Population in North Korea compared to Sierra Leone: Trends, Charts, Rankings

North Korea and Sierra Leone: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Korea	Sierra Leone	North Korea	Sierra Leone
1960	11,722,953	2,268,356	-	-
1961	11,990,713	2,304,227	2.28%	1.58%
1962	12,262,882	2,342,242	2.27%	1.65%
1963	12,567,057	2,382,258	2.48%	1.71%
1964	12,889,770	2,424,390	2.57%	1.77%
1965	13,219,369	2,468,666	2.56%	1.83%
1966	13,569,094	2,514,638	2.65%	1.86%
1967	13,958,350	2,562,384	2.87%	1.9%
1968	14,365,596	2,611,532	2.92%	1.92%
1969	14,767,615	2,661,365	2.8%	1.91%
1970	15,172,775	2,712,286	2.74%	1.91%
1971	15,572,457	2,763,222	2.63%	1.88%
1972	15,975,069	2,814,388	2.59%	1.85%
1973	16,350,367	2,866,955	2.35%	1.87%
1974	16,673,121	2,920,459	1.97%	1.87%
1975	16,971,055	2,974,657	1.79%	1.86%
1976	17,243,450	3,028,820	1.61%	1.82%
1977	17,492,798	3,085,354	1.45%	1.87%
1978	17,735,995	3,145,517	1.39%	1.95%
1979	17,983,470	3,207,499	1.4%	1.97%
1980	18,236,786	3,272,089	1.41%	2.01%
1981	18,501,295	3,338,940	1.45%	2.04%
1982	18,776,357	3,408,183	1.49%	2.07%
1983	19,054,034	3,481,646	1.48%	2.16%
1984	19,335,043	3,558,758	1.47%	2.21%
1985	19,620,388	3,638,438	1.48%	2.24%
1986	19,910,855	3,728,380	1.48%	2.47%
1987	20,205,483	3,829,718	1.48%	2.72%
1988	20,503,161	3,934,517	1.47%	2.74%
1989	20,804,367	4,034,037	1.47%	2.53%
1990	21,112,137	4,196,828	1.48%	4.04%
1991	21,428,638	4,246,267	1.5%	1.18%
1992	21,750,911	4,166,366	1.5%	-1.88%
1993	22,073,352	4,157,130	1.48%	-0.22%
1994	22,393,975	4,173,105	1.45%	0.38%
1995	22,669,304	4,179,179	1.23%	0.15%
1996	22,895,746	4,199,210	1%	0.48%
1997	23,110,830	4,253,716	0.94%	1.3%
1998	23,311,564	4,295,785	0.87%	0.99%
1999	23,497,599	4,318,043	0.8%	0.52%
2000	23,665,910	4,423,611	0.72%	2.44%
2001	23,815,358	4,692,716	0.63%	6.08%
2002	23,943,973	4,971,435	0.54%	5.94%
2003	24,090,380	5,177,687	0.61%	4.15%
2004	24,254,943	5,355,717	0.68%	3.44%
2005	24,396,433	5,501,712	0.58%	2.73%
2006	24,524,507	5,624,466	0.52%	2.23%
2007	24,646,383	5,749,352	0.5%	2.22%
2008	24,764,618	5,894,722	0.48%	2.53%
2009	24,878,332	6,055,646	0.46%	2.73%
2010	24,987,258	6,222,714	0.44%	2.76%
2011	25,097,874	6,387,251	0.44%	2.64%
2012	25,211,728	6,551,080	0.45%	2.56%
2013	25,329,451	6,714,051	0.47%	2.49%
2014	25,451,262	6,876,385	0.48%	2.42%
2015	25,575,350	7,037,655	0.49%	2.35%
2016	25,698,326	7,205,328	0.48%	2.38%
2017	25,817,709	7,379,299	0.46%	2.41%
2018	25,931,147	7,554,563	0.44%	2.38%
2019	26,037,632	7,731,991	0.41%	2.35%
2020	26,136,312	7,912,558	0.38%	2.34%
2021	26,232,534	8,094,602	0.37%	2.3%
2022	26,328,845	8,276,807	0.37%	2.25%
2023	26,418,204	8,460,512	0.34%	2.22%
2024	26,498,823	8,642,022	0.31%	2.15%
2025	26,571,033	8,819,789	0.27%	2.06%
2026	26,633,682	8,996,743	0.24%	2.01%
2027	26,686,492	9,174,695	0.2%	1.98%
2028	26,729,261	9,349,021	0.16%	1.9%
2029	26,762,008	9,520,811	0.12%	1.84%
2030	26,784,894	9,694,851	0.09%	1.83%
2031	26,797,946	9,870,295	0.05%	1.81%
2032	26,801,071	10,047,193	0.01%	1.79%
2033	26,795,061	10,221,006	-0.02%	1.73%
2034	26,780,481	10,391,485	-0.05%	1.67%
2035	26,757,705	10,563,163	-0.09%	1.65%
2036	26,727,309	10,734,341	-0.11%	1.62%
2037	26,689,907	10,902,263	-0.14%	1.56%
2038	26,646,323	11,066,143	-0.16%	1.5%
2039	26,596,967	11,230,060	-0.19%	1.48%
2040	26,542,417	11,398,391	-0.21%	1.5%
2041	26,483,475	11,566,213	-0.22%	1.47%
2042	26,420,812	11,728,787	-0.24%	1.41%
2043	26,354,324	11,887,934	-0.25%	1.36%
2044	26,284,000	12,049,424	-0.27%	1.36%
2045	26,210,196	12,208,872	-0.28%	1.32%
2046	26,132,922	12,363,446	-0.29%	1.27%
2047	26,052,086	12,512,739	-0.31%	1.21%
2048	25,967,581	12,659,609	-0.32%	1.17%
2049	25,879,244	12,805,136	-0.34%	1.15%
2050	25,787,120	12,948,320	-0.36%	1.12%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of North Korea increased by 1,173,819 people (a 4.79% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,580,862 people (a 28.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, North Korea gained 935,933 (a 3.64% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,793,359 (a 24.9% growth).

North Korea was ranked 46th most populous country in 2006 and is 56th in 2026. Sierra Leone was ranked 106th in 2006 and ranked 102nd 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 Sierra Leone will increase by 43.9% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.