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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Korea	Qatar	North Korea	Qatar
1960	11,722,953	36,010	-	-
1961	11,990,713	39,680	2.28%	10.2%
1962	12,262,882	44,630	2.27%	12.5%
1963	12,567,057	50,380	2.48%	12.9%
1964	12,889,770	56,867	2.57%	12.9%
1965	13,219,369	64,065	2.56%	12.7%
1966	13,569,094	72,192	2.65%	12.7%
1967	13,958,350	81,439	2.87%	12.8%
1968	14,365,596	91,749	2.92%	12.7%
1969	14,767,615	103,025	2.8%	12.3%
1970	15,172,775	116,350	2.74%	12.9%
1971	15,572,457	131,346	2.63%	12.9%
1972	15,975,069	146,506	2.59%	11.5%
1973	16,350,367	161,841	2.35%	10.5%
1974	16,673,121	177,362	1.97%	9.59%
1975	16,971,055	193,087	1.79%	8.87%
1976	17,243,450	209,052	1.61%	8.27%
1977	17,492,798	225,285	1.45%	7.77%
1978	17,735,995	241,808	1.39%	7.33%
1979	17,983,470	258,670	1.4%	6.97%
1980	18,236,786	275,913	1.41%	6.67%
1981	18,501,295	293,553	1.45%	6.39%
1982	18,776,357	311,537	1.49%	6.13%
1983	19,054,034	329,709	1.48%	5.83%
1984	19,335,043	347,878	1.47%	5.51%
1985	19,620,388	365,940	1.48%	5.19%
1986	19,910,855	382,422	1.48%	4.5%
1987	20,205,483	397,005	1.48%	3.81%
1988	20,503,161	411,264	1.47%	3.59%
1989	20,804,367	425,646	1.47%	3.5%
1990	21,112,137	440,175	1.48%	3.41%
1991	21,428,638	454,853	1.5%	3.33%
1992	21,750,911	469,657	1.5%	3.25%
1993	22,073,352	484,545	1.48%	3.17%
1994	22,393,975	499,459	1.45%	3.08%
1995	22,669,304	514,325	1.23%	2.98%
1996	22,895,746	529,019	1%	2.86%
1997	23,110,830	550,500	0.94%	4.06%
1998	23,311,564	580,540	0.87%	5.46%
1999	23,497,599	612,500	0.8%	5.51%
2000	23,665,910	644,989	0.72%	5.3%
2001	23,815,358	677,925	0.63%	5.11%
2002	23,943,973	711,205	0.54%	4.91%
2003	24,090,380	744,682	0.61%	4.71%
2004	24,254,943	773,332	0.68%	3.85%
2005	24,396,433	825,408	0.58%	6.73%
2006	24,524,507	972,831	0.52%	17.9%
2007	24,646,383	1,208,595	0.5%	24.2%
2008	24,764,618	1,426,938	0.48%	18.1%
2009	24,878,332	1,608,903	0.46%	12.8%
2010	24,987,258	1,616,832	0.44%	0.49%
2011	25,097,874	1,624,761	0.44%	0.49%
2012	25,211,728	1,722,438	0.45%	6.01%
2013	25,329,451	1,916,426	0.47%	11.3%
2014	25,451,262	2,151,745	0.48%	12.3%
2015	25,575,350	2,344,557	0.49%	8.96%
2016	25,698,326	2,477,113	0.48%	5.65%
2017	25,817,709	2,545,820	0.46%	2.77%
2018	25,931,147	2,580,734	0.44%	1.37%
2019	26,037,632	2,638,657	0.41%	2.24%
2020	26,136,312	2,794,148	0.38%	5.89%
2021	26,232,534	2,504,910	0.37%	-10.4%
2022	26,328,845	2,657,333	0.37%	6.08%
2023	26,418,204	2,656,032	0.34%	-0.05%
2024	26,498,823	2,857,822	0.31%	7.6%
2025	26,571,033	2,921,065	0.27%	2.21%
2026	26,633,682	2,975,134	0.24%	1.85%
2027	26,686,492	3,019,526	0.2%	1.49%
2028	26,729,261	3,057,695	0.16%	1.26%
2029	26,762,008	3,092,803	0.12%	1.15%
2030	26,784,894	3,125,174	0.09%	1.05%
2031	26,797,946	3,156,754	0.05%	1.01%
2032	26,801,071	3,189,188	0.01%	1.03%
2033	26,795,061	3,222,500	-0.02%	1.04%
2034	26,780,481	3,256,691	-0.05%	1.06%
2035	26,757,705	3,291,711	-0.09%	1.08%
2036	26,727,309	3,327,585	-0.11%	1.09%
2037	26,689,907	3,364,333	-0.14%	1.1%
2038	26,646,323	3,401,906	-0.16%	1.12%
2039	26,596,967	3,440,293	-0.19%	1.13%
2040	26,542,417	3,479,439	-0.21%	1.14%
2041	26,483,475	3,519,302	-0.22%	1.15%
2042	26,420,812	3,559,840	-0.24%	1.15%
2043	26,354,324	3,601,019	-0.25%	1.16%
2044	26,284,000	3,642,784	-0.27%	1.16%
2045	26,210,196	3,685,111	-0.28%	1.16%
2046	26,132,922	3,727,959	-0.29%	1.16%
2047	26,052,086	3,771,287	-0.31%	1.16%
2048	25,967,581	3,815,108	-0.32%	1.16%
2049	25,879,244	3,859,368	-0.34%	1.16%
2050	25,787,120	3,904,074	-0.36%	1.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of North Korea increased by 1,173,819 people (a 4.79% growth), while Qatar gained 1,504,282 people (a 154.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, North Korea gained 935,933 (a 3.64% growth), while Qatar's population increased by 498,506 (a 20.1% growth).

North Korea was ranked 46th most populous country in 2006 and is 56th in 2026. Qatar was ranked 156th in 2006 and ranked 137th 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 Qatar will increase by 31.2% to 3,904,074 people and rank change from 137th to 134th.