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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nepal	North Korea	Nepal	North Korea
1960	10,123,658	11,722,953	-	-
1961	10,318,396	11,990,713	1.92%	2.28%
1962	10,521,116	12,262,882	1.96%	2.27%
1963	10,729,818	12,567,057	1.98%	2.48%
1964	10,946,392	12,889,770	2.02%	2.57%
1965	11,173,411	13,219,369	2.07%	2.56%
1966	11,408,710	13,569,094	2.11%	2.65%
1967	11,652,716	13,958,350	2.14%	2.87%
1968	11,906,266	14,365,596	2.18%	2.92%
1969	12,167,036	14,767,615	2.19%	2.8%
1970	12,436,190	15,172,775	2.21%	2.74%
1971	12,710,061	15,572,457	2.2%	2.63%
1972	12,989,099	15,975,069	2.2%	2.59%
1973	13,275,239	16,350,367	2.2%	2.35%
1974	13,568,435	16,673,121	2.21%	1.97%
1975	13,870,695	16,971,055	2.23%	1.79%
1976	14,177,649	17,243,450	2.21%	1.61%
1977	14,499,175	17,492,798	2.27%	1.45%
1978	14,839,695	17,735,995	2.35%	1.39%
1979	15,190,590	17,983,470	2.36%	1.4%
1980	15,553,105	18,236,786	2.39%	1.41%
1981	15,922,423	18,501,295	2.37%	1.45%
1982	16,297,987	18,776,357	2.36%	1.49%
1983	16,689,119	19,054,034	2.4%	1.48%
1984	17,085,242	19,335,043	2.37%	1.47%
1985	17,477,692	19,620,388	2.3%	1.48%
1986	17,868,124	19,910,855	2.23%	1.48%
1987	18,250,505	20,205,483	2.14%	1.48%
1988	18,638,661	20,503,161	2.13%	1.47%
1989	19,057,807	20,804,367	2.25%	1.47%
1990	19,524,573	21,112,137	2.45%	1.48%
1991	20,036,500	21,428,638	2.62%	1.5%
1992	20,609,707	21,750,911	2.86%	1.5%
1993	21,180,159	22,073,352	2.77%	1.48%
1994	21,717,479	22,393,975	2.54%	1.45%
1995	22,245,439	22,669,304	2.43%	1.23%
1996	22,741,862	22,895,746	2.23%	1%
1997	23,219,463	23,110,830	2.1%	0.94%
1998	23,680,357	23,311,564	1.98%	0.87%
1999	24,125,199	23,497,599	1.88%	0.8%
2000	24,546,509	23,665,910	1.75%	0.72%
2001	24,946,748	23,815,358	1.63%	0.63%
2002	25,328,981	23,943,973	1.53%	0.54%
2003	25,688,758	24,090,380	1.42%	0.61%
2004	26,016,656	24,254,943	1.28%	0.68%
2005	26,309,458	24,396,433	1.13%	0.58%
2006	26,565,425	24,524,507	0.97%	0.52%
2007	26,788,492	24,646,383	0.84%	0.5%
2008	26,990,037	24,764,618	0.75%	0.48%
2009	27,173,035	24,878,332	0.68%	0.46%
2010	27,341,952	24,987,258	0.62%	0.44%
2011	27,464,494	25,097,874	0.45%	0.44%
2012	27,534,915	25,211,728	0.26%	0.45%
2013	27,589,996	25,329,451	0.2%	0.47%
2014	27,672,370	25,451,262	0.3%	0.48%
2015	27,823,629	25,575,350	0.55%	0.49%
2016	27,955,462	25,698,326	0.47%	0.48%
2017	28,011,258	25,817,709	0.2%	0.46%
2018	28,079,689	25,931,147	0.24%	0.44%
2019	28,414,064	26,037,632	1.19%	0.41%
2020	28,966,574	26,136,312	1.94%	0.38%
2021	29,475,010	26,232,534	1.76%	0.37%
2022	29,715,436	26,328,845	0.82%	0.37%
2023	29,694,614	26,418,204	-0.07%	0.34%
2024	29,651,054	26,498,823	-0.15%	0.31%
2025	29,618,120	26,571,033	-0.11%	0.27%
2026	29,629,406	26,633,682	0.04%	0.24%
2027	29,727,164	26,686,492	0.33%	0.2%
2028	29,947,588	26,729,261	0.74%	0.16%
2029	30,232,115	26,762,008	0.95%	0.12%
2030	30,509,999	26,784,894	0.92%	0.09%
2031	30,780,916	26,797,946	0.89%	0.05%
2032	31,045,411	26,801,071	0.86%	0.01%
2033	31,304,035	26,795,061	0.83%	-0.02%
2034	31,555,068	26,780,481	0.8%	-0.05%
2035	31,798,003	26,757,705	0.77%	-0.09%
2036	32,033,714	26,727,309	0.74%	-0.11%
2037	32,262,286	26,689,907	0.71%	-0.14%
2038	32,484,801	26,646,323	0.69%	-0.16%
2039	32,700,695	26,596,967	0.66%	-0.19%
2040	32,909,540	26,542,417	0.64%	-0.21%
2041	33,112,254	26,483,475	0.62%	-0.22%
2042	33,309,062	26,420,812	0.59%	-0.24%
2043	33,499,440	26,354,324	0.57%	-0.25%
2044	33,683,331	26,284,000	0.55%	-0.27%
2045	33,861,058	26,210,196	0.53%	-0.28%
2046	34,032,994	26,132,922	0.51%	-0.29%
2047	34,197,261	26,052,086	0.48%	-0.31%
2048	34,352,077	25,967,581	0.45%	-0.32%
2049	34,500,201	25,879,244	0.43%	-0.34%
2050	34,642,021	25,787,120	0.41%	-0.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nepal increased by 1,514,171 people (a 5.76% growth), while North Korea gained 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nepal gained 1,803,556 (a 6.48% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth).

Nepal was ranked 43rd most populous country in 2005 and is 52nd 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) Nepal's population will grow by 16.9% to 34,642,021 people with a rank change from 52nd to 58th. The population of North Korea will decrease by 3.13% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.