1.47%
1990	4,660,000	21,112,137	3.14%	1.48%
1991	4,949,000	21,428,638	6.2%	1.5%
1992	5,123,000	21,750,911	3.52%	1.5%
1993	5,261,000	22,073,352	2.69%	1.48%
1994	5,399,000	22,393,975	2.62%	1.45%
1995	5,545,000	22,669,304	2.7%	1.23%
1996	5,692,000	22,895,746	2.65%	1%
1997	5,836,000	23,110,830	2.53%	0.94%
1998	5,971,000	23,311,564	2.31%	0.87%
1999	6,125,000	23,497,599	2.58%	0.8%
2000	6,289,000	23,665,910	2.68%	0.72%
2001	6,439,000	23,815,358	2.39%	0.63%
2002	6,570,000	23,943,973	2.03%	0.54%
2003	6,689,700	24,090,380	1.82%	0.61%
2004	6,809,000	24,254,943	1.78%	0.68%
2005	6,930,100	24,396,433	1.78%	0.58%
2006	7,053,700	24,524,507	1.78%	0.52%
2007	7,180,100	24,646,383	1.79%	0.5%
2008	7,308,800	24,764,618	1.79%	0.48%
2009	7,485,600	24,878,332	2.42%	0.46%
2010	7,623,600	24,987,258	1.84%	0.44%
2011	7,765,800	25,097,874	1.87%	0.44%
2012	7,910,500	25,211,728	1.86%	0.45%
2013	8,059,500	25,329,451	1.88%	0.47%
2014	8,215,700	25,451,262	1.94%	0.48%
2015	8,380,100	25,575,350	2%	0.49%
2016	8,546,000	25,698,326	1.98%	0.48%
2017	8,713,300	25,817,709	1.96%	0.46%
2018	8,882,800	25,931,147	1.95%	0.44%
2019	9,054,000	26,037,632	1.93%	0.41%
2020	9,215,100	26,136,312	1.78%	0.38%
2021	9,371,400	26,232,534	1.7%	0.37%
2022	9,557,500	26,328,845	1.99%	0.37%
2023	9,849,000	26,418,204	3.05%	0.34%
2024	9,974,400	26,498,823	1.27%	0.31%
2025	10,112,712	26,571,033	1.39%	0.27%
2026	10,251,384	26,633,682	1.37%	0.24%
2027	10,390,790	26,686,492	1.36%	0.2%
2028	10,530,831	26,729,261	1.35%	0.16%
2029	10,670,808	26,762,008	1.33%	0.12%
2030	10,812,707	26,784,894	1.33%	0.09%
2031	10,958,256	26,797,946	1.35%	0.05%
2032	11,102,895	26,801,071	1.32%	0.01%
2033	11,245,826	26,795,061	1.29%	-0.02%
2034	11,390,158	26,780,481	1.28%	-0.05%
2035	11,537,556	26,757,705	1.29%	-0.09%
2036	11,685,531	26,727,309	1.28%	-0.11%
2037	11,835,669	26,689,907	1.28%	-0.14%
2038	11,990,527	26,646,323	1.31%	-0.16%
2039	12,147,999	26,596,967	1.31%	-0.19%
2040	12,306,173	26,542,417	1.3%	-0.21%
2041	12,464,653	26,483,475	1.29%	-0.22%
2042	12,626,052	26,420,812	1.29%	-0.24%
2043	12,788,911	26,354,324	1.29%	-0.25%
2044	12,952,526	26,284,000	1.28%	-0.27%
2045	13,114,360	26,210,196	1.25%	-0.28%
2046	13,274,365	26,132,922	1.22%	-0.29%
2047	13,433,565	26,052,086	1.2%	-0.31%
2048	13,590,900	25,967,581	1.17%	-0.32%
2049	13,750,245	25,879,244	1.17%	-0.34%
2050	13,911,988	25,787,120	1.18%	-0.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Israel increased by 1,450,000 people (a 20.9% growth), while North Korea gained 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Israel gained 1,844,004 (a 22% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth).

Israel was ranked 98th most populous country in 2005 and is 96th 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) Israel's population will grow by 36.1% to 13,911,988 people with a rank change from 96th to 88th. The population of North Korea will decrease by 3.13% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.