Population in North Korea compared to Papua New Guinea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

North Korea and Papua New Guinea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Korea	Papua New Guinea	North Korea	Papua New Guinea
1960	11,722,953	1,995,110	-	-
1961	11,990,713	2,046,127	2.28%	2.56%
1962	12,262,882	2,093,919	2.27%	2.34%
1963	12,567,057	2,141,376	2.48%	2.27%
1964	12,889,770	2,188,325	2.57%	2.19%
1965	13,219,369	2,235,820	2.56%	2.17%
1966	13,569,094	2,285,774	2.65%	2.23%
1967	13,958,350	2,337,532	2.87%	2.26%
1968	14,365,596	2,390,803	2.92%	2.28%
1969	14,767,615	2,446,927	2.8%	2.35%
1970	15,172,775	2,505,628	2.74%	2.4%
1971	15,572,457	2,566,421	2.63%	2.43%
1972	15,975,069	2,628,432	2.59%	2.42%
1973	16,350,367	2,690,629	2.35%	2.37%
1974	16,673,121	2,752,671	1.97%	2.31%
1975	16,971,055	2,814,820	1.79%	2.26%
1976	17,243,450	2,877,327	1.61%	2.22%
1977	17,492,798	2,940,327	1.45%	2.19%
1978	17,735,995	3,003,714	1.39%	2.16%
1979	17,983,470	3,067,341	1.4%	2.12%
1980	18,236,786	3,131,512	1.41%	2.09%
1981	18,501,295	3,197,019	1.45%	2.09%
1982	18,776,357	3,264,291	1.49%	2.1%
1983	19,054,034	3,333,633	1.48%	2.12%
1984	19,335,043	3,405,198	1.47%	2.15%
1985	19,620,388	3,478,936	1.48%	2.17%
1986	19,910,855	3,554,793	1.48%	2.18%
1987	20,205,483	3,632,543	1.48%	2.19%
1988	20,503,161	3,711,880	1.47%	2.18%
1989	20,804,367	3,796,078	1.47%	2.27%
1990	21,112,137	3,896,481	1.48%	2.64%
1991	21,428,638	4,021,837	1.5%	3.22%
1992	21,750,911	4,166,699	1.5%	3.6%
1993	22,073,352	4,320,872	1.48%	3.7%
1994	22,393,975	4,480,208	1.45%	3.69%
1995	22,669,304	4,644,278	1.23%	3.66%
1996	22,895,746	4,813,361	1%	3.64%
1997	23,110,830	4,987,883	0.94%	3.63%
1998	23,311,564	5,166,390	0.87%	3.58%
1999	23,497,599	5,349,333	0.8%	3.54%
2000	23,665,910	5,537,064	0.72%	3.51%
2001	23,815,358	5,728,435	0.63%	3.46%
2002	23,943,973	5,924,003	0.54%	3.41%
2003	24,090,380	6,123,997	0.61%	3.38%
2004	24,254,943	6,328,041	0.68%	3.33%
2005	24,396,433	6,535,905	0.58%	3.28%
2006	24,524,507	6,747,720	0.52%	3.24%
2007	24,646,383	6,963,345	0.5%	3.2%
2008	24,764,618	7,183,002	0.48%	3.15%
2009	24,878,332	7,406,438	0.46%	3.11%
2010	24,987,258	7,633,523	0.44%	3.07%
2011	25,097,874	7,859,346	0.44%	2.96%
2012	25,211,728	8,081,390	0.45%	2.83%
2013	25,329,451	8,302,698	0.47%	2.74%
2014	25,451,262	8,523,441	0.48%	2.66%
2015	25,575,350	8,743,246	0.49%	2.58%
2016	25,698,326	8,961,718	0.48%	2.5%
2017	25,817,709	9,178,714	0.46%	2.42%
2018	25,931,147	9,394,513	0.44%	2.35%
2019	26,037,632	9,609,010	0.41%	2.28%
2020	26,136,312	9,815,746	0.38%	2.15%
2021	26,232,534	10,012,896	0.37%	2.01%
2022	26,328,845	10,203,169	0.37%	1.9%
2023	26,418,204	10,389,635	0.34%	1.83%
2024	26,498,823	10,576,502	0.31%	1.8%
2025	26,571,033	10,762,813	0.27%	1.76%
2026	26,633,682	10,947,845	0.24%	1.72%
2027	26,686,492	11,131,268	0.2%	1.68%
2028	26,729,261	11,312,895	0.16%	1.63%
2029	26,762,008	11,492,799	0.12%	1.59%
2030	26,784,894	11,671,420	0.09%	1.55%
2031	26,797,946	11,848,221	0.05%	1.51%
2032	26,801,071	12,023,121	0.01%	1.48%
2033	26,795,061	12,196,639	-0.02%	1.44%
2034	26,780,481	12,369,248	-0.05%	1.42%
2035	26,757,705	12,540,596	-0.09%	1.39%
2036	26,727,309	12,710,682	-0.11%	1.36%
2037	26,689,907	12,879,737	-0.14%	1.33%
2038	26,646,323	13,047,122	-0.16%	1.3%
2039	26,596,967	13,212,668	-0.19%	1.27%
2040	26,542,417	13,376,156	-0.21%	1.24%
2041	26,483,475	13,537,361	-0.22%	1.21%
2042	26,420,812	13,696,139	-0.24%	1.17%
2043	26,354,324	13,853,410	-0.25%	1.15%
2044	26,284,000	14,009,926	-0.27%	1.13%
2045	26,210,196	14,165,578	-0.28%	1.11%
2046	26,132,922	14,318,889	-0.29%	1.08%
2047	26,052,086	14,469,210	-0.31%	1.05%
2048	25,967,581	14,617,364	-0.32%	1.02%
2049	25,879,244	14,763,600	-0.34%	1%
2050	25,787,120	14,906,584	-0.36%	0.97%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of North Korea increased by 1,173,819 people (a 4.79% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, North Korea gained 935,933 (a 3.64% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth).

North Korea was ranked 46th most populous country in 2006 and is 56th in 2026. Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th in 2006 and ranked 89th 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 Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.1% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 89th to 85th.