Population in North Korea compared to South Africa: Trends, Charts, Rankings

North Korea and South Africa: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Korea	South Africa	North Korea	South Africa
1960	11,722,953	16,440,172	-	-
1961	11,990,713	16,908,035	2.28%	2.85%
1962	12,262,882	17,418,522	2.27%	3.02%
1963	12,567,057	17,954,564	2.48%	3.08%
1964	12,889,770	18,511,361	2.57%	3.1%
1965	13,219,369	19,089,380	2.56%	3.12%
1966	13,569,094	19,690,087	2.65%	3.15%
1967	13,958,350	20,314,066	2.87%	3.17%
1968	14,365,596	20,957,287	2.92%	3.17%
1969	14,767,615	21,614,676	2.8%	3.14%
1970	15,172,775	22,279,984	2.74%	3.08%
1971	15,572,457	22,942,143	2.63%	2.97%
1972	15,975,069	23,609,456	2.59%	2.91%
1973	16,350,367	24,294,263	2.35%	2.9%
1974	16,673,121	24,989,108	1.97%	2.86%
1975	16,971,055	25,690,940	1.79%	2.81%
1976	17,243,450	26,395,450	1.61%	2.74%
1977	17,492,798	27,118,952	1.45%	2.74%
1978	17,735,995	27,869,507	1.39%	2.77%
1979	17,983,470	28,634,162	1.4%	2.74%
1980	18,236,786	29,518,857	1.41%	3.09%
1981	18,501,295	30,541,044	1.45%	3.46%
1982	18,776,357	31,615,339	1.49%	3.52%
1983	19,054,034	32,739,304	1.48%	3.56%
1984	19,335,043	33,892,788	1.47%	3.52%
1985	19,620,388	35,042,093	1.48%	3.39%
1986	19,910,855	36,180,515	1.48%	3.25%
1987	20,205,483	37,326,190	1.48%	3.17%
1988	20,503,161	38,480,649	1.47%	3.09%
1989	20,804,367	39,628,575	1.47%	2.98%
1990	21,112,137	40,746,268	1.48%	2.82%
1991	21,428,638	41,687,898	1.5%	2.31%
1992	21,750,911	42,443,509	1.5%	1.81%
1993	22,073,352	43,297,156	1.48%	2.01%
1994	22,393,975	44,004,139	1.45%	1.63%
1995	22,669,304	44,541,554	1.23%	1.22%
1996	22,895,746	45,123,018	1%	1.31%
1997	23,110,830	45,666,838	0.94%	1.21%
1998	23,311,564	46,223,880	0.87%	1.22%
1999	23,497,599	46,730,335	0.8%	1.1%
2000	23,665,910	47,159,719	0.72%	0.92%
2001	23,815,358	47,566,800	0.63%	0.86%
2002	23,943,973	48,019,415	0.54%	0.95%
2003	24,090,380	48,500,348	0.61%	1%
2004	24,254,943	48,991,421	0.68%	1.01%
2005	24,396,433	49,490,033	0.58%	1.02%
2006	24,524,507	49,998,277	0.52%	1.03%
2007	24,646,383	50,528,584	0.5%	1.06%
2008	24,764,618	51,114,599	0.48%	1.16%
2009	24,878,332	51,728,516	0.46%	1.2%
2010	24,987,258	52,344,051	0.44%	1.19%
2011	25,097,874	52,995,205	0.44%	1.24%
2012	25,211,728	53,782,567	0.45%	1.49%
2013	25,329,451	54,678,791	0.47%	1.67%
2014	25,451,262	55,594,838	0.48%	1.68%
2015	25,575,350	56,723,537	0.49%	2.03%
2016	25,698,326	57,259,551	0.48%	0.94%
2017	25,817,709	57,635,162	0.46%	0.66%
2018	25,931,147	58,613,001	0.44%	1.7%
2019	26,037,632	59,587,885	0.41%	1.66%
2020	26,136,312	60,562,381	0.38%	1.64%
2021	26,232,534	61,502,603	0.37%	1.55%
2022	26,328,845	62,378,410	0.37%	1.42%
2023	26,418,204	63,212,384	0.34%	1.34%
2024	26,498,823	64,007,187	0.31%	1.26%
2025	26,571,033	64,747,317	0.27%	1.16%
2026	26,633,682	65,453,086	0.24%	1.09%
2027	26,686,492	66,143,018	0.2%	1.05%
2028	26,729,261	66,830,384	0.16%	1.04%
2029	26,762,008	67,506,850	0.12%	1.01%
2030	26,784,894	68,161,357	0.09%	0.97%
2031	26,797,946	68,798,574	0.05%	0.93%
2032	26,801,071	69,426,441	0.01%	0.91%
2033	26,795,061	70,040,484	-0.02%	0.88%
2034	26,780,481	70,641,572	-0.05%	0.86%
2035	26,757,705	71,234,749	-0.09%	0.84%
2036	26,727,309	71,816,372	-0.11%	0.82%
2037	26,689,907	72,387,807	-0.14%	0.8%
2038	26,646,323	72,949,611	-0.16%	0.78%
2039	26,596,967	73,496,152	-0.19%	0.75%
2040	26,542,417	74,035,615	-0.21%	0.73%
2041	26,483,475	74,575,444	-0.22%	0.73%
2042	26,420,812	75,111,899	-0.24%	0.72%
2043	26,354,324	75,641,512	-0.25%	0.71%
2044	26,284,000	76,164,461	-0.27%	0.69%
2045	26,210,196	76,681,448	-0.28%	0.68%
2046	26,132,922	77,199,542	-0.29%	0.68%
2047	26,052,086	77,716,650	-0.31%	0.67%
2048	25,967,581	78,215,323	-0.32%	0.64%
2049	25,879,244	78,699,584	-0.34%	0.62%
2050	25,787,120	79,177,329	-0.36%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of North Korea increased by 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, North Korea gained 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

North Korea was ranked 46th most populous country in 2005 and is 56th in 2025. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2005 and still ranked 24th 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 South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.