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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Korea	Romania	North Korea	Romania
1960	11,722,953	18,406,905	-	-
1961	11,990,713	18,555,250	2.28%	0.81%
1962	12,262,882	18,676,550	2.27%	0.65%
1963	12,567,057	18,797,850	2.48%	0.65%
1964	12,889,770	18,919,126	2.57%	0.65%
1965	13,219,369	19,031,576	2.56%	0.59%
1966	13,569,094	19,215,450	2.65%	0.97%
1967	13,958,350	19,534,242	2.87%	1.66%
1968	14,365,596	19,799,831	2.92%	1.36%
1969	14,767,615	20,009,141	2.8%	1.06%
1970	15,172,775	20,250,398	2.74%	1.21%
1971	15,572,457	20,461,567	2.63%	1.04%
1972	15,975,069	20,657,957	2.59%	0.96%
1973	16,350,367	20,835,681	2.35%	0.86%
1974	16,673,121	21,029,429	1.97%	0.93%
1975	16,971,055	21,293,583	1.79%	1.26%
1976	17,243,450	21,551,634	1.61%	1.21%
1977	17,492,798	21,756,096	1.45%	0.95%
1978	17,735,995	21,951,464	1.39%	0.9%
1979	17,983,470	22,090,488	1.4%	0.63%
1980	18,236,786	22,207,282	1.41%	0.53%
1981	18,501,295	22,353,070	1.45%	0.66%
1982	18,776,357	22,475,741	1.49%	0.55%
1983	19,054,034	22,560,478	1.48%	0.38%
1984	19,335,043	22,640,547	1.47%	0.35%
1985	19,620,388	22,732,999	1.48%	0.41%
1986	19,910,855	22,836,841	1.48%	0.46%
1987	20,205,483	22,949,430	1.48%	0.49%
1988	20,503,161	23,057,662	1.47%	0.47%
1989	20,804,367	23,161,458	1.47%	0.45%
1990	21,112,137	23,201,835	1.48%	0.17%
1991	21,428,638	23,001,155	1.5%	-0.86%
1992	21,750,911	22,794,284	1.5%	-0.9%
1993	22,073,352	22,763,280	1.48%	-0.14%
1994	22,393,975	22,730,211	1.45%	-0.15%
1995	22,669,304	22,684,270	1.23%	-0.2%
1996	22,895,746	22,619,004	1%	-0.29%
1997	23,110,830	22,553,978	0.94%	-0.29%
1998	23,311,564	22,507,344	0.87%	-0.21%
1999	23,497,599	22,472,040	0.8%	-0.16%
2000	23,665,910	22,442,971	0.72%	-0.13%
2001	23,815,358	22,131,970	0.63%	-1.39%
2002	23,943,973	21,730,496	0.54%	-1.81%
2003	24,090,380	21,574,326	0.61%	-0.72%
2004	24,254,943	21,451,748	0.68%	-0.57%
2005	24,396,433	21,319,685	0.58%	-0.62%
2006	24,524,507	21,193,760	0.52%	-0.59%
2007	24,646,383	20,882,982	0.5%	-1.47%
2008	24,764,618	20,537,875	0.48%	-1.65%
2009	24,878,332	20,367,487	0.46%	-0.83%
2010	24,987,258	20,246,871	0.44%	-0.59%
2011	25,097,874	20,147,528	0.44%	-0.49%
2012	25,211,728	20,058,035	0.45%	-0.44%
2013	25,329,451	19,983,693	0.47%	-0.37%
2014	25,451,262	19,908,979	0.48%	-0.37%
2015	25,575,350	19,815,616	0.49%	-0.47%
2016	25,698,326	19,702,267	0.48%	-0.57%
2017	25,817,709	19,588,715	0.46%	-0.58%
2018	25,931,147	19,473,970	0.44%	-0.59%
2019	26,037,632	19,371,648	0.41%	-0.53%
2020	26,136,312	19,265,250	0.38%	-0.55%
2021	26,232,534	19,122,059	0.37%	-0.74%
2022	26,328,845	19,048,502	0.37%	-0.38%
2023	26,418,204	19,061,062	0.34%	0.07%
2024	26,498,823	19,051,804	0.31%	-0.05%
2025	26,571,033	18,945,157	0.27%	-0.56%
2026	26,633,682	18,836,893	0.24%	-0.57%
2027	26,686,492	18,727,645	0.2%	-0.58%
2028	26,729,261	18,617,757	0.16%	-0.59%
2029	26,762,008	18,506,702	0.12%	-0.6%
2030	26,784,894	18,394,947	0.09%	-0.6%
2031	26,797,946	18,282,991	0.05%	-0.61%
2032	26,801,071	18,170,681	0.01%	-0.61%
2033	26,795,061	18,057,661	-0.02%	-0.62%
2034	26,780,481	17,943,814	-0.05%	-0.63%
2035	26,757,705	17,828,772	-0.09%	-0.64%
2036	26,727,309	17,712,177	-0.11%	-0.65%
2037	26,689,907	17,595,189	-0.14%	-0.66%
2038	26,646,323	17,477,597	-0.16%	-0.67%
2039	26,596,967	17,360,012	-0.19%	-0.67%
2040	26,542,417	17,242,939	-0.21%	-0.67%
2041	26,483,475	17,124,773	-0.22%	-0.69%
2042	26,420,812	17,006,515	-0.24%	-0.69%
2043	26,354,324	16,888,882	-0.25%	-0.69%
2044	26,284,000	16,770,593	-0.27%	-0.7%
2045	26,210,196	16,652,406	-0.28%	-0.7%
2046	26,132,922	16,534,847	-0.29%	-0.71%
2047	26,052,086	16,416,456	-0.31%	-0.72%
2048	25,967,581	16,297,099	-0.32%	-0.73%
2049	25,879,244	16,177,534	-0.34%	-0.73%
2050	25,787,120	16,058,209	-0.36%	-0.74%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of North Korea increased by 1,173,819 people (a 4.79% growth), while Romania lost 1,491,493 people (a 7.04% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, North Korea gained 935,933 (a 3.64% growth), while Romania's population decreased by -865,374 (a 4.39% decline).

North Korea was ranked 46th most populous country in 2006 and is 56th in 2026. Romania was ranked 51st in 2006 and ranked 70th 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 Romania will decrease by 14.8% to 16,058,209 people and rank change from 70th to 81st.