The latest officially reported population of Kazakhstan was 20,592,571 in 2024 vs 26,498,823 people in North Korea in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Kazakhstan's population is 21,036,432 people compared to 26,621,357 in North Korea.
Population statistics:
- North Korea's population is 1.27 times bigger than Kazakhstan's.
- Kazakhstan is ranked the 65th most populous country in the world, while North Korea is the 56th.
- The countries together account for 0.58% of the world: 0.25% for Kazakhstan vs 0.32% for North Korea.
- For the last 10 years, Kazakhstan has had an average growth rate of +1.46% per year vs +0.41% in North Korea.
- Since 2005, the population of Kazakhstan has increased from 16M people to 21M (31.7% growth), while North Korea has grown from 24.4M to 26.6M (9.12% growth).
- Kazakhstan is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 33.7M people compared to the peak of 26.8M people in 2032 for North Korea.
Kazakhstan vs North Korea: live population counter
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| Current population |
21036432
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26621357
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| Population rank | 65/197 | 56/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.25% | 0.32% |
| One net population change |
2 minutes
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6.52 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.28 minutes
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1.54 minutes
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| One death every |
3.85 minutes
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2.05 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.19 hours
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3.54 hours
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| Annual migration change | -7,368 | -2,473 |
| Daily growth/decline | +719 | +221 |
| Annual growth/decline | +262,467 | +80,619 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.29% | +0.31% |
| Population growth rate rank | 84/197 | 149/197 |
Kazakhstan and North Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 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 2005 to 2015, the population of Kazakhstan increased by 2,116,052 people (a 13.3% growth), while North Korea gained 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kazakhstan gained 2,952,263 (a 16.3% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth).
Kazakhstan was ranked 62nd most populous country in 2005 and is 65th 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) Kazakhstan's population will grow by 26.2% to 26,544,261 people with a rank change from 65th to 64th. The population of North Korea will decrease by 3.13% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.
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Population differences between Kazakhstan and North Korea
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| Life expectancy | 74.7 years | 73.9 years |
| Average age | 32 years | 38 years |
| Median age | 30.5 years | 37.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.7:51.3 | 49.5:50.5 |
| Fertility rate | 3.01 births per woman | 1.78 births per woman |
| Population density | 19.8 ppl/mi² | 570 ppl/mi² |
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