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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Korea	Pakistan	North Korea	Pakistan
1960	11,722,953	45,709,310	-	-
1961	11,990,713	46,921,277	2.28%	2.65%
1962	12,262,882	48,156,128	2.27%	2.63%
1963	12,567,057	49,447,776	2.48%	2.68%
1964	12,889,770	50,799,999	2.57%	2.73%
1965	13,219,369	52,209,010	2.56%	2.77%
1966	13,569,094	53,678,667	2.65%	2.81%
1967	13,958,350	55,214,768	2.87%	2.86%
1968	14,365,596	56,810,507	2.92%	2.89%
1969	14,767,615	58,460,939	2.8%	2.91%
1970	15,172,775	60,166,719	2.74%	2.92%
1971	15,572,457	61,847,899	2.63%	2.79%
1972	15,975,069	63,583,194	2.59%	2.81%
1973	16,350,367	65,461,912	2.35%	2.95%
1974	16,673,121	67,415,487	1.97%	2.98%
1975	16,971,055	69,461,175	1.79%	3.03%
1976	17,243,450	71,620,254	1.61%	3.11%
1977	17,492,798	73,901,827	1.45%	3.19%
1978	17,735,995	76,307,379	1.39%	3.26%
1979	17,983,470	78,997,039	1.4%	3.52%
1980	18,236,786	82,291,010	1.41%	4.17%
1981	18,501,295	85,802,049	1.45%	4.27%
1982	18,776,357	89,089,246	1.49%	3.83%
1983	19,054,034	92,227,711	1.48%	3.52%
1984	19,335,043	95,164,936	1.47%	3.18%
1985	19,620,388	98,229,285	1.48%	3.22%
1986	19,910,855	101,606,764	1.48%	3.44%
1987	20,205,483	105,130,717	1.48%	3.47%
1988	20,503,161	108,724,739	1.47%	3.42%
1989	20,804,367	112,336,629	1.47%	3.32%
1990	21,112,137	116,155,576	1.48%	3.4%
1991	21,428,638	120,060,406	1.5%	3.36%
1992	21,750,911	123,546,848	1.5%	2.9%
1993	22,073,352	127,020,117	1.48%	2.81%
1994	22,393,975	130,748,083	1.45%	2.93%
1995	22,669,304	134,582,253	1.23%	2.93%
1996	22,895,746	138,557,092	1%	2.95%
1997	23,110,830	142,531,804	0.94%	2.87%
1998	23,311,564	146,522,356	0.87%	2.8%
1999	23,497,599	150,565,377	0.8%	2.76%
2000	23,665,910	154,879,127	0.72%	2.87%
2001	23,815,358	159,270,907	0.63%	2.84%
2002	23,943,973	163,222,549	0.54%	2.48%
2003	24,090,380	167,110,248	0.61%	2.38%
2004	24,254,943	171,286,000	0.68%	2.5%
2005	24,396,433	175,453,212	0.58%	2.43%
2006	24,524,507	179,682,690	0.52%	2.41%
2007	24,646,383	184,493,231	0.5%	2.68%
2008	24,764,618	189,499,113	0.48%	2.71%
2009	24,878,332	194,376,534	0.46%	2.57%
2010	24,987,258	199,239,047	0.44%	2.5%
2011	25,097,874	203,746,065	0.44%	2.26%
2012	25,211,728	207,667,125	0.45%	1.92%
2013	25,329,451	211,073,978	0.47%	1.64%
2014	25,451,262	214,264,647	0.48%	1.51%
2015	25,575,350	217,290,883	0.49%	1.41%
2016	25,698,326	220,138,869	0.48%	1.31%
2017	25,817,709	223,273,967	0.46%	1.42%
2018	25,931,147	226,928,892	0.44%	1.64%
2019	26,037,632	230,800,899	0.41%	1.71%
2020	26,136,312	235,001,746	0.38%	1.82%
2021	26,232,534	239,477,801	0.37%	1.9%
2022	26,328,845	243,700,667	0.37%	1.76%
2023	26,418,204	247,504,495	0.34%	1.56%
2024	26,498,823	251,269,164	0.31%	1.52%
2025	26,571,033	255,219,564	0.27%	1.57%
2026	26,633,682	259,299,796	0.24%	1.6%
2027	26,686,492	263,515,827	0.2%	1.63%
2028	26,729,261	267,881,923	0.16%	1.66%
2029	26,762,008	272,337,520	0.12%	1.66%
2030	26,784,894	276,883,261	0.09%	1.67%
2031	26,797,946	281,528,070	0.05%	1.68%
2032	26,801,071	286,241,141	0.01%	1.67%
2033	26,795,061	291,012,268	-0.02%	1.67%
2034	26,780,481	295,820,153	-0.05%	1.65%
2035	26,757,705	300,643,518	-0.09%	1.63%
2036	26,727,309	305,491,504	-0.11%	1.61%
2037	26,689,907	310,353,293	-0.14%	1.59%
2038	26,646,323	315,227,709	-0.16%	1.57%
2039	26,596,967	320,105,882	-0.19%	1.55%
2040	26,542,417	324,937,703	-0.21%	1.51%
2041	26,483,475	329,746,478	-0.22%	1.48%
2042	26,420,812	334,551,874	-0.24%	1.46%
2043	26,354,324	339,334,851	-0.25%	1.43%
2044	26,284,000	344,095,467	-0.27%	1.4%
2045	26,210,196	348,837,732	-0.28%	1.38%
2046	26,132,922	353,552,859	-0.29%	1.35%
2047	26,052,086	358,207,159	-0.31%	1.32%
2048	25,967,581	362,796,532	-0.32%	1.28%
2049	25,879,244	367,344,429	-0.34%	1.25%
2050	25,787,120	371,863,804	-0.36%	1.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of North Korea increased by 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth), while Pakistan gained 41,837,671 people (a 23.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, North Korea gained 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth), while Pakistan's population increased by 41,206,244 (a 19% growth).

North Korea was ranked 46th most populous country in 2005 and is 56th in 2025. Pakistan was ranked 6th in 2005 and ranked 5th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) North Korea's population will shrink by 3.13% to 25,787,120 people with a rank change from 56th to 66th. The population of Pakistan will increase by 43.9% to 371,863,804 people and rank change from 5th to 4th.