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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mexico	North Korea	Mexico	North Korea
1960	36,724,615	11,722,953	-	-
1961	37,890,118	11,990,713	3.17%	2.28%
1962	39,129,200	12,262,882	3.27%	2.27%
1963	40,424,065	12,567,057	3.31%	2.48%
1964	41,772,049	12,889,770	3.33%	2.57%
1965	43,174,477	13,219,369	3.36%	2.56%
1966	44,629,106	13,569,094	3.37%	2.65%
1967	46,129,608	13,958,350	3.36%	2.87%
1968	47,668,303	14,365,596	3.34%	2.92%
1969	49,233,194	14,767,615	3.28%	2.8%
1970	50,814,953	15,172,775	3.21%	2.74%
1971	52,412,558	15,572,457	3.14%	2.63%
1972	54,030,168	15,975,069	3.09%	2.59%
1973	55,667,284	16,350,367	3.03%	2.35%
1974	57,320,149	16,673,121	2.97%	1.97%
1975	58,982,400	16,971,055	2.9%	1.79%
1976	60,645,512	17,243,450	2.82%	1.61%
1977	62,308,493	17,492,798	2.74%	1.45%
1978	63,979,046	17,735,995	2.68%	1.39%
1979	65,648,865	17,983,470	2.61%	1.4%
1980	67,300,334	18,236,786	2.52%	1.41%
1981	68,892,108	18,501,295	2.37%	1.45%
1982	70,433,260	18,776,357	2.24%	1.49%
1983	71,971,240	19,054,034	2.18%	1.48%
1984	73,506,846	19,335,043	2.13%	1.47%
1985	75,043,414	19,620,388	2.09%	1.48%
1986	76,585,637	19,910,855	2.06%	1.48%
1987	78,136,651	20,205,483	2.03%	1.48%
1988	79,695,531	20,503,161	2%	1.47%
1989	81,247,182	20,804,367	1.95%	1.47%
1990	82,820,170	21,112,137	1.94%	1.48%
1991	84,430,572	21,428,638	1.94%	1.5%
1992	86,044,809	21,750,911	1.91%	1.5%
1993	87,653,807	22,073,352	1.87%	1.48%
1994	89,259,205	22,393,975	1.83%	1.45%
1995	90,862,455	22,669,304	1.8%	1.23%
1996	92,452,702	22,895,746	1.75%	1%
1997	94,021,207	23,110,830	1.7%	0.94%
1998	95,575,245	23,311,564	1.65%	0.87%
1999	97,115,707	23,497,599	1.61%	0.8%
2000	98,625,552	23,665,910	1.55%	0.72%
2001	100,099,099	23,815,358	1.49%	0.63%
2002	101,548,624	23,943,973	1.45%	0.54%
2003	102,978,515	24,090,380	1.41%	0.61%
2004	104,394,131	24,254,943	1.37%	0.68%
2005	105,811,504	24,396,433	1.36%	0.58%
2006	107,253,666	24,524,507	1.36%	0.52%
2007	108,774,360	24,646,383	1.42%	0.5%
2008	110,374,288	24,764,618	1.47%	0.48%
2009	111,999,721	24,878,332	1.47%	0.46%
2010	113,623,895	24,987,258	1.45%	0.44%
2011	115,243,504	25,097,874	1.43%	0.44%
2012	116,818,208	25,211,728	1.37%	0.45%
2013	118,343,573	25,329,451	1.31%	0.47%
2014	119,784,261	25,451,262	1.22%	0.48%
2015	121,072,306	25,575,350	1.08%	0.49%
2016	122,251,351	25,698,326	0.97%	0.48%
2017	123,400,057	25,817,709	0.94%	0.46%
2018	124,573,711	25,931,147	0.95%	0.44%
2019	125,762,982	26,037,632	0.95%	0.41%
2020	126,799,054	26,136,312	0.82%	0.38%
2021	127,648,148	26,232,534	0.67%	0.37%
2022	128,613,117	26,328,845	0.76%	0.37%
2023	129,739,759	26,418,204	0.88%	0.34%
2024	130,861,007	26,498,823	0.86%	0.31%
2025	131,946,905	26,571,033	0.83%	0.27%
2026	132,997,664	26,633,682	0.8%	0.24%
2027	134,017,711	26,686,492	0.77%	0.2%
2028	135,008,697	26,729,261	0.74%	0.16%
2029	135,970,893	26,762,008	0.71%	0.12%
2030	136,904,747	26,784,894	0.69%	0.09%
2031	137,811,068	26,797,946	0.66%	0.05%
2032	138,690,189	26,801,071	0.64%	0.01%
2033	139,542,087	26,795,061	0.61%	-0.02%
2034	140,362,026	26,780,481	0.59%	-0.05%
2035	141,150,818	26,757,705	0.56%	-0.09%
2036	141,909,168	26,727,309	0.54%	-0.11%
2037	142,637,546	26,689,907	0.51%	-0.14%
2038	143,336,222	26,646,323	0.49%	-0.16%
2039	143,998,296	26,596,967	0.46%	-0.19%
2040	144,624,328	26,542,417	0.43%	-0.21%
2041	145,217,780	26,483,475	0.41%	-0.22%
2042	145,777,459	26,420,812	0.39%	-0.24%
2043	146,300,011	26,354,324	0.36%	-0.25%
2044	146,787,722	26,284,000	0.33%	-0.27%
2045	147,240,096	26,210,196	0.31%	-0.28%
2046	147,654,160	26,132,922	0.28%	-0.29%
2047	148,030,153	26,052,086	0.25%	-0.31%
2048	148,372,233	25,967,581	0.23%	-0.32%
2049	148,677,894	25,879,244	0.21%	-0.34%
2050	148,946,272	25,787,120	0.18%	-0.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mexico increased by 15,260,802 people (a 14.4% growth), while North Korea gained 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mexico gained 11,718,651 (a 9.68% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth).

Mexico was ranked 11th most populous country in 2005 and is still 11th 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) Mexico's population will grow by 12.2% to 148,946,272 people with a rank change from 11th to 12th. The population of North Korea will decrease by 3.13% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.