Population in North Korea compared to the Solomon Islands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

North Korea and the Solomon Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Korea	Solomon Islands	North Korea	Solomon Islands
1960	11,722,953	139,688	-	-
1961	11,990,713	142,912	2.28%	2.31%
1962	12,262,882	146,201	2.27%	2.3%
1963	12,567,057	149,589	2.48%	2.32%
1964	12,889,770	153,085	2.57%	2.34%
1965	13,219,369	156,686	2.56%	2.35%
1966	13,569,094	160,393	2.65%	2.37%
1967	13,958,350	164,245	2.87%	2.4%
1968	14,365,596	168,282	2.92%	2.46%
1969	14,767,615	172,476	2.8%	2.49%
1970	15,172,775	176,579	2.74%	2.38%
1971	15,572,457	180,637	2.63%	2.3%
1972	15,975,069	184,994	2.59%	2.41%
1973	16,350,367	189,774	2.35%	2.58%
1974	16,673,121	195,041	1.97%	2.78%
1975	16,971,055	200,744	1.79%	2.92%
1976	17,243,450	207,194	1.61%	3.21%
1977	17,492,798	214,418	1.45%	3.49%
1978	17,735,995	222,029	1.39%	3.55%
1979	17,983,470	229,953	1.4%	3.57%
1980	18,236,786	238,135	1.41%	3.56%
1981	18,501,295	246,555	1.45%	3.54%
1982	18,776,357	255,200	1.49%	3.51%
1983	19,054,034	264,068	1.48%	3.47%
1984	19,335,043	273,163	1.47%	3.44%
1985	19,620,388	282,455	1.48%	3.4%
1986	19,910,855	291,842	1.48%	3.32%
1987	20,205,483	301,414	1.48%	3.28%
1988	20,503,161	311,265	1.47%	3.27%
1989	20,804,367	321,282	1.47%	3.22%
1990	21,112,137	331,435	1.48%	3.16%
1991	21,428,638	341,738	1.5%	3.11%
1992	21,750,911	352,205	1.5%	3.06%
1993	22,073,352	362,839	1.48%	3.02%
1994	22,393,975	373,675	1.45%	2.99%
1995	22,669,304	384,733	1.23%	2.96%
1996	22,895,746	396,009	1%	2.93%
1997	23,110,830	407,474	0.94%	2.9%
1998	23,311,564	419,071	0.87%	2.85%
1999	23,497,599	430,500	0.8%	2.73%
2000	23,665,910	440,469	0.72%	2.32%
2001	23,815,358	449,125	0.63%	1.97%
2002	23,943,973	457,671	0.54%	1.9%
2003	24,090,380	466,154	0.61%	1.85%
2004	24,254,943	474,611	0.68%	1.81%
2005	24,396,433	483,080	0.58%	1.78%
2006	24,524,507	491,594	0.52%	1.76%
2007	24,646,383	500,156	0.5%	1.74%
2008	24,764,618	508,790	0.48%	1.73%
2009	24,878,332	518,141	0.46%	1.84%
2010	24,987,258	532,968	0.44%	2.86%
2011	25,097,874	552,945	0.44%	3.75%
2012	25,211,728	573,606	0.45%	3.74%
2013	25,329,451	594,945	0.47%	3.72%
2014	25,451,262	616,908	0.48%	3.69%
2015	25,575,350	639,415	0.49%	3.65%
2016	25,698,326	662,379	0.48%	3.59%
2017	25,817,709	685,672	0.46%	3.52%
2018	25,931,147	709,101	0.44%	3.42%
2019	26,037,632	728,147	0.41%	2.69%
2020	26,136,312	744,498	0.38%	2.25%
2021	26,232,534	762,591	0.37%	2.43%
2022	26,328,845	781,066	0.37%	2.42%
2023	26,418,204	800,005	0.34%	2.42%
2024	26,498,823	819,198	0.31%	2.4%
2025	26,571,033	838,646	0.27%	2.37%
2026	26,633,682	858,283	0.24%	2.34%
2027	26,686,492	878,097	0.2%	2.31%
2028	26,729,261	898,073	0.16%	2.27%
2029	26,762,008	918,152	0.12%	2.24%
2030	26,784,894	938,340	0.09%	2.2%
2031	26,797,946	958,614	0.05%	2.16%
2032	26,801,071	978,977	0.01%	2.12%
2033	26,795,061	999,314	-0.02%	2.08%
2034	26,780,481	1,019,534	-0.05%	2.02%
2035	26,757,705	1,039,655	-0.09%	1.97%
2036	26,727,309	1,059,521	-0.11%	1.91%
2037	26,689,907	1,079,088	-0.14%	1.85%
2038	26,646,323	1,098,284	-0.16%	1.78%
2039	26,596,967	1,117,085	-0.19%	1.71%
2040	26,542,417	1,135,445	-0.21%	1.64%
2041	26,483,475	1,153,450	-0.22%	1.59%
2042	26,420,812	1,171,334	-0.24%	1.55%
2043	26,354,324	1,189,113	-0.25%	1.52%
2044	26,284,000	1,206,729	-0.27%	1.48%
2045	26,210,196	1,224,188	-0.28%	1.45%
2046	26,132,922	1,241,491	-0.29%	1.41%
2047	26,052,086	1,258,611	-0.31%	1.38%
2048	25,967,581	1,275,579	-0.32%	1.35%
2049	25,879,244	1,292,414	-0.34%	1.32%
2050	25,787,120	1,309,098	-0.36%	1.29%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of North Korea increased by 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth), while the Solomon Islands gained 156,335 people (a 32.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, North Korea gained 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth), while the Solomon Islands' population increased by 215,004 (a 33.6% growth).

North Korea was ranked 46th most populous country in 2005 and is 56th in 2025. The Solomon Islands was ranked 166th in 2005 and ranked 161st 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 the Solomon Islands will increase by 53.2% to 1,309,098 people and rank change from 161st to 156th.