Population in North Korea compared to Sao Tome and Principe: Trends, Charts, Rankings

North Korea and Sao Tome and Principe: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Korea	Sao Tome	North Korea	Sao Tome
1960	11,722,953	68,012	-	-
1961	11,990,713	68,707	2.28%	1.02%
1962	12,262,882	69,403	2.27%	1.01%
1963	12,567,057	70,112	2.48%	1.02%
1964	12,889,770	70,865	2.57%	1.07%
1965	13,219,369	71,680	2.56%	1.15%
1966	13,569,094	72,576	2.65%	1.25%
1967	13,958,350	73,596	2.87%	1.41%
1968	14,365,596	74,765	2.92%	1.59%
1969	14,767,615	76,083	2.8%	1.76%
1970	15,172,775	77,626	2.74%	2.03%
1971	15,572,457	79,330	2.63%	2.2%
1972	15,975,069	81,041	2.59%	2.16%
1973	16,350,367	82,798	2.35%	2.17%
1974	16,673,121	84,672	1.97%	2.26%
1975	16,971,055	86,708	1.79%	2.4%
1976	17,243,450	88,922	1.61%	2.55%
1977	17,492,798	91,301	1.45%	2.68%
1978	17,735,995	93,794	1.39%	2.73%
1979	17,983,470	96,252	1.4%	2.62%
1980	18,236,786	98,544	1.41%	2.38%
1981	18,501,295	100,615	1.45%	2.1%
1982	18,776,357	102,508	1.49%	1.88%
1983	19,054,034	104,380	1.48%	1.83%
1984	19,335,043	106,394	1.47%	1.93%
1985	19,620,388	108,658	1.48%	2.13%
1986	19,910,855	111,150	1.48%	2.29%
1987	20,205,483	113,919	1.48%	2.49%
1988	20,503,161	116,939	1.47%	2.65%
1989	20,804,367	119,979	1.47%	2.6%
1990	21,112,137	122,980	1.48%	2.5%
1991	21,428,638	125,697	1.5%	2.21%
1992	21,750,911	128,110	1.5%	1.92%
1993	22,073,352	130,467	1.48%	1.84%
1994	22,393,975	132,732	1.45%	1.74%
1995	22,669,304	134,895	1.23%	1.63%
1996	22,895,746	136,962	1%	1.53%
1997	23,110,830	138,922	0.94%	1.43%
1998	23,311,564	140,751	0.87%	1.32%
1999	23,497,599	142,442	0.8%	1.2%
2000	23,665,910	144,018	0.72%	1.11%
2001	23,815,358	146,375	0.63%	1.64%
2002	23,943,973	149,922	0.54%	2.42%
2003	24,090,380	153,814	0.61%	2.6%
2004	24,254,943	157,705	0.68%	2.53%
2005	24,396,433	161,639	0.58%	2.49%
2006	24,524,507	165,638	0.52%	2.47%
2007	24,646,383	169,700	0.5%	2.45%
2008	24,764,618	173,793	0.48%	2.41%
2009	24,878,332	177,853	0.46%	2.34%
2010	24,987,258	181,802	0.44%	2.22%
2011	25,097,874	185,649	0.44%	2.12%
2012	25,211,728	189,439	0.45%	2.04%
2013	25,329,451	193,148	0.47%	1.96%
2014	25,451,262	196,767	0.48%	1.87%
2015	25,575,350	200,291	0.49%	1.79%
2016	25,698,326	203,689	0.48%	1.7%
2017	25,817,709	206,970	0.46%	1.61%
2018	25,931,147	210,187	0.44%	1.55%
2019	26,037,632	213,392	0.41%	1.52%
2020	26,136,312	217,435	0.38%	1.89%
2021	26,232,534	221,961	0.37%	2.08%
2022	26,328,845	226,305	0.37%	1.96%
2023	26,418,204	230,871	0.34%	2.02%
2024	26,498,823	235,536	0.31%	2.02%
2025	26,571,033	240,251	0.27%	2%
2026	26,633,682	244,987	0.24%	1.97%
2027	26,686,492	249,783	0.2%	1.96%
2028	26,729,261	254,657	0.16%	1.95%
2029	26,762,008	259,597	0.12%	1.94%
2030	26,784,894	264,560	0.09%	1.91%
2031	26,797,946	269,566	0.05%	1.89%
2032	26,801,071	274,643	0.01%	1.88%
2033	26,795,061	279,761	-0.02%	1.86%
2034	26,780,481	284,911	-0.05%	1.84%
2035	26,757,705	290,082	-0.09%	1.81%
2036	26,727,309	295,269	-0.11%	1.79%
2037	26,689,907	300,439	-0.14%	1.75%
2038	26,646,323	305,590	-0.16%	1.71%
2039	26,596,967	310,729	-0.19%	1.68%
2040	26,542,417	315,833	-0.21%	1.64%
2041	26,483,475	320,875	-0.22%	1.6%
2042	26,420,812	325,888	-0.24%	1.56%
2043	26,354,324	330,908	-0.25%	1.54%
2044	26,284,000	335,919	-0.27%	1.51%
2045	26,210,196	340,911	-0.28%	1.49%
2046	26,132,922	345,883	-0.29%	1.46%
2047	26,052,086	350,758	-0.31%	1.41%
2048	25,967,581	355,569	-0.32%	1.37%
2049	25,879,244	360,353	-0.34%	1.35%
2050	25,787,120	365,103	-0.36%	1.32%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of North Korea increased by 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, North Korea gained 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 43,764 (a 21.9% growth).

North Korea was ranked 46th most populous country in 2005 and is 56th in 2025. Sao Tome and Principe was ranked 178th in 2005 and ranked 176th 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 Sao Tome and Principe will increase by 49.6% to 365,103 people and rank change from 176th to 175th.