Population in North Korea compared to the Philippines: Trends, Charts, Rankings

North Korea and the Philippines: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Korea	Philippines	North Korea	Philippines
1960	11,722,953	27,891,897	-	-
1961	11,990,713	28,792,621	2.28%	3.23%
1962	12,262,882	29,723,536	2.27%	3.23%
1963	12,567,057	30,674,731	2.48%	3.2%
1964	12,889,770	31,643,032	2.57%	3.16%
1965	13,219,369	32,625,316	2.56%	3.1%
1966	13,569,094	33,617,170	2.65%	3.04%
1967	13,958,350	34,621,320	2.87%	2.99%
1968	14,365,596	35,638,342	2.92%	2.94%
1969	14,767,615	36,660,799	2.8%	2.87%
1970	15,172,775	37,622,204	2.74%	2.62%
1971	15,572,457	38,518,659	2.63%	2.38%
1972	15,975,069	39,408,560	2.59%	2.31%
1973	16,350,367	40,294,130	2.35%	2.25%
1974	16,673,121	41,174,341	1.97%	2.18%
1975	16,971,055	42,120,826	1.79%	2.3%
1976	17,243,450	43,201,488	1.61%	2.57%
1977	17,492,798	44,367,962	1.45%	2.7%
1978	17,735,995	45,575,281	1.39%	2.72%
1979	17,983,470	46,807,103	1.4%	2.7%
1980	18,236,786	48,043,740	1.41%	2.64%
1981	18,501,295	49,311,727	1.45%	2.64%
1982	18,776,357	50,695,707	1.49%	2.81%
1983	19,054,034	52,194,620	1.48%	2.96%
1984	19,335,043	53,726,181	1.47%	2.93%
1985	19,620,388	55,213,006	1.48%	2.77%
1986	19,910,855	56,645,077	1.48%	2.59%
1987	20,205,483	58,157,496	1.48%	2.67%
1988	20,503,161	59,739,052	1.47%	2.72%
1989	20,804,367	61,265,260	1.47%	2.55%
1990	21,112,137	62,854,666	1.48%	2.59%
1991	21,428,638	64,382,249	1.5%	2.43%
1992	21,750,911	65,926,125	1.5%	2.4%
1993	22,073,352	67,530,621	1.48%	2.43%
1994	22,393,975	69,019,291	1.45%	2.2%
1995	22,669,304	70,546,246	1.23%	2.21%
1996	22,895,746	72,190,242	1%	2.33%
1997	23,110,830	73,908,810	0.94%	2.38%
1998	23,311,564	75,791,024	0.87%	2.55%
1999	23,497,599	77,753,257	0.8%	2.59%
2000	23,665,910	79,625,397	0.72%	2.41%
2001	23,815,358	81,401,488	0.63%	2.23%
2002	23,943,973	83,068,889	0.54%	2.05%
2003	24,090,380	84,731,835	0.61%	2%
2004	24,254,943	86,394,504	0.68%	1.96%
2005	24,396,433	88,015,962	0.58%	1.88%
2006	24,524,507	89,508,986	0.52%	1.7%
2007	24,646,383	91,075,184	0.5%	1.75%
2008	24,764,618	92,699,095	0.48%	1.78%
2009	24,878,332	94,384,250	0.46%	1.82%
2010	24,987,258	96,337,125	0.44%	2.07%
2011	25,097,874	98,248,614	0.44%	1.98%
2012	25,211,728	100,175,512	0.45%	1.96%
2013	25,329,451	102,076,336	0.47%	1.9%
2014	25,451,262	103,767,130	0.48%	1.66%
2015	25,575,350	105,312,992	0.49%	1.49%
2016	25,698,326	106,735,719	0.48%	1.35%
2017	25,817,709	108,119,693	0.46%	1.3%
2018	25,931,147	109,465,287	0.44%	1.24%
2019	26,037,632	110,804,683	0.41%	1.22%
2020	26,136,312	112,081,264	0.38%	1.15%
2021	26,232,534	113,100,950	0.37%	0.91%
2022	26,328,845	113,964,338	0.37%	0.76%
2023	26,418,204	114,891,199	0.34%	0.81%
2024	26,498,823	115,843,670	0.31%	0.83%
2025	26,571,033	116,786,968	0.27%	0.81%
2026	26,633,682	117,724,479	0.24%	0.8%
2027	26,686,492	118,656,426	0.2%	0.79%
2028	26,729,261	119,583,984	0.16%	0.78%
2029	26,762,008	120,502,132	0.12%	0.77%
2030	26,784,894	121,408,897	0.09%	0.75%
2031	26,797,946	122,301,606	0.05%	0.74%
2032	26,801,071	123,180,341	0.01%	0.72%
2033	26,795,061	124,049,036	-0.02%	0.71%
2034	26,780,481	124,904,124	-0.05%	0.69%
2035	26,757,705	125,740,977	-0.09%	0.67%
2036	26,727,309	126,558,232	-0.11%	0.65%
2037	26,689,907	127,352,607	-0.14%	0.63%
2038	26,646,323	128,118,535	-0.16%	0.6%
2039	26,596,967	128,850,047	-0.19%	0.57%
2040	26,542,417	129,546,666	-0.21%	0.54%
2041	26,483,475	130,209,810	-0.22%	0.51%
2042	26,420,812	130,837,005	-0.24%	0.48%
2043	26,354,324	131,427,404	-0.25%	0.45%
2044	26,284,000	131,979,673	-0.27%	0.42%
2045	26,210,196	132,492,038	-0.28%	0.39%
2046	26,132,922	132,962,001	-0.29%	0.35%
2047	26,052,086	133,385,290	-0.31%	0.32%
2048	25,967,581	133,759,436	-0.32%	0.28%
2049	25,879,244	134,089,011	-0.34%	0.25%
2050	25,787,120	134,373,439	-0.36%	0.21%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of North Korea increased by 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth), while the Philippines gained 17,297,030 people (a 19.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, North Korea gained 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth), while the Philippines' population increased by 12,227,058 (a 11.6% growth).

North Korea was ranked 46th most populous country in 2005 and is 56th in 2025. The Philippines was ranked 12th in 2005 and ranked 14th 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 the Philippines will increase by 14.3% to 134,373,439 people and will still be ranked 14th.