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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kiribati	North Korea	Kiribati	North Korea
1960	47,157	11,722,953	-	-
1961	48,323	11,990,713	2.47%	2.28%
1962	49,538	12,262,882	2.51%	2.27%
1963	50,791	12,567,057	2.53%	2.48%
1964	52,088	12,889,770	2.55%	2.57%
1965	53,439	13,219,369	2.59%	2.56%
1966	54,425	13,569,094	1.85%	2.65%
1967	54,996	13,958,350	1.05%	2.87%
1968	55,529	14,365,596	0.97%	2.92%
1969	56,360	14,767,615	1.5%	2.8%
1970	57,510	15,172,775	2.04%	2.74%
1971	58,652	15,572,457	1.99%	2.63%
1972	59,778	15,975,069	1.92%	2.59%
1973	60,824	16,350,367	1.75%	2.35%
1974	61,219	16,673,121	0.65%	1.97%
1975	60,987	16,971,055	-0.38%	1.79%
1976	60,661	17,243,450	-0.53%	1.61%
1977	60,267	17,492,798	-0.65%	1.45%
1978	59,864	17,735,995	-0.67%	1.39%
1979	60,172	17,983,470	0.51%	1.4%
1980	61,148	18,236,786	1.62%	1.41%
1981	62,121	18,501,295	1.59%	1.45%
1982	63,134	18,776,357	1.63%	1.49%
1983	64,169	19,054,034	1.64%	1.48%
1984	65,228	19,335,043	1.65%	1.47%
1985	66,496	19,620,388	1.94%	1.48%
1986	68,059	19,910,855	2.35%	1.48%
1987	69,733	20,205,483	2.46%	1.48%
1988	71,427	20,503,161	2.43%	1.47%
1989	73,147	20,804,367	2.41%	1.47%
1990	74,855	21,112,137	2.34%	1.48%
1991	76,367	21,428,638	2.02%	1.5%
1992	77,641	21,750,911	1.67%	1.5%
1993	78,841	22,073,352	1.55%	1.48%
1994	80,021	22,393,975	1.5%	1.45%
1995	81,234	22,669,304	1.52%	1.23%
1996	82,623	22,895,746	1.71%	1%
1997	84,147	23,110,830	1.84%	0.94%
1998	85,657	23,311,564	1.79%	0.87%
1999	87,126	23,497,599	1.71%	0.8%
2000	88,613	23,665,910	1.71%	0.72%
2001	90,335	23,815,358	1.94%	0.63%
2002	92,264	23,943,973	2.14%	0.54%
2003	94,175	24,090,380	2.07%	0.61%
2004	96,085	24,254,943	2.03%	0.68%
2005	98,035	24,396,433	2.03%	0.58%
2006	100,017	24,524,507	2.02%	0.52%
2007	102,068	24,646,383	2.05%	0.5%
2008	104,222	24,764,618	2.11%	0.48%
2009	106,467	24,878,332	2.15%	0.46%
2010	108,704	24,987,258	2.1%	0.44%
2011	110,647	25,097,874	1.79%	0.44%
2012	112,284	25,211,728	1.48%	0.45%
2013	113,838	25,329,451	1.38%	0.47%
2014	115,326	25,451,262	1.31%	0.48%
2015	116,815	25,575,350	1.29%	0.49%
2016	118,478	25,698,326	1.42%	0.48%
2017	120,275	25,817,709	1.52%	0.46%
2018	122,084	25,931,147	1.5%	0.44%
2019	123,921	26,037,632	1.5%	0.41%
2020	126,099	26,136,312	1.76%	0.38%
2021	128,377	26,232,534	1.81%	0.37%
2022	130,469	26,328,845	1.63%	0.37%
2023	132,530	26,418,204	1.58%	0.34%
2024	134,518	26,498,823	1.5%	0.31%
2025	136,501	26,571,033	1.47%	0.27%
2026	138,451	26,633,682	1.43%	0.24%
2027	140,405	26,686,492	1.41%	0.2%
2028	142,335	26,729,261	1.37%	0.16%
2029	144,231	26,762,008	1.33%	0.12%
2030	146,130	26,784,894	1.32%	0.09%
2031	148,028	26,797,946	1.3%	0.05%
2032	149,915	26,801,071	1.27%	0.01%
2033	151,768	26,795,061	1.24%	-0.02%
2034	153,602	26,780,481	1.21%	-0.05%
2035	155,447	26,757,705	1.2%	-0.09%
2036	157,316	26,727,309	1.2%	-0.11%
2037	159,188	26,689,907	1.19%	-0.14%
2038	161,050	26,646,323	1.17%	-0.16%
2039	162,895	26,596,967	1.15%	-0.19%
2040	164,711	26,542,417	1.11%	-0.21%
2041	166,508	26,483,475	1.09%	-0.22%
2042	168,325	26,420,812	1.09%	-0.24%
2043	170,182	26,354,324	1.1%	-0.25%
2044	172,012	26,284,000	1.08%	-0.27%
2045	173,818	26,210,196	1.05%	-0.28%
2046	175,629	26,132,922	1.04%	-0.29%
2047	177,392	26,052,086	1%	-0.31%
2048	179,152	25,967,581	0.99%	-0.32%
2049	180,915	25,879,244	0.98%	-0.34%
2050	182,629	25,787,120	0.95%	-0.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kiribati increased by 18,780 people (a 19.2% growth), while North Korea gained 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kiribati gained 21,252 (a 18.2% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth).

Kiribati was ranked 183rd most populous country in 2005 and is 180th 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) Kiribati's population will grow by 32.3% to 182,629 people with a rank change from 180th to 178th. The population of North Korea will decrease by 3.13% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.