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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kazakhstan	North Korea	Kazakhstan	North Korea
1960	9,429,981	11,722,953	-	-
1961	9,742,085	11,990,713	3.31%	2.28%
1962	10,058,928	12,262,882	3.25%	2.27%
1963	10,377,466	12,567,057	3.17%	2.48%
1964	10,690,309	12,889,770	3.01%	2.57%
1965	10,993,183	13,219,369	2.83%	2.56%
1966	11,288,989	13,569,094	2.69%	2.65%
1967	11,584,428	13,958,350	2.62%	2.87%
1968	11,879,182	14,365,596	2.54%	2.92%
1969	12,156,212	14,767,615	2.33%	2.8%
1970	12,419,057	15,172,775	2.16%	2.74%
1971	12,684,813	15,572,457	2.14%	2.63%
1972	12,951,798	15,975,069	2.1%	2.59%
1973	13,208,121	16,350,367	1.98%	2.35%
1974	13,454,570	16,673,121	1.87%	1.97%
1975	13,700,843	16,971,055	1.83%	1.79%
1976	13,998,738	17,243,450	2.17%	1.61%
1977	14,353,265	17,492,798	2.53%	1.45%
1978	14,711,497	17,735,995	2.5%	1.39%
1979	14,978,696	17,983,470	1.82%	1.4%
1980	15,152,949	18,236,786	1.16%	1.41%
1981	15,323,082	18,501,295	1.12%	1.45%
1982	15,492,595	18,776,357	1.11%	1.49%
1983	15,665,551	19,054,034	1.12%	1.48%
1984	15,844,621	19,335,043	1.14%	1.47%
1985	16,031,090	19,620,388	1.18%	1.48%
1986	16,262,702	19,910,855	1.44%	1.48%
1987	16,527,715	20,205,483	1.63%	1.48%
1988	16,781,168	20,503,161	1.53%	1.47%
1989	16,997,013	20,804,367	1.29%	1.47%
1990	17,154,054	21,112,137	0.92%	1.48%
1991	17,278,600	21,428,638	0.73%	1.5%
1992	17,332,625	21,750,911	0.31%	1.5%
1993	17,274,487	22,073,352	-0.34%	1.48%
1994	17,043,771	22,393,975	-1.34%	1.45%
1995	16,730,536	22,669,304	-1.84%	1.23%
1996	16,416,027	22,895,746	-1.88%	1%
1997	16,043,251	23,110,830	-2.27%	0.94%
1998	15,647,785	23,311,564	-2.46%	0.87%
1999	15,455,874	23,497,599	-1.23%	0.8%
2000	15,501,103	23,665,910	0.29%	0.72%
2001	15,575,550	23,815,358	0.48%	0.63%
2002	15,656,677	23,943,973	0.52%	0.54%
2003	15,747,380	24,090,380	0.58%	0.61%
2004	15,850,159	24,254,943	0.65%	0.68%
2005	15,968,117	24,396,433	0.74%	0.58%
2006	16,103,716	24,524,507	0.85%	0.52%
2007	16,257,214	24,646,383	0.95%	0.5%
2008	16,426,525	24,764,618	1.04%	0.48%
2009	16,619,846	24,878,332	1.18%	0.46%
2010	16,836,810	24,987,258	1.31%	0.44%
2011	17,066,002	25,097,874	1.36%	0.44%
2012	17,306,106	25,211,728	1.41%	0.45%
2013	17,556,502	25,329,451	1.45%	0.47%
2014	17,816,285	25,451,262	1.48%	0.48%
2015	18,084,169	25,575,350	1.5%	0.49%
2016	18,363,600	25,698,326	1.55%	0.48%
2017	18,651,931	25,817,709	1.57%	0.46%
2018	18,932,727	25,931,147	1.51%	0.44%
2019	19,209,555	26,037,632	1.46%	0.41%
2020	19,482,117	26,136,312	1.42%	0.38%
2021	19,743,603	26,232,534	1.34%	0.37%
2022	20,034,609	26,328,845	1.47%	0.37%
2023	20,330,104	26,418,204	1.47%	0.34%
2024	20,592,571	26,498,823	1.29%	0.31%
2025	20,843,753	26,571,033	1.22%	0.27%
2026	21,083,619	26,633,682	1.15%	0.24%
2027	21,316,177	26,686,492	1.1%	0.2%
2028	21,547,638	26,729,261	1.09%	0.16%
2029	21,777,008	26,762,008	1.06%	0.12%
2030	22,003,192	26,784,894	1.04%	0.09%
2031	22,227,045	26,797,946	1.02%	0.05%
2032	22,452,639	26,801,071	1.01%	0.01%
2033	22,679,377	26,795,061	1.01%	-0.02%
2034	22,903,209	26,780,481	0.99%	-0.05%
2035	23,125,951	26,757,705	0.97%	-0.09%
2036	23,349,072	26,727,309	0.96%	-0.11%
2037	23,571,233	26,689,907	0.95%	-0.14%
2038	23,793,387	26,646,323	0.94%	-0.16%
2039	24,017,887	26,596,967	0.94%	-0.19%
2040	24,246,822	26,542,417	0.95%	-0.21%
2041	24,477,612	26,483,475	0.95%	-0.22%
2042	24,707,974	26,420,812	0.94%	-0.24%
2043	24,941,020	26,354,324	0.94%	-0.25%
2044	25,175,225	26,284,000	0.94%	-0.27%
2045	25,409,749	26,210,196	0.93%	-0.28%
2046	25,642,870	26,132,922	0.92%	-0.29%
2047	25,875,743	26,052,086	0.91%	-0.31%
2048	26,106,834	25,967,581	0.89%	-0.32%
2049	26,328,898	25,879,244	0.85%	-0.34%
2050	26,544,261	25,787,120	0.82%	-0.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kazakhstan increased by 2,259,884 people (a 14% growth), while North Korea gained 1,173,819 people (a 4.79% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kazakhstan gained 2,722,560 (a 14.8% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 935,933 (a 3.64% growth).

Kazakhstan was ranked 62nd most populous country in 2006 and is 65th 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) Kazakhstan's population will grow by 25.9% to 26,544,261 people with a rank change from 65th to 64th. The population of North Korea will decrease by 3.18% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.