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Population in North Korea compared to Saint Lucia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of North Korea was 26,498,823 in 2024 vs 179,744 people in Saint Lucia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current North Korea's population is 26,621,357 people compared to 180,421 in Saint Lucia.

Population statistics:

  • North Korea's population is 147.6 times bigger than Saint Lucia's.
  • North Korea is ranked the 56th most populous country in the world, while Saint Lucia is the 178th.
  • The countries together account for 0.32% of the world: 0.32% for North Korea vs 0.002% for Saint Lucia.
  • For the last 10 years, North Korea has had an average growth rate of +0.41% per year vs +0.33% in Saint Lucia.
  • Since 2005, the population of North Korea has increased from 24.4M people to 26.6M (9.12% growth), while Saint Lucia has grown from 165K to 180K (9.05% growth).
  • North Korea is projected to reach its peak in 2032 at 26.8M people compared to the peak of 181K people in 2032 for Saint Lucia.

North Korea vs Saint Lucia: live population counter

North Korea Saint Lucia
Current population
26621357
180421
Population rank 56/197 178/197
Percent of world population 0.32% 0.002%
One net population change
6.52 minutes
19.1 hours
One birth every
1.54 minutes
4.34 hours
One death every
2.05 minutes
5.67 hours
One migration net change every
3.54 hours
1.86 months
Annual migration change -2,473 -7
Daily growth/decline +221 +1
Annual growth/decline +80,619 +459
Annual growth/decline rate +0.31% +0.26%
Population growth rate rank 149/197 152/197

North Korea and Saint Lucia: population history and growth rate by year chart

North Korea
Population

Growth rate
Saint Lucia
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
North Korea Saint Lucia North Korea Saint Lucia
1960 11,722,953 92,585 - -
1961 11,990,713 93,490 2.28% 0.98%
1962 12,262,882 94,505 2.27% 1.09%
1963 12,567,057 95,519 2.48% 1.07%
1964 12,889,770 96,505 2.57% 1.03%
1965 13,219,369 97,493 2.56% 1.02%
1966 13,569,094 98,463 2.65% 0.99%
1967 13,958,350 99,504 2.87% 1.06%
1968 14,365,596 100,675 2.92% 1.18%
1969 14,767,615 101,879 2.8% 1.2%
1970 15,172,775 103,165 2.74% 1.26%
1971 15,572,457 104,564 2.63% 1.36%
1972 15,975,069 106,002 2.59% 1.38%
1973 16,350,367 107,498 2.35% 1.41%
1974 16,673,121 109,076 1.97% 1.47%
1975 16,971,055 110,725 1.79% 1.51%
1976 17,243,450 112,425 1.61% 1.54%
1977 17,492,798 114,135 1.45% 1.52%
1978 17,735,995 115,834 1.39% 1.49%
1979 17,983,470 117,528 1.4% 1.46%
1980 18,236,786 119,290 1.41% 1.5%
1981 18,501,295 121,166 1.45% 1.57%
1982 18,776,357 123,087 1.49% 1.59%
1983 19,054,034 125,044 1.48% 1.59%
1984 19,335,043 127,067 1.47% 1.62%
1985 19,620,388 129,159 1.48% 1.65%
1986 19,910,855 131,239 1.48% 1.61%
1987 20,205,483 133,227 1.48% 1.51%
1988 20,503,161 135,000 1.47% 1.33%
1989 20,804,367 136,512 1.47% 1.12%
1990 21,112,137 137,857 1.48% 0.99%
1991 21,428,638 139,520 1.5% 1.21%
1992 21,750,911 141,617 1.5% 1.5%
1993 22,073,352 143,726 1.48% 1.49%
1994 22,393,975 145,890 1.45% 1.51%
1995 22,669,304 148,208 1.23% 1.59%
1996 22,895,746 150,436 1% 1.5%
1997 23,110,830 152,569 0.94% 1.42%
1998 23,311,564 154,677 0.87% 1.38%
1999 23,497,599 156,702 0.8% 1.31%
2000 23,665,910 158,616 0.72% 1.22%
2001 23,815,358 160,237 0.63% 1.02%
2002 23,943,973 161,641 0.54% 0.88%
2003 24,090,380 162,976 0.61% 0.83%
2004 24,254,943 164,239 0.68% 0.77%
2005 24,396,433 165,450 0.58% 0.74%
2006 24,524,507 166,639 0.52% 0.72%
2007 24,646,383 167,758 0.5% 0.67%
2008 24,764,618 168,808 0.48% 0.63%
2009 24,878,332 169,869 0.46% 0.63%
2010 24,987,258 170,906 0.44% 0.61%
2011 25,097,874 171,801 0.44% 0.52%
2012 25,211,728 172,587 0.45% 0.46%
2013 25,329,451 173,369 0.47% 0.45%
2014 25,451,262 174,138 0.48% 0.44%
2015 25,575,350 174,905 0.49% 0.44%
2016 25,698,326 175,646 0.48% 0.42%
2017 25,817,709 176,342 0.46% 0.4%
2018 25,931,147 177,017 0.44% 0.38%
2019 26,037,632 177,661 0.41% 0.36%
2020 26,136,312 178,250 0.38% 0.33%
2021 26,232,534 178,522 0.37% 0.15%
2022 26,328,845 178,781 0.37% 0.15%
2023 26,418,204 179,285 0.34% 0.28%
2024 26,498,823 179,744 0.31% 0.26%
2025 26,571,033 180,148 0.27% 0.23%
2026 26,633,682 180,489 0.24% 0.19%
2027 26,686,492 180,771 0.2% 0.16%
2028 26,729,261 181,003 0.16% 0.13%
2029 26,762,008 181,198 0.12% 0.11%
2030 26,784,894 181,360 0.09% 0.09%
2031 26,797,946 181,463 0.05% 0.06%
2032 26,801,071 181,495 0.01% 0.02%
2033 26,795,061 181,458 -0.02% -0.02%
2034 26,780,481 181,354 -0.05% -0.06%
2035 26,757,705 181,177 -0.09% -0.1%
2036 26,727,309 180,948 -0.11% -0.13%
2037 26,689,907 180,636 -0.14% -0.17%
2038 26,646,323 180,230 -0.16% -0.22%
2039 26,596,967 179,781 -0.19% -0.25%
2040 26,542,417 179,296 -0.21% -0.27%
2041 26,483,475 178,760 -0.22% -0.3%
2042 26,420,812 178,187 -0.24% -0.32%
2043 26,354,324 177,593 -0.25% -0.33%
2044 26,284,000 176,937 -0.27% -0.37%
2045 26,210,196 176,243 -0.28% -0.39%
2046 26,132,922 175,520 -0.29% -0.41%
2047 26,052,086 174,726 -0.31% -0.45%
2048 25,967,581 173,877 -0.32% -0.49%
2049 25,879,244 172,991 -0.34% -0.51%
2050 25,787,120 172,081 -0.36% -0.53%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of North Korea increased by 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth), while Saint Lucia gained 9,455 people (a 5.71% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, North Korea gained 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth), while Saint Lucia's population increased by 5,516 (a 3.15% growth).

North Korea was ranked 46th most populous country in 2005 and is 56th in 2025. Saint Lucia was ranked 177th in 2005 and ranked 178th 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 Saint Lucia will decrease by 4.62% to 172,081 people and rank change from 178th to 179th.

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