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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nauru	North Korea	Nauru	North Korea
1960	4,607	11,722,953	-	-
1961	4,774	11,990,713	3.62%	2.28%
1962	4,979	12,262,882	4.29%	2.27%
1963	5,226	12,567,057	4.96%	2.48%
1964	5,515	12,889,770	5.53%	2.57%
1965	5,832	13,219,369	5.75%	2.56%
1966	6,043	13,569,094	3.62%	2.65%
1967	6,135	13,958,350	1.52%	2.87%
1968	6,328	14,365,596	3.15%	2.92%
1969	6,581	14,767,615	4%	2.8%
1970	6,710	15,172,775	1.96%	2.74%
1971	6,762	15,572,457	0.77%	2.63%
1972	6,812	15,975,069	0.74%	2.59%
1973	6,866	16,350,367	0.79%	2.35%
1974	6,923	16,673,121	0.83%	1.97%
1975	6,987	16,971,055	0.92%	1.79%
1976	7,064	17,243,450	1.1%	1.61%
1977	7,163	17,492,798	1.4%	1.45%
1978	7,298	17,735,995	1.88%	1.39%
1979	7,468	17,983,470	2.33%	1.4%
1980	7,649	18,236,786	2.42%	1.41%
1981	7,839	18,501,295	2.48%	1.45%
1982	8,040	18,776,357	2.56%	1.49%
1983	8,216	19,054,034	2.19%	1.48%
1984	8,377	19,335,043	1.96%	1.47%
1985	8,551	19,620,388	2.08%	1.48%
1986	8,742	19,910,855	2.23%	1.48%
1987	8,946	20,205,483	2.33%	1.48%
1988	9,165	20,503,161	2.45%	1.47%
1989	9,390	20,804,367	2.45%	1.47%
1990	9,622	21,112,137	2.47%	1.48%
1991	9,850	21,428,638	2.37%	1.5%
1992	10,021	21,750,911	1.74%	1.5%
1993	10,102	22,073,352	0.81%	1.48%
1994	10,137	22,393,975	0.35%	1.45%
1995	10,165	22,669,304	0.28%	1.23%
1996	10,183	22,895,746	0.18%	1%
1997	10,197	23,110,830	0.14%	0.94%
1998	10,198	23,311,564	0.01%	0.87%
1999	10,187	23,497,599	-0.11%	0.8%
2000	10,168	23,665,910	-0.19%	0.72%
2001	10,130	23,815,358	-0.37%	0.63%
2002	10,082	23,943,973	-0.47%	0.54%
2003	10,059	24,090,380	-0.23%	0.61%
2004	10,060	24,254,943	0.01%	0.68%
2005	10,049	24,396,433	-0.11%	0.58%
2006	10,034	24,524,507	-0.15%	0.52%
2007	10,020	24,646,383	-0.14%	0.5%
2008	10,009	24,764,618	-0.11%	0.48%
2009	10,016	24,878,332	0.07%	0.46%
2010	10,043	24,987,258	0.27%	0.44%
2011	10,098	25,097,874	0.55%	0.44%
2012	10,267	25,211,728	1.67%	0.45%
2013	10,517	25,329,451	2.43%	0.47%
2014	10,742	25,451,262	2.14%	0.48%
2015	10,954	25,575,350	1.97%	0.49%
2016	11,150	25,698,326	1.79%	0.48%
2017	11,324	25,817,709	1.56%	0.46%
2018	11,477	25,931,147	1.35%	0.44%
2019	11,587	26,037,632	0.96%	0.41%
2020	11,643	26,136,312	0.48%	0.38%
2021	11,709	26,232,534	0.57%	0.37%
2022	11,801	26,328,845	0.79%	0.37%
2023	11,875	26,418,204	0.63%	0.34%
2024	11,947	26,498,823	0.61%	0.31%
2025	12,030	26,571,033	0.7%	0.27%
2026	12,103	26,633,682	0.61%	0.24%
2027	12,196	26,686,492	0.77%	0.2%
2028	12,296	26,729,261	0.82%	0.16%
2029	12,403	26,762,008	0.87%	0.12%
2030	12,519	26,784,894	0.94%	0.09%
2031	12,645	26,797,946	1%	0.05%
2032	12,785	26,801,071	1.11%	0.01%
2033	12,921	26,795,061	1.06%	-0.02%
2034	13,071	26,780,481	1.16%	-0.05%
2035	13,230	26,757,705	1.22%	-0.09%
2036	13,391	26,727,309	1.21%	-0.11%
2037	13,541	26,689,907	1.12%	-0.14%
2038	13,697	26,646,323	1.16%	-0.16%
2039	13,857	26,596,967	1.17%	-0.19%
2040	14,041	26,542,417	1.33%	-0.21%
2041	14,220	26,483,475	1.27%	-0.22%
2042	14,402	26,420,812	1.28%	-0.24%
2043	14,579	26,354,324	1.23%	-0.25%
2044	14,754	26,284,000	1.2%	-0.27%
2045	14,920	26,210,196	1.13%	-0.28%
2046	15,098	26,132,922	1.19%	-0.29%
2047	15,268	26,052,086	1.12%	-0.31%
2048	15,431	25,967,581	1.07%	-0.32%
2049	15,595	25,879,244	1.06%	-0.34%
2050	15,751	25,787,120	1%	-0.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nauru increased by 905 people (a 9.01% growth), while North Korea gained 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nauru gained 1,134 (a 10.4% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth).

Nauru was ranked 195th most populous country in 2005 and is still 195th 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) Nauru's population will grow by 30.3% to 15,751 people with a rank change from 195th to 194th. The population of North Korea will decrease by 3.13% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.