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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Korea	Rwanda	North Korea	Rwanda
1960	11,722,953	3,022,294	-	-
1961	11,990,713	3,106,779	2.28%	2.8%
1962	12,262,882	3,186,025	2.27%	2.55%
1963	12,567,057	3,258,890	2.48%	2.29%
1964	12,889,770	3,334,834	2.57%	2.33%
1965	13,219,369	3,423,210	2.56%	2.65%
1966	13,569,094	3,521,626	2.65%	2.87%
1967	13,958,350	3,629,577	2.87%	3.07%
1968	14,365,596	3,744,010	2.92%	3.15%
1969	14,767,615	3,861,271	2.8%	3.13%
1970	15,172,775	3,980,669	2.74%	3.09%
1971	15,572,457	4,100,044	2.63%	3%
1972	15,975,069	4,220,335	2.59%	2.93%
1973	16,350,367	4,345,047	2.35%	2.96%
1974	16,673,121	4,474,228	1.97%	2.97%
1975	16,971,055	4,607,728	1.79%	2.98%
1976	17,243,450	4,745,954	1.61%	3%
1977	17,492,798	4,888,240	1.45%	3%
1978	17,735,995	5,035,171	1.39%	3.01%
1979	17,983,470	5,189,541	1.4%	3.07%
1980	18,236,786	5,353,259	1.41%	3.15%
1981	18,501,295	5,527,230	1.45%	3.25%
1982	18,776,357	5,711,549	1.49%	3.33%
1983	19,054,034	5,905,311	1.48%	3.39%
1984	19,335,043	6,107,627	1.47%	3.43%
1985	19,620,388	6,317,228	1.48%	3.43%
1986	19,910,855	6,531,881	1.48%	3.4%
1987	20,205,483	6,749,493	1.48%	3.33%
1988	20,503,161	6,968,071	1.47%	3.24%
1989	20,804,367	7,184,706	1.47%	3.11%
1990	21,112,137	7,375,307	1.48%	2.65%
1991	21,428,638	7,526,966	1.5%	2.06%
1992	21,750,911	7,683,266	1.5%	2.08%
1993	22,073,352	7,981,132	1.48%	3.88%
1994	22,393,975	6,792,352	1.45%	-14.9%
1995	22,669,304	5,674,118	1.23%	-16.5%
1996	22,895,746	6,708,764	1%	18.2%
1997	23,110,830	7,755,238	0.94%	15.6%
1998	23,311,564	8,081,681	0.87%	4.21%
1999	23,497,599	8,147,912	0.8%	0.82%
2000	23,665,910	8,213,931	0.72%	0.81%
2001	23,815,358	8,287,094	0.63%	0.89%
2002	23,943,973	8,400,180	0.54%	1.36%
2003	24,090,380	8,586,875	0.61%	2.22%
2004	24,254,943	8,816,844	0.68%	2.68%
2005	24,396,433	9,054,528	0.58%	2.7%
2006	24,524,507	9,299,246	0.52%	2.7%
2007	24,646,383	9,549,933	0.5%	2.7%
2008	24,764,618	9,804,269	0.48%	2.66%
2009	24,878,332	10,060,432	0.46%	2.61%
2010	24,987,258	10,317,553	0.44%	2.56%
2011	25,097,874	10,573,733	0.44%	2.48%
2012	25,211,728	10,829,901	0.45%	2.42%
2013	25,329,451	11,093,340	0.47%	2.43%
2014	25,451,262	11,364,757	0.48%	2.45%
2015	25,575,350	11,640,022	0.49%	2.42%
2016	25,698,326	11,919,183	0.48%	2.4%
2017	25,817,709	12,202,060	0.46%	2.37%
2018	25,931,147	12,487,996	0.44%	2.34%
2019	26,037,632	12,776,103	0.41%	2.31%
2020	26,136,312	13,065,837	0.38%	2.27%
2021	26,232,534	13,355,260	0.37%	2.22%
2022	26,328,845	13,651,030	0.37%	2.21%
2023	26,418,204	13,954,471	0.34%	2.22%
2024	26,498,823	14,256,567	0.31%	2.16%
2025	26,571,033	14,569,343	0.27%	2.19%
2026	26,633,682	14,889,694	0.24%	2.2%
2027	26,686,492	15,214,324	0.2%	2.18%
2028	26,729,261	15,536,461	0.16%	2.12%
2029	26,762,008	15,844,649	0.12%	1.98%
2030	26,784,894	16,154,698	0.09%	1.96%
2031	26,797,946	16,473,106	0.05%	1.97%
2032	26,801,071	16,771,820	0.01%	1.81%
2033	26,795,061	17,073,475	-0.02%	1.8%
2034	26,780,481	17,402,250	-0.05%	1.93%
2035	26,757,705	17,746,315	-0.09%	1.98%
2036	26,727,309	18,076,769	-0.11%	1.86%
2037	26,689,907	18,395,838	-0.14%	1.77%
2038	26,646,323	18,729,778	-0.16%	1.82%
2039	26,596,967	19,076,783	-0.19%	1.85%
2040	26,542,417	19,440,762	-0.21%	1.91%
2041	26,483,475	19,806,170	-0.22%	1.88%
2042	26,420,812	20,153,979	-0.24%	1.76%
2043	26,354,324	20,500,826	-0.25%	1.72%
2044	26,284,000	20,837,079	-0.27%	1.64%
2045	26,210,196	21,152,650	-0.28%	1.51%
2046	26,132,922	21,459,144	-0.29%	1.45%
2047	26,052,086	21,764,578	-0.31%	1.42%
2048	25,967,581	22,086,112	-0.32%	1.48%
2049	25,879,244	22,403,887	-0.34%	1.44%
2050	25,787,120	22,707,896	-0.36%	1.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of North Korea increased by 1,173,819 people (a 4.79% growth), while Rwanda gained 2,619,937 people (a 28.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, North Korea gained 935,933 (a 3.64% growth), while Rwanda's population increased by 2,974,058 (a 25% growth).

North Korea was ranked 46th most populous country in 2006 and is 56th in 2026. Rwanda was ranked 86th in 2006 and ranked 77th 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 Rwanda will increase by 52.5% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.