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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Korea	Samoa	North Korea	Samoa
1960	11,722,953	112,490	-	-
1961	11,990,713	115,496	2.28%	2.67%
1962	12,262,882	118,597	2.27%	2.68%
1963	12,567,057	121,764	2.48%	2.67%
1964	12,889,770	124,894	2.57%	2.57%
1965	13,219,369	127,978	2.56%	2.47%
1966	13,569,094	131,073	2.65%	2.42%
1967	13,958,350	133,764	2.87%	2.05%
1968	14,365,596	136,020	2.92%	1.69%
1969	14,767,615	138,233	2.8%	1.63%
1970	15,172,775	140,400	2.74%	1.57%
1971	15,572,457	142,503	2.63%	1.5%
1972	15,975,069	144,538	2.59%	1.43%
1973	16,350,367	146,516	2.35%	1.37%
1974	16,673,121	149,431	1.97%	1.99%
1975	16,971,055	153,344	1.79%	2.62%
1976	17,243,450	157,113	1.61%	2.46%
1977	17,492,798	159,753	1.45%	1.68%
1978	17,735,995	161,375	1.39%	1.02%
1979	17,983,470	162,882	1.4%	0.93%
1980	18,236,786	164,322	1.41%	0.88%
1981	18,501,295	165,678	1.45%	0.83%
1982	18,776,357	166,484	1.49%	0.49%
1983	19,054,034	166,714	1.48%	0.14%
1984	19,335,043	166,796	1.47%	0.05%
1985	19,620,388	166,849	1.48%	0.03%
1986	19,910,855	167,061	1.48%	0.13%
1987	20,205,483	167,661	1.48%	0.36%
1988	20,503,161	168,346	1.47%	0.41%
1989	20,804,367	168,768	1.47%	0.25%
1990	21,112,137	169,042	1.48%	0.16%
1991	21,428,638	169,368	1.5%	0.19%
1992	21,750,911	170,331	1.5%	0.57%
1993	22,073,352	171,774	1.48%	0.85%
1994	22,393,975	173,159	1.45%	0.81%
1995	22,669,304	174,571	1.23%	0.82%
1996	22,895,746	176,071	1%	0.86%
1997	23,110,830	177,547	0.94%	0.84%
1998	23,311,564	178,905	0.87%	0.76%
1999	23,497,599	180,275	0.8%	0.77%
2000	23,665,910	181,685	0.72%	0.78%
2001	23,815,358	183,166	0.63%	0.82%
2002	23,943,973	184,471	0.54%	0.71%
2003	24,090,380	185,430	0.61%	0.52%
2004	24,254,943	186,249	0.68%	0.44%
2005	24,396,433	186,978	0.58%	0.39%
2006	24,524,507	187,709	0.52%	0.39%
2007	24,646,383	188,753	0.5%	0.56%
2008	24,764,618	190,107	0.48%	0.72%
2009	24,878,332	191,513	0.46%	0.74%
2010	24,987,258	193,023	0.44%	0.79%
2011	25,097,874	194,713	0.44%	0.88%
2012	25,211,728	196,498	0.45%	0.92%
2013	25,329,451	198,268	0.47%	0.9%
2014	25,451,262	200,037	0.48%	0.89%
2015	25,575,350	201,782	0.49%	0.87%
2016	25,698,326	203,499	0.48%	0.85%
2017	25,817,709	205,415	0.46%	0.94%
2018	25,931,147	207,582	0.44%	1.05%
2019	26,037,632	209,780	0.41%	1.06%
2020	26,136,312	211,944	0.38%	1.03%
2021	26,232,534	213,779	0.37%	0.87%
2022	26,328,845	215,261	0.37%	0.69%
2023	26,418,204	216,663	0.34%	0.65%
2024	26,498,823	218,019	0.31%	0.63%
2025	26,571,033	219,302	0.27%	0.59%
2026	26,633,682	220,530	0.24%	0.56%
2027	26,686,492	221,772	0.2%	0.56%
2028	26,729,261	223,104	0.16%	0.6%
2029	26,762,008	224,504	0.12%	0.63%
2030	26,784,894	225,968	0.09%	0.65%
2031	26,797,946	227,581	0.05%	0.71%
2032	26,801,071	229,298	0.01%	0.75%
2033	26,795,061	231,110	-0.02%	0.79%
2034	26,780,481	233,061	-0.05%	0.84%
2035	26,757,705	235,172	-0.09%	0.91%
2036	26,727,309	237,415	-0.11%	0.95%
2037	26,689,907	239,730	-0.14%	0.98%
2038	26,646,323	242,155	-0.16%	1.01%
2039	26,596,967	244,653	-0.19%	1.03%
2040	26,542,417	247,196	-0.21%	1.04%
2041	26,483,475	249,796	-0.22%	1.05%
2042	26,420,812	252,427	-0.24%	1.05%
2043	26,354,324	255,023	-0.25%	1.03%
2044	26,284,000	257,609	-0.27%	1.01%
2045	26,210,196	260,250	-0.28%	1.03%
2046	26,132,922	262,849	-0.29%	1%
2047	26,052,086	265,365	-0.31%	0.96%
2048	25,967,581	267,836	-0.32%	0.93%
2049	25,879,244	270,291	-0.34%	0.92%
2050	25,787,120	272,711	-0.36%	0.9%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of North Korea increased by 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth), while Samoa gained 14,804 people (a 7.92% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, North Korea gained 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth), while Samoa's population increased by 18,506 (a 9.17% growth).

North Korea was ranked 46th most populous country in 2005 and is 56th in 2025. Samoa was ranked 176th in 2005 and ranked 177th 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 Samoa will increase by 23.8% to 272,711 people and rank change from 177th to 176th.