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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Liberia	North Korea	Liberia	North Korea
1960	1,139,522	11,722,953	-	-
1961	1,167,717	11,990,713	2.47%	2.28%
1962	1,197,039	12,262,882	2.51%	2.27%
1963	1,227,414	12,567,057	2.54%	2.48%
1964	1,258,745	12,889,770	2.55%	2.57%
1965	1,291,156	13,219,369	2.57%	2.56%
1966	1,324,383	13,569,094	2.57%	2.65%
1967	1,358,435	13,958,350	2.57%	2.87%
1968	1,393,530	14,365,596	2.58%	2.92%
1969	1,429,605	14,767,615	2.59%	2.8%
1970	1,466,676	15,172,775	2.59%	2.74%
1971	1,504,077	15,572,457	2.55%	2.63%
1972	1,542,670	15,975,069	2.57%	2.59%
1973	1,583,588	16,350,367	2.65%	2.35%
1974	1,626,362	16,673,121	2.7%	1.97%
1975	1,670,913	16,971,055	2.74%	1.79%
1976	1,717,060	17,243,450	2.76%	1.61%
1977	1,766,019	17,492,798	2.85%	1.45%
1978	1,818,247	17,735,995	2.96%	1.39%
1979	1,872,713	17,983,470	3%	1.4%
1980	1,929,253	18,236,786	3.02%	1.41%
1981	1,986,867	18,501,295	2.99%	1.45%
1982	2,045,073	18,776,357	2.93%	1.49%
1983	2,107,113	19,054,034	3.03%	1.48%
1984	2,173,312	19,335,043	3.14%	1.47%
1985	2,240,539	19,620,388	3.09%	1.48%
1986	2,308,511	19,910,855	3.03%	1.48%
1987	2,377,229	20,205,483	2.98%	1.48%
1988	2,446,941	20,503,161	2.93%	1.47%
1989	2,517,858	20,804,367	2.9%	1.47%
1990	2,223,667	21,112,137	-11.7%	1.48%
1991	1,956,518	21,428,638	-12%	1.5%
1992	2,072,461	21,750,911	5.93%	1.5%
1993	2,155,126	22,073,352	3.99%	1.48%
1994	2,149,928	22,393,975	-0.24%	1.45%
1995	2,169,162	22,669,304	0.89%	1.23%
1996	2,232,289	22,895,746	2.91%	1%
1997	2,412,989	23,110,830	8.09%	0.94%
1998	2,670,124	23,311,564	10.7%	0.87%
1999	2,821,684	23,497,599	5.68%	0.8%
2000	2,928,117	23,665,910	3.77%	0.72%
2001	3,015,338	23,815,358	2.98%	0.63%
2002	3,094,782	23,943,973	2.63%	0.54%
2003	3,119,532	24,090,380	0.8%	0.61%
2004	3,156,892	24,254,943	1.2%	0.68%
2005	3,301,015	24,396,433	4.57%	0.58%
2006	3,490,787	24,524,507	5.75%	0.52%
2007	3,669,050	24,646,383	5.11%	0.5%
2008	3,821,003	24,764,618	4.14%	0.48%
2009	3,943,028	24,878,332	3.19%	0.46%
2010	4,058,890	24,987,258	2.94%	0.44%
2011	4,221,178	25,097,874	4%	0.44%
2012	4,373,043	25,211,728	3.6%	0.45%
2013	4,470,239	25,329,451	2.22%	0.47%
2014	4,564,293	25,451,262	2.1%	0.48%
2015	4,659,431	25,575,350	2.08%	0.49%
2016	4,755,608	25,698,326	2.06%	0.48%
2017	4,848,925	25,817,709	1.96%	0.46%
2018	4,944,726	25,931,147	1.98%	0.44%
2019	5,043,721	26,037,632	2%	0.41%
2020	5,149,463	26,136,312	2.1%	0.38%
2021	5,259,323	26,232,534	2.13%	0.37%
2022	5,373,294	26,328,845	2.17%	0.37%
2023	5,493,031	26,418,204	2.23%	0.34%
2024	5,612,817	26,498,823	2.18%	0.31%
2025	5,731,211	26,571,033	2.11%	0.27%
2026	5,853,958	26,633,682	2.14%	0.24%
2027	5,986,805	26,686,492	2.27%	0.2%
2028	6,118,769	26,729,261	2.2%	0.16%
2029	6,245,093	26,762,008	2.06%	0.12%
2030	6,366,293	26,784,894	1.94%	0.09%
2031	6,486,749	26,797,946	1.89%	0.05%
2032	6,614,257	26,801,071	1.97%	0.01%
2033	6,744,927	26,795,061	1.98%	-0.02%
2034	6,873,688	26,780,481	1.91%	-0.05%
2035	7,003,567	26,757,705	1.89%	-0.09%
2036	7,142,326	26,727,309	1.98%	-0.11%
2037	7,278,759	26,689,907	1.91%	-0.14%
2038	7,408,720	26,646,323	1.79%	-0.16%
2039	7,545,510	26,596,967	1.85%	-0.19%
2040	7,681,693	26,542,417	1.8%	-0.21%
2041	7,817,089	26,483,475	1.76%	-0.22%
2042	7,954,182	26,420,812	1.75%	-0.24%
2043	8,077,173	26,354,324	1.55%	-0.25%
2044	8,194,136	26,284,000	1.45%	-0.27%
2045	8,310,657	26,210,196	1.42%	-0.28%
2046	8,428,924	26,132,922	1.42%	-0.29%
2047	8,552,033	26,052,086	1.46%	-0.31%
2048	8,673,963	25,967,581	1.43%	-0.32%
2049	8,795,838	25,879,244	1.41%	-0.34%
2050	8,910,539	25,787,120	1.3%	-0.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Liberia increased by 1,358,416 people (a 41.2% growth), while North Korea gained 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Liberia gained 1,170,380 (a 25.1% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth).

Liberia was ranked 129th most populous country in 2005 and is 116th 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) Liberia's population will grow by 52.8% to 8,910,539 people with a rank change from 116th to 107th. The population of North Korea will decrease by 3.13% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.