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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Korea	Peru	North Korea	Peru
1960	11,722,953	10,174,127	-	-
1961	11,990,713	10,475,123	2.28%	2.96%
1962	12,262,882	10,784,612	2.27%	2.95%
1963	12,567,057	11,102,099	2.48%	2.94%
1964	12,889,770	11,427,978	2.57%	2.94%
1965	13,219,369	11,761,085	2.56%	2.91%
1966	13,569,094	12,101,297	2.65%	2.89%
1967	13,958,350	12,448,814	2.87%	2.87%
1968	14,365,596	12,803,993	2.92%	2.85%
1969	14,767,615	13,166,767	2.8%	2.83%
1970	15,172,775	13,501,237	2.74%	2.54%
1971	15,572,457	13,838,067	2.63%	2.49%
1972	15,975,069	14,210,147	2.59%	2.69%
1973	16,350,367	14,582,867	2.35%	2.62%
1974	16,673,121	14,956,552	1.97%	2.56%
1975	16,971,055	15,333,957	1.79%	2.52%
1976	17,243,450	15,716,809	1.61%	2.5%
1977	17,492,798	16,109,806	1.45%	2.5%
1978	17,735,995	16,516,059	1.39%	2.52%
1979	17,983,470	16,933,139	1.4%	2.53%
1980	18,236,786	17,360,949	1.41%	2.53%
1981	18,501,295	17,798,805	1.45%	2.52%
1982	18,776,357	18,246,503	1.49%	2.52%
1983	19,054,034	18,705,957	1.48%	2.52%
1984	19,335,043	19,174,716	1.47%	2.51%
1985	19,620,388	19,648,204	1.48%	2.47%
1986	19,910,855	20,117,122	1.48%	2.39%
1987	20,205,483	20,582,320	1.48%	2.31%
1988	20,503,161	21,054,702	1.47%	2.3%
1989	20,804,367	21,532,589	1.47%	2.27%
1990	21,112,137	22,014,771	1.48%	2.24%
1991	21,428,638	22,483,775	1.5%	2.13%
1992	21,750,911	22,946,340	1.5%	2.06%
1993	22,073,352	23,413,783	1.48%	2.04%
1994	22,393,975	23,881,493	1.45%	2%
1995	22,669,304	24,348,919	1.23%	1.96%
1996	22,895,746	24,811,171	1%	1.9%
1997	23,110,830	25,274,147	0.94%	1.87%
1998	23,311,564	25,738,095	0.87%	1.84%
1999	23,497,599	26,186,504	0.8%	1.74%
2000	23,665,910	26,598,331	0.72%	1.57%
2001	23,815,358	26,964,601	0.63%	1.38%
2002	23,943,973	27,288,217	0.54%	1.2%
2003	24,090,380	27,580,490	0.61%	1.07%
2004	24,254,943	27,852,190	0.68%	0.99%
2005	24,396,433	28,101,180	0.58%	0.89%
2006	24,524,507	28,324,491	0.52%	0.79%
2007	24,646,383	28,530,699	0.5%	0.73%
2008	24,764,618	28,719,041	0.48%	0.66%
2009	24,878,332	28,896,811	0.46%	0.62%
2010	24,987,258	29,086,019	0.44%	0.65%
2011	25,097,874	29,304,086	0.44%	0.75%
2012	25,211,728	29,550,366	0.45%	0.84%
2013	25,329,451	29,817,919	0.47%	0.91%
2014	25,451,262	30,115,826	0.48%	1%
2015	25,575,350	30,457,600	0.49%	1.13%
2016	25,698,326	30,866,494	0.48%	1.34%
2017	25,817,709	31,324,637	0.46%	1.48%
2018	25,931,147	31,897,584	0.44%	1.83%
2019	26,037,632	32,449,303	0.41%	1.73%
2020	26,136,312	32,838,579	0.38%	1.2%
2021	26,232,534	33,155,882	0.37%	0.97%
2022	26,328,845	33,475,438	0.37%	0.96%
2023	26,418,204	33,845,617	0.34%	1.11%
2024	26,498,823	34,217,848	0.31%	1.1%
2025	26,571,033	34,576,670	0.27%	1.05%
2026	26,633,682	34,922,144	0.24%	1%
2027	26,686,492	35,255,683	0.2%	0.96%
2028	26,729,261	35,578,281	0.16%	0.92%
2029	26,762,008	35,890,705	0.12%	0.88%
2030	26,784,894	36,193,882	0.09%	0.84%
2031	26,797,946	36,488,437	0.05%	0.81%
2032	26,801,071	36,774,937	0.01%	0.79%
2033	26,795,061	37,054,380	-0.02%	0.76%
2034	26,780,481	37,326,798	-0.05%	0.74%
2035	26,757,705	37,591,420	-0.09%	0.71%
2036	26,727,309	37,848,147	-0.11%	0.68%
2037	26,689,907	38,096,898	-0.14%	0.66%
2038	26,646,323	38,337,328	-0.16%	0.63%
2039	26,596,967	38,569,891	-0.19%	0.61%
2040	26,542,417	38,794,647	-0.21%	0.58%
2041	26,483,475	39,011,537	-0.22%	0.56%
2042	26,420,812	39,220,371	-0.24%	0.54%
2043	26,354,324	39,420,647	-0.25%	0.51%
2044	26,284,000	39,612,847	-0.27%	0.49%
2045	26,210,196	39,796,723	-0.28%	0.46%
2046	26,132,922	39,971,719	-0.29%	0.44%
2047	26,052,086	40,137,869	-0.31%	0.42%
2048	25,967,581	40,294,857	-0.32%	0.39%
2049	25,879,244	40,443,273	-0.34%	0.37%
2050	25,787,120	40,583,875	-0.36%	0.35%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of North Korea increased by 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth), while Peru gained 2,356,420 people (a 8.39% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, North Korea gained 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth), while Peru's population increased by 4,396,581 (a 14.4% growth).

North Korea was ranked 46th most populous country in 2005 and is 56th in 2025. Peru was ranked 39th in 2005 and ranked 48th 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 Peru will increase by 16.4% to 40,583,875 people and rank change from 48th to 51st.