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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Korea	Spain	North Korea	Spain
1960	11,722,953	30,455,000	-	-
1961	11,990,713	30,739,250	2.28%	0.93%
1962	12,262,882	31,023,366	2.27%	0.92%
1963	12,567,057	31,296,651	2.48%	0.88%
1964	12,889,770	31,609,195	2.57%	1%
1965	13,219,369	31,954,292	2.56%	1.09%
1966	13,569,094	32,283,194	2.65%	1.03%
1967	13,958,350	32,682,947	2.87%	1.24%
1968	14,365,596	33,113,134	2.92%	1.32%
1969	14,767,615	33,441,054	2.8%	0.99%
1970	15,172,775	33,814,531	2.74%	1.12%
1971	15,572,457	34,224,490	2.63%	1.21%
1972	15,975,069	34,604,469	2.59%	1.11%
1973	16,350,367	34,988,947	2.35%	1.11%
1974	16,673,121	35,373,335	1.97%	1.1%
1975	16,971,055	35,757,900	1.79%	1.09%
1976	17,243,450	36,137,812	1.61%	1.06%
1977	17,492,798	36,511,638	1.45%	1.03%
1978	17,735,995	36,864,898	1.39%	0.97%
1979	17,983,470	37,191,330	1.4%	0.89%
1980	18,236,786	37,491,165	1.41%	0.81%
1981	18,501,295	37,758,631	1.45%	0.71%
1982	18,776,357	37,986,012	1.49%	0.6%
1983	19,054,034	38,171,525	1.48%	0.49%
1984	19,335,043	38,330,364	1.47%	0.42%
1985	19,620,388	38,469,512	1.48%	0.36%
1986	19,910,855	38,584,624	1.48%	0.3%
1987	20,205,483	38,684,815	1.48%	0.26%
1988	20,503,161	38,766,939	1.47%	0.21%
1989	20,804,367	38,827,764	1.47%	0.16%
1990	21,112,137	38,867,322	1.48%	0.1%
1991	21,428,638	38,966,376	1.5%	0.25%
1992	21,750,911	39,157,685	1.5%	0.49%
1993	22,073,352	39,361,262	1.48%	0.52%
1994	22,393,975	39,549,108	1.45%	0.48%
1995	22,669,304	39,724,050	1.23%	0.44%
1996	22,895,746	39,889,852	1%	0.42%
1997	23,110,830	40,057,389	0.94%	0.42%
1998	23,311,564	40,223,509	0.87%	0.41%
1999	23,497,599	40,386,875	0.8%	0.41%
2000	23,665,910	40,567,864	0.72%	0.45%
2001	23,815,358	40,850,412	0.63%	0.7%
2002	23,943,973	41,431,558	0.54%	1.42%
2003	24,090,380	42,187,645	0.61%	1.82%
2004	24,254,943	42,921,895	0.68%	1.74%
2005	24,396,433	43,653,155	0.58%	1.7%
2006	24,524,507	44,397,319	0.52%	1.7%
2007	24,646,383	45,226,803	0.5%	1.87%
2008	24,764,618	45,954,106	0.48%	1.61%
2009	24,878,332	46,362,946	0.46%	0.89%
2010	24,987,258	46,576,897	0.44%	0.46%
2011	25,097,874	46,742,697	0.44%	0.36%
2012	25,211,728	46,773,055	0.45%	0.06%
2013	25,329,451	46,604,197	0.47%	-0.36%
2014	25,451,262	46,460,733	0.48%	-0.31%
2015	25,575,350	46,422,303	0.49%	-0.08%
2016	25,698,326	46,458,139	0.48%	0.08%
2017	25,817,709	46,571,232	0.46%	0.24%
2018	25,931,147	46,782,011	0.44%	0.45%
2019	26,037,632	47,118,501	0.41%	0.72%
2020	26,136,312	47,359,424	0.38%	0.51%
2021	26,232,534	47,443,821	0.37%	0.18%
2022	26,328,845	47,786,102	0.37%	0.72%
2023	26,418,204	48,347,910	0.34%	1.18%
2024	26,498,823	48,807,137	0.31%	0.95%
2025	26,571,033	48,786,181	0.27%	-0.04%
2026	26,633,682	48,746,279	0.24%	-0.08%
2027	26,686,492	48,696,847	0.2%	-0.1%
2028	26,729,261	48,642,132	0.16%	-0.11%
2029	26,762,008	48,578,166	0.12%	-0.13%
2030	26,784,894	48,501,513	0.09%	-0.16%
2031	26,797,946	48,412,854	0.05%	-0.18%
2032	26,801,071	48,321,195	0.01%	-0.19%
2033	26,795,061	48,230,054	-0.02%	-0.19%
2034	26,780,481	48,136,421	-0.05%	-0.19%
2035	26,757,705	48,036,650	-0.09%	-0.21%
2036	26,727,309	47,929,957	-0.11%	-0.22%
2037	26,689,907	47,819,257	-0.14%	-0.23%
2038	26,646,323	47,706,580	-0.16%	-0.24%
2039	26,596,967	47,588,878	-0.19%	-0.25%
2040	26,542,417	47,463,597	-0.21%	-0.26%
2041	26,483,475	47,332,618	-0.22%	-0.28%
2042	26,420,812	47,194,588	-0.24%	-0.29%
2043	26,354,324	47,052,293	-0.25%	-0.3%
2044	26,284,000	46,902,636	-0.27%	-0.32%
2045	26,210,196	46,738,565	-0.28%	-0.35%
2046	26,132,922	46,564,383	-0.29%	-0.37%
2047	26,052,086	46,381,681	-0.31%	-0.39%
2048	25,967,581	46,190,642	-0.32%	-0.41%
2049	25,879,244	45,985,428	-0.34%	-0.44%
2050	25,787,120	45,769,362	-0.36%	-0.47%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of North Korea increased by 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth), while Spain gained 2,769,148 people (a 6.34% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, North Korea gained 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,363,878 (a 5.09% growth).

North Korea was ranked 46th most populous country in 2005 and is 56th in 2025. Spain was ranked 28th in 2005 and ranked 32nd 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 Spain will decrease by 6.18% to 45,769,362 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.