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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Korea	Palau	North Korea	Palau
1960	11,722,953	9,328	-	-
1961	11,990,713	9,555	2.28%	2.43%
1962	12,262,882	9,793	2.27%	2.49%
1963	12,567,057	10,037	2.48%	2.49%
1964	12,889,770	10,292	2.57%	2.54%
1965	13,219,369	10,547	2.56%	2.48%
1966	13,569,094	10,805	2.65%	2.45%
1967	13,958,350	10,988	2.87%	1.69%
1968	14,365,596	11,080	2.92%	0.84%
1969	14,767,615	11,159	2.8%	0.71%
1970	15,172,775	11,368	2.74%	1.87%
1971	15,572,457	11,759	2.63%	3.44%
1972	15,975,069	12,194	2.59%	3.7%
1973	16,350,367	12,552	2.35%	2.94%
1974	16,673,121	12,687	1.97%	1.08%
1975	16,971,055	12,655	1.79%	-0.25%
1976	17,243,450	12,598	1.61%	-0.45%
1977	17,492,798	12,525	1.45%	-0.58%
1978	17,735,995	12,440	1.39%	-0.68%
1979	17,983,470	12,337	1.4%	-0.83%
1980	18,236,786	12,271	1.41%	-0.53%
1981	18,501,295	12,402	1.45%	1.07%
1982	18,776,357	12,694	1.49%	2.35%
1983	19,054,034	13,006	1.48%	2.46%
1984	19,335,043	13,337	1.47%	2.54%
1985	19,620,388	13,688	1.48%	2.63%
1986	19,910,855	14,024	1.48%	2.45%
1987	20,205,483	14,334	1.48%	2.21%
1988	20,503,161	14,645	1.47%	2.17%
1989	20,804,367	14,945	1.47%	2.05%
1990	21,112,137	15,259	1.48%	2.1%
1991	21,428,638	15,614	1.5%	2.33%
1992	21,750,911	15,989	1.5%	2.4%
1993	22,073,352	16,372	1.48%	2.4%
1994	22,393,975	16,770	1.45%	2.43%
1995	22,669,304	17,195	1.23%	2.53%
1996	22,895,746	17,654	1%	2.67%
1997	23,110,830	18,108	0.94%	2.57%
1998	23,311,564	18,524	0.87%	2.3%
1999	23,497,599	18,901	0.8%	2.04%
2000	23,665,910	19,178	0.72%	1.47%
2001	23,815,358	19,352	0.63%	0.91%
2002	23,943,973	19,503	0.54%	0.78%
2003	24,090,380	19,659	0.61%	0.8%
2004	24,254,943	19,820	0.68%	0.82%
2005	24,396,433	19,819	0.58%	-0.005%
2006	24,524,507	19,593	0.52%	-1.14%
2007	24,646,383	19,302	0.5%	-1.49%
2008	24,764,618	19,009	0.48%	-1.52%
2009	24,878,332	18,709	0.46%	-1.58%
2010	24,987,258	18,396	0.44%	-1.67%
2011	25,097,874	18,078	0.44%	-1.73%
2012	25,211,728	17,765	0.45%	-1.73%
2013	25,329,451	17,648	0.47%	-0.66%
2014	25,451,262	17,715	0.48%	0.38%
2015	25,575,350	17,770	0.49%	0.31%
2016	25,698,326	17,797	0.48%	0.15%
2017	25,817,709	17,812	0.46%	0.08%
2018	25,931,147	17,814	0.44%	0.01%
2019	26,037,632	17,798	0.41%	-0.09%
2020	26,136,312	17,792	0.38%	-0.03%
2021	26,232,534	17,783	0.37%	-0.05%
2022	26,328,845	17,759	0.37%	-0.13%
2023	26,418,204	17,727	0.34%	-0.18%
2024	26,498,823	17,695	0.31%	-0.18%
2025	26,571,033	17,663	0.27%	-0.18%
2026	26,633,682	17,618	0.24%	-0.25%
2027	26,686,492	17,564	0.2%	-0.31%
2028	26,729,261	17,504	0.16%	-0.34%
2029	26,762,008	17,436	0.12%	-0.39%
2030	26,784,894	17,376	0.09%	-0.34%
2031	26,797,946	17,299	0.05%	-0.44%
2032	26,801,071	17,228	0.01%	-0.41%
2033	26,795,061	17,163	-0.02%	-0.38%
2034	26,780,481	17,092	-0.05%	-0.41%
2035	26,757,705	17,012	-0.09%	-0.47%
2036	26,727,309	16,940	-0.11%	-0.43%
2037	26,689,907	16,858	-0.14%	-0.48%
2038	26,646,323	16,779	-0.16%	-0.47%
2039	26,596,967	16,689	-0.19%	-0.54%
2040	26,542,417	16,604	-0.21%	-0.51%
2041	26,483,475	16,510	-0.22%	-0.57%
2042	26,420,812	16,403	-0.24%	-0.65%
2043	26,354,324	16,302	-0.25%	-0.61%
2044	26,284,000	16,202	-0.27%	-0.62%
2045	26,210,196	16,097	-0.28%	-0.65%
2046	26,132,922	15,977	-0.29%	-0.74%
2047	26,052,086	15,863	-0.31%	-0.71%
2048	25,967,581	15,749	-0.32%	-0.72%
2049	25,879,244	15,632	-0.34%	-0.74%
2050	25,787,120	15,515	-0.36%	-0.75%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of North Korea increased by 1,173,819 people (a 4.79% growth), while Palau lost 1,796 people (a 9.17% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, North Korea gained 935,933 (a 3.64% growth), while Palau's population decreased by -179 (a 1.01% decline).

North Korea was ranked 46th most populous country in 2006 and is 56th in 2026. Palau was ranked 194th in 2006 and still ranked 194th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) North Korea's population will shrink by 3.18% to 25,787,120 people with a rank change from 56th to 66th. The population of Palau will decrease by 11.9% to 15,515 people and rank change from 194th to 195th.