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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Niger	North Korea	Niger	North Korea
1960	3,505,050	11,722,953	-	-
1961	3,608,162	11,990,713	2.94%	2.28%
1962	3,714,520	12,262,882	2.95%	2.27%
1963	3,823,873	12,567,057	2.94%	2.48%
1964	3,935,814	12,889,770	2.93%	2.57%
1965	4,049,695	13,219,369	2.89%	2.56%
1966	4,165,544	13,569,094	2.86%	2.65%
1967	4,283,590	13,958,350	2.83%	2.87%
1968	4,403,637	14,365,596	2.8%	2.92%
1969	4,525,725	14,767,615	2.77%	2.8%
1970	4,650,275	15,172,775	2.75%	2.74%
1971	4,776,225	15,572,457	2.71%	2.63%
1972	4,904,845	15,975,069	2.69%	2.59%
1973	5,037,865	16,350,367	2.71%	2.35%
1974	5,174,953	16,673,121	2.72%	1.97%
1975	5,317,019	16,971,055	2.75%	1.79%
1976	5,464,962	17,243,450	2.78%	1.61%
1977	5,619,716	17,492,798	2.83%	1.45%
1978	5,782,932	17,735,995	2.9%	1.39%
1979	5,955,556	17,983,470	2.99%	1.4%
1980	6,135,971	18,236,786	3.03%	1.41%
1981	6,322,006	18,501,295	3.03%	1.45%
1982	6,512,732	18,776,357	3.02%	1.49%
1983	6,708,644	19,054,034	3.01%	1.48%
1984	6,909,971	19,335,043	3%	1.47%
1985	7,118,457	19,620,388	3.02%	1.48%
1986	7,335,811	19,910,855	3.05%	1.48%
1987	7,561,150	20,205,483	3.07%	1.48%
1988	7,793,748	20,503,161	3.08%	1.47%
1989	8,034,780	20,804,367	3.09%	1.47%
1990	8,286,059	21,112,137	3.13%	1.48%
1991	8,546,900	21,428,638	3.15%	1.5%
1992	8,817,633	21,750,911	3.17%	1.5%
1993	9,100,789	22,073,352	3.21%	1.48%
1994	9,398,258	22,393,975	3.27%	1.45%
1995	9,714,529	22,669,304	3.37%	1.23%
1996	10,044,852	22,895,746	3.4%	1%
1997	10,383,969	23,110,830	3.38%	0.94%
1998	10,741,413	23,311,564	3.44%	0.87%
1999	11,117,411	23,497,599	3.5%	0.8%
2000	11,509,630	23,665,910	3.53%	0.72%
2001	11,920,647	23,815,358	3.57%	0.63%
2002	12,349,144	23,943,973	3.59%	0.54%
2003	12,796,984	24,090,380	3.63%	0.61%
2004	13,265,836	24,254,943	3.66%	0.68%
2005	13,756,192	24,396,433	3.7%	0.58%
2006	14,268,581	24,524,507	3.72%	0.52%
2007	14,803,610	24,646,383	3.75%	0.5%
2008	15,361,915	24,764,618	3.77%	0.48%
2009	15,943,675	24,878,332	3.79%	0.46%
2010	16,548,835	24,987,258	3.8%	0.44%
2011	17,176,283	25,097,874	3.79%	0.44%
2012	17,836,769	25,211,728	3.85%	0.45%
2013	18,519,898	25,329,451	3.83%	0.47%
2014	19,215,909	25,451,262	3.76%	0.48%
2015	19,939,498	25,575,350	3.77%	0.49%
2016	20,685,753	25,698,326	3.74%	0.48%
2017	21,435,446	25,817,709	3.62%	0.46%
2018	22,188,069	25,931,147	3.51%	0.44%
2019	22,947,757	26,037,632	3.42%	0.41%
2020	23,717,613	26,136,312	3.35%	0.38%
2021	24,502,140	26,232,534	3.31%	0.37%
2022	25,311,973	26,328,845	3.31%	0.37%
2023	26,159,867	26,418,204	3.35%	0.34%
2024	27,032,412	26,498,823	3.34%	0.31%
2025	27,917,825	26,571,033	3.28%	0.27%
2026	28,814,872	26,633,682	3.21%	0.24%
2027	29,723,688	26,686,492	3.15%	0.2%
2028	30,643,561	26,729,261	3.09%	0.16%
2029	31,575,091	26,762,008	3.04%	0.12%
2030	32,518,069	26,784,894	2.99%	0.09%
2031	33,469,616	26,797,946	2.93%	0.05%
2032	34,428,638	26,801,071	2.87%	0.01%
2033	35,397,029	26,795,061	2.81%	-0.02%
2034	36,372,374	26,780,481	2.76%	-0.05%
2035	37,353,462	26,757,705	2.7%	-0.09%
2036	38,340,142	26,727,309	2.64%	-0.11%
2037	39,330,372	26,689,907	2.58%	-0.14%
2038	40,323,460	26,646,323	2.52%	-0.16%
2039	41,318,407	26,596,967	2.47%	-0.19%
2040	42,316,733	26,542,417	2.42%	-0.21%
2041	43,319,236	26,483,475	2.37%	-0.22%
2042	44,326,115	26,420,812	2.32%	-0.24%
2043	45,337,248	26,354,324	2.28%	-0.25%
2044	46,353,160	26,284,000	2.24%	-0.27%
2045	47,374,113	26,210,196	2.2%	-0.28%
2046	48,397,993	26,132,922	2.16%	-0.29%
2047	49,423,853	26,052,086	2.12%	-0.31%
2048	50,452,202	25,967,581	2.08%	-0.32%
2049	51,482,559	25,879,244	2.04%	-0.34%
2050	52,513,870	25,787,120	2%	-0.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Niger increased by 6,183,306 people (a 44.9% growth), while North Korea gained 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Niger gained 8,698,905 (a 43.6% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth).

Niger was ranked 65th most populous country in 2005 and is 53rd 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) Niger's population will grow by 83.4% to 52,513,870 people with a rank change from 53rd to 38th. The population of North Korea will decrease by 3.13% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.