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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Korea	Poland	North Korea	Poland
1960	11,722,953	29,637,450	-	-
1961	11,990,713	29,964,000	2.28%	1.1%
1962	12,262,882	30,308,500	2.27%	1.15%
1963	12,567,057	30,712,000	2.48%	1.33%
1964	12,889,770	31,139,450	2.57%	1.39%
1965	13,219,369	31,444,950	2.56%	0.98%
1966	13,569,094	31,681,000	2.65%	0.75%
1967	13,958,350	31,987,155	2.87%	0.97%
1968	14,365,596	32,294,655	2.92%	0.96%
1969	14,767,615	32,548,300	2.8%	0.79%
1970	15,172,775	32,664,300	2.74%	0.36%
1971	15,572,457	32,783,500	2.63%	0.36%
1972	15,975,069	33,055,650	2.59%	0.83%
1973	16,350,367	33,357,200	2.35%	0.91%
1974	16,673,121	33,678,899	1.97%	0.96%
1975	16,971,055	34,015,199	1.79%	1%
1976	17,243,450	34,356,300	1.61%	1%
1977	17,492,798	34,689,050	1.45%	0.97%
1978	17,735,995	34,965,600	1.39%	0.8%
1979	17,983,470	35,247,217	1.4%	0.81%
1980	18,236,786	35,574,150	1.41%	0.93%
1981	18,501,295	35,898,587	1.45%	0.91%
1982	18,776,357	36,230,481	1.49%	0.92%
1983	19,054,034	36,571,808	1.48%	0.94%
1984	19,335,043	36,904,134	1.47%	0.91%
1985	19,620,388	37,201,885	1.48%	0.81%
1986	19,910,855	37,456,119	1.48%	0.68%
1987	20,205,483	37,668,045	1.48%	0.57%
1988	20,503,161	37,824,487	1.47%	0.42%
1989	20,804,367	37,961,529	1.47%	0.36%
1990	21,112,137	38,110,782	1.48%	0.39%
1991	21,428,638	38,246,193	1.5%	0.36%
1992	21,750,911	38,363,667	1.5%	0.31%
1993	22,073,352	38,461,408	1.48%	0.25%
1994	22,393,975	38,542,652	1.45%	0.21%
1995	22,669,304	38,594,998	1.23%	0.14%
1996	22,895,746	38,624,370	1%	0.08%
1997	23,110,830	38,649,660	0.94%	0.07%
1998	23,311,564	38,663,481	0.87%	0.04%
1999	23,497,599	38,660,271	0.8%	-0.008%
2000	23,665,910	38,258,629	0.72%	-1.04%
2001	23,815,358	38,248,076	0.63%	-0.03%
2002	23,943,973	38,230,364	0.54%	-0.05%
2003	24,090,380	38,204,570	0.61%	-0.07%
2004	24,254,943	38,182,222	0.68%	-0.06%
2005	24,396,433	38,165,445	0.58%	-0.04%
2006	24,524,507	38,141,267	0.52%	-0.06%
2007	24,646,383	38,120,560	0.5%	-0.05%
2008	24,764,618	38,125,759	0.48%	0.01%
2009	24,878,332	38,151,603	0.46%	0.07%
2010	24,987,258	38,042,794	0.44%	-0.29%
2011	25,097,874	38,063,255	0.44%	0.05%
2012	25,211,728	38,063,164	0.45%	-0%
2013	25,329,451	38,040,196	0.47%	-0.06%
2014	25,451,262	38,011,735	0.48%	-0.07%
2015	25,575,350	37,986,412	0.49%	-0.07%
2016	25,698,326	37,970,087	0.48%	-0.04%
2017	25,817,709	37,974,826	0.46%	0.01%
2018	25,931,147	37,974,750	0.44%	-0%
2019	26,037,632	37,965,475	0.41%	-0.02%
2020	26,136,312	37,515,748	0.38%	-1.18%
2021	26,232,534	36,981,559	0.37%	-1.42%
2022	26,328,845	36,821,749	0.37%	-0.43%
2023	26,418,204	36,687,353	0.34%	-0.36%
2024	26,498,823	36,559,233	0.31%	-0.35%
2025	26,571,033	36,181,399	0.27%	-1.03%
2026	26,633,682	35,898,979	0.24%	-0.78%
2027	26,686,492	35,758,415	0.2%	-0.39%
2028	26,729,261	35,609,703	0.16%	-0.42%
2029	26,762,008	35,452,249	0.12%	-0.44%
2030	26,784,894	35,287,436	0.09%	-0.46%
2031	26,797,946	35,116,185	0.05%	-0.49%
2032	26,801,071	34,938,952	0.01%	-0.5%
2033	26,795,061	34,757,421	-0.02%	-0.52%
2034	26,780,481	34,571,572	-0.05%	-0.53%
2035	26,757,705	34,381,734	-0.09%	-0.55%
2036	26,727,309	34,187,419	-0.11%	-0.57%
2037	26,689,907	33,988,985	-0.14%	-0.58%
2038	26,646,323	33,787,175	-0.16%	-0.59%
2039	26,596,967	33,581,427	-0.19%	-0.61%
2040	26,542,417	33,372,181	-0.21%	-0.62%
2041	26,483,475	33,160,435	-0.22%	-0.63%
2042	26,420,812	32,945,446	-0.24%	-0.65%
2043	26,354,324	32,726,827	-0.25%	-0.66%
2044	26,284,000	32,506,015	-0.27%	-0.67%
2045	26,210,196	32,282,692	-0.28%	-0.69%
2046	26,132,922	32,056,740	-0.29%	-0.7%
2047	26,052,086	31,828,421	-0.31%	-0.71%
2048	25,967,581	31,597,823	-0.32%	-0.72%
2049	25,879,244	31,364,596	-0.34%	-0.74%
2050	25,787,120	31,128,250	-0.36%	-0.75%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of North Korea increased by 1,173,819 people (a 4.79% growth), while Poland lost 171,180 people (a 0.45% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, North Korea gained 935,933 (a 3.64% growth), while Poland's population decreased by -2,071,108 (a 5.45% decline).

North Korea was ranked 46th most populous country in 2006 and is 56th in 2026. Poland was ranked 32nd in 2006 and ranked 46th 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 Poland will decrease by 13.3% to 31,128,250 people and rank change from 46th to 61st.