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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jordan	North Korea	Jordan	North Korea
1960	853,471	11,722,953	-	-
1961	897,591	11,990,713	5.17%	2.28%
1962	940,554	12,262,882	4.79%	2.27%
1963	984,714	12,567,057	4.7%	2.48%
1964	1,035,640	12,889,770	5.17%	2.57%
1965	1,099,440	13,219,369	6.16%	2.56%
1966	1,178,360	13,569,094	7.18%	2.65%
1967	1,271,183	13,958,350	7.88%	2.87%
1968	1,372,460	14,365,596	7.97%	2.92%
1969	1,473,100	14,767,615	7.33%	2.8%
1970	1,565,163	15,172,775	6.25%	2.74%
1971	1,645,145	15,572,457	5.11%	2.63%
1972	1,714,555	15,975,069	4.22%	2.59%
1973	1,778,094	16,350,367	3.71%	2.35%
1974	1,839,182	16,673,121	3.44%	1.97%
1975	1,899,055	16,971,055	3.26%	1.79%
1976	1,958,177	17,243,450	3.11%	1.61%
1977	2,019,002	17,492,798	3.11%	1.45%
1978	2,083,595	17,735,995	3.2%	1.39%
1979	2,153,882	17,983,470	3.37%	1.4%
1980	2,234,186	18,236,786	3.73%	1.41%
1981	2,325,517	18,501,295	4.09%	1.45%
1982	2,426,927	18,776,357	4.36%	1.49%
1983	2,537,307	19,054,034	4.55%	1.48%
1984	2,654,688	19,335,043	4.63%	1.47%
1985	2,778,810	19,620,388	4.68%	1.48%
1986	2,909,887	19,910,855	4.72%	1.48%
1987	3,047,634	20,205,483	4.73%	1.48%
1988	3,193,039	20,503,161	4.77%	1.47%
1989	3,349,627	20,804,367	4.9%	1.47%
1990	3,621,908	21,112,137	8.13%	1.48%
1991	3,915,149	21,428,638	8.1%	1.5%
1992	4,127,693	21,750,911	5.43%	1.5%
1993	4,348,020	22,073,352	5.34%	1.48%
1994	4,561,406	22,393,975	4.91%	1.45%
1995	4,752,096	22,669,304	4.18%	1.23%
1996	4,912,516	22,895,746	3.38%	1%
1997	5,046,285	23,110,830	2.72%	0.94%
1998	5,164,284	23,311,564	2.34%	0.87%
1999	5,276,444	23,497,599	2.17%	0.8%
2000	5,386,945	23,665,910	2.09%	0.72%
2001	5,498,894	23,815,358	2.08%	0.63%
2002	5,616,066	23,943,973	2.13%	0.54%
2003	5,741,828	24,090,380	2.24%	0.61%
2004	5,882,061	24,254,943	2.44%	0.68%
2005	6,029,587	24,396,433	2.51%	0.58%
2006	6,427,371	24,524,507	6.6%	0.52%
2007	6,827,227	24,646,383	6.22%	0.5%
2008	6,989,866	24,764,618	2.38%	0.48%
2009	7,141,753	24,878,332	2.17%	0.46%
2010	7,297,043	24,987,258	2.17%	0.44%
2011	7,480,424	25,097,874	2.51%	0.44%
2012	7,587,127	25,211,728	1.43%	0.45%
2013	7,991,809	25,329,451	5.33%	0.47%
2014	8,791,710	25,451,262	10%	0.48%
2015	9,544,729	25,575,350	8.57%	0.49%
2016	10,006,367	25,698,326	4.84%	0.48%
2017	10,234,226	25,817,709	2.28%	0.46%
2018	10,462,306	25,931,147	2.23%	0.44%
2019	10,671,891	26,037,632	2%	0.41%
2020	10,865,228	26,136,312	1.81%	0.38%
2021	11,066,356	26,232,534	1.85%	0.37%
2022	11,256,263	26,328,845	1.72%	0.37%
2023	11,439,213	26,418,204	1.63%	0.34%
2024	11,552,876	26,498,823	0.99%	0.31%
2025	11,520,678	26,571,033	-0.28%	0.27%
2026	11,589,528	26,633,682	0.6%	0.24%
2027	11,819,454	26,686,492	1.98%	0.2%
2028	12,034,459	26,729,261	1.82%	0.16%
2029	12,245,726	26,762,008	1.76%	0.12%
2030	12,448,772	26,784,894	1.66%	0.09%
2031	12,652,545	26,797,946	1.64%	0.05%
2032	12,854,926	26,801,071	1.6%	0.01%
2033	13,050,713	26,795,061	1.52%	-0.02%
2034	13,245,158	26,780,481	1.49%	-0.05%
2035	13,440,821	26,757,705	1.48%	-0.09%
2036	13,638,248	26,727,309	1.47%	-0.11%
2037	13,840,237	26,689,907	1.48%	-0.14%
2038	14,048,303	26,646,323	1.5%	-0.16%
2039	14,256,684	26,596,967	1.48%	-0.19%
2040	14,471,288	26,542,417	1.51%	-0.21%
2041	14,684,501	26,483,475	1.47%	-0.22%
2042	14,883,641	26,420,812	1.36%	-0.24%
2043	15,077,789	26,354,324	1.3%	-0.25%
2044	15,273,526	26,284,000	1.3%	-0.27%
2045	15,471,971	26,210,196	1.3%	-0.28%
2046	15,662,312	26,132,922	1.23%	-0.29%
2047	15,841,619	26,052,086	1.14%	-0.31%
2048	16,021,374	25,967,581	1.13%	-0.32%
2049	16,197,518	25,879,244	1.1%	-0.34%
2050	16,367,341	25,787,120	1.05%	-0.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Jordan increased by 3,515,142 people (a 58.3% growth), while North Korea gained 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Jordan gained 2,031,254 (a 21.3% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth).

Jordan was ranked 101st most populous country in 2005 and is 85th 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) Jordan's population will grow by 41.4% to 16,367,341 people with a rank change from 85th to 79th. The population of North Korea will decrease by 3.13% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.