Population in North Korea compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

North Korea and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Korea	Sri Lanka	North Korea	Sri Lanka
1960	11,722,953	9,661,389	-	-
1961	11,990,713	9,899,372	2.28%	2.46%
1962	12,262,882	10,143,754	2.27%	2.47%
1963	12,567,057	10,395,040	2.48%	2.48%
1964	12,889,770	10,653,397	2.57%	2.49%
1965	13,219,369	10,916,965	2.56%	2.47%
1966	13,569,094	11,183,928	2.65%	2.45%
1967	13,958,350	11,457,328	2.87%	2.44%
1968	14,365,596	11,736,088	2.92%	2.43%
1969	14,767,615	12,013,858	2.8%	2.37%
1970	15,172,775	12,287,110	2.74%	2.27%
1971	15,572,457	12,551,910	2.63%	2.16%
1972	15,975,069	12,809,205	2.59%	2.05%
1973	16,350,367	13,060,916	2.35%	1.97%
1974	16,673,121	13,305,693	1.97%	1.87%
1975	16,971,055	13,548,984	1.79%	1.83%
1976	17,243,450	13,796,770	1.61%	1.83%
1977	17,492,798	14,049,371	1.45%	1.83%
1978	17,735,995	14,310,128	1.39%	1.86%
1979	17,983,470	14,579,614	1.4%	1.88%
1980	18,236,786	14,847,974	1.41%	1.84%
1981	18,501,295	15,099,414	1.45%	1.69%
1982	18,776,357	15,286,567	1.49%	1.24%
1983	19,054,034	15,388,794	1.48%	0.67%
1984	19,335,043	15,441,860	1.47%	0.34%
1985	19,620,388	15,544,154	1.48%	0.66%
1986	19,910,855	15,731,256	1.48%	1.2%
1987	20,205,483	15,916,576	1.48%	1.18%
1988	20,503,161	16,078,621	1.47%	1.02%
1989	20,804,367	16,248,557	1.47%	1.06%
1990	21,112,137	16,352,458	1.48%	0.64%
1991	21,428,638	16,475,354	1.5%	0.75%
1992	21,750,911	16,739,284	1.5%	1.6%
1993	22,073,352	17,025,918	1.48%	1.71%
1994	22,393,975	17,275,773	1.45%	1.47%
1995	22,669,304	17,564,068	1.23%	1.67%
1996	22,895,746	17,905,018	1%	1.94%
1997	23,110,830	18,248,200	0.94%	1.92%
1998	23,311,564	18,596,003	0.87%	1.91%
1999	23,497,599	18,944,731	0.8%	1.88%
2000	23,665,910	19,293,054	0.72%	1.84%
2001	23,815,358	19,600,362	0.63%	1.59%
2002	23,943,973	19,805,752	0.54%	1.05%
2003	24,090,380	19,951,521	0.61%	0.74%
2004	24,254,943	20,087,605	0.68%	0.68%
2005	24,396,433	20,216,524	0.58%	0.64%
2006	24,524,507	20,352,411	0.52%	0.67%
2007	24,646,383	20,492,545	0.5%	0.69%
2008	24,764,618	20,629,378	0.48%	0.67%
2009	24,878,332	20,756,435	0.46%	0.62%
2010	24,987,258	20,879,089	0.44%	0.59%
2011	25,097,874	21,009,048	0.44%	0.62%
2012	25,211,728	21,169,458	0.45%	0.76%
2013	25,329,451	20,585,000	0.47%	-2.76%
2014	25,451,262	20,778,000	0.48%	0.94%
2015	25,575,350	20,970,000	0.49%	0.92%
2016	25,698,326	21,209,000	0.48%	1.14%
2017	25,817,709	21,453,000	0.46%	1.15%
2018	25,931,147	21,670,000	0.44%	1.01%
2019	26,037,632	21,803,000	0.41%	0.61%
2020	26,136,312	21,919,000	0.38%	0.53%
2021	26,232,534	22,156,000	0.37%	1.08%
2022	26,328,845	22,181,000	0.37%	0.11%
2023	26,418,204	22,037,000	0.34%	-0.65%
2024	26,498,823	21,916,000	0.31%	-0.55%
2025	26,571,033	22,035,440	0.27%	0.54%
2026	26,633,682	22,148,172	0.24%	0.51%
2027	26,686,492	22,255,601	0.2%	0.49%
2028	26,729,261	22,357,682	0.16%	0.46%
2029	26,762,008	22,453,922	0.12%	0.43%
2030	26,784,894	22,546,245	0.09%	0.41%
2031	26,797,946	22,635,106	0.05%	0.39%
2032	26,801,071	22,720,118	0.01%	0.38%
2033	26,795,061	22,802,043	-0.02%	0.36%
2034	26,780,481	22,879,527	-0.05%	0.34%
2035	26,757,705	22,952,739	-0.09%	0.32%
2036	26,727,309	23,022,027	-0.11%	0.3%
2037	26,689,907	23,088,877	-0.14%	0.29%
2038	26,646,323	23,152,480	-0.16%	0.28%
2039	26,596,967	23,211,633	-0.19%	0.26%
2040	26,542,417	23,265,986	-0.21%	0.23%
2041	26,483,475	23,315,260	-0.22%	0.21%
2042	26,420,812	23,359,578	-0.24%	0.19%
2043	26,354,324	23,398,752	-0.25%	0.17%
2044	26,284,000	23,433,096	-0.27%	0.15%
2045	26,210,196	23,464,943	-0.28%	0.14%
2046	26,132,922	23,492,738	-0.29%	0.12%
2047	26,052,086	23,512,629	-0.31%	0.08%
2048	25,967,581	23,525,953	-0.32%	0.06%
2049	25,879,244	23,533,940	-0.34%	0.03%
2050	25,787,120	23,538,230	-0.36%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of North Korea increased by 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, North Korea gained 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

North Korea was ranked 46th most populous country in 2005 and is 56th in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.