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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Korea	Sudan	North Korea	Sudan
1960	11,722,953	8,364,489	-	-
1961	11,990,713	8,634,941	2.28%	3.23%
1962	12,262,882	8,919,028	2.27%	3.29%
1963	12,567,057	9,218,077	2.48%	3.35%
1964	12,889,770	9,531,109	2.57%	3.4%
1965	13,219,369	9,858,030	2.56%	3.43%
1966	13,569,094	10,197,578	2.65%	3.44%
1967	13,958,350	10,550,597	2.87%	3.46%
1968	14,365,596	10,917,999	2.92%	3.48%
1969	14,767,615	11,298,936	2.8%	3.49%
1970	15,172,775	11,695,771	2.74%	3.51%
1971	15,572,457	12,105,539	2.63%	3.5%
1972	15,975,069	12,527,856	2.59%	3.49%
1973	16,350,367	13,049,315	2.35%	4.16%
1974	16,673,121	13,580,723	1.97%	4.07%
1975	16,971,055	14,064,798	1.79%	3.56%
1976	17,243,450	14,569,716	1.61%	3.59%
1977	17,492,798	15,086,614	1.45%	3.55%
1978	17,735,995	15,695,003	1.39%	4.03%
1979	17,983,470	16,355,352	1.4%	4.21%
1980	18,236,786	17,058,905	1.41%	4.3%
1981	18,501,295	17,780,572	1.45%	4.23%
1982	18,776,357	18,486,645	1.49%	3.97%
1983	19,054,034	19,109,770	1.48%	3.37%
1984	19,335,043	19,546,528	1.47%	2.29%
1985	19,620,388	19,905,872	1.48%	1.84%
1986	19,910,855	20,288,238	1.48%	1.92%
1987	20,205,483	20,704,904	1.48%	2.05%
1988	20,503,161	21,138,431	1.47%	2.09%
1989	20,804,367	21,578,022	1.47%	2.08%
1990	21,112,137	22,021,481	1.48%	2.06%
1991	21,428,638	22,470,676	1.5%	2.04%
1992	21,750,911	22,927,355	1.5%	2.03%
1993	22,073,352	23,445,592	1.48%	2.26%
1994	22,393,975	24,043,948	1.45%	2.55%
1995	22,669,304	24,672,143	1.23%	2.61%
1996	22,895,746	25,231,528	1%	2.27%
1997	23,110,830	25,799,821	0.94%	2.25%
1998	23,311,564	26,458,999	0.87%	2.55%
1999	23,497,599	27,130,613	0.8%	2.54%
2000	23,665,910	27,816,745	0.72%	2.53%
2001	23,815,358	28,516,770	0.63%	2.52%
2002	23,943,973	29,228,727	0.54%	2.5%
2003	24,090,380	29,896,035	0.61%	2.28%
2004	24,254,943	30,556,637	0.68%	2.21%
2005	24,396,433	31,262,444	0.58%	2.31%
2006	24,524,507	31,992,435	0.52%	2.34%
2007	24,646,383	32,764,135	0.5%	2.41%
2008	24,764,618	33,623,980	0.48%	2.62%
2009	24,878,332	34,569,113	0.46%	2.81%
2010	24,987,258	35,414,399	0.44%	2.45%
2011	25,097,874	36,140,806	0.44%	2.05%
2012	25,211,728	36,923,178	0.45%	2.16%
2013	25,329,451	37,785,849	0.47%	2.34%
2014	25,451,262	38,823,318	0.48%	2.75%
2015	25,575,350	40,024,431	0.49%	3.09%
2016	25,698,326	41,259,892	0.48%	3.09%
2017	25,817,709	42,714,306	0.46%	3.53%
2018	25,931,147	44,230,596	0.44%	3.55%
2019	26,037,632	45,548,175	0.41%	2.98%
2020	26,136,312	46,789,231	0.38%	2.72%
2021	26,232,534	48,066,924	0.37%	2.73%
2022	26,328,845	49,383,346	0.37%	2.74%
2023	26,418,204	50,042,791	0.34%	1.34%
2024	26,498,823	50,448,963	0.31%	0.81%
2025	26,571,033	51,662,152	0.27%	2.4%
2026	26,633,682	53,282,718	0.24%	3.14%
2027	26,686,492	54,724,215	0.2%	2.71%
2028	26,729,261	55,993,833	0.16%	2.32%
2029	26,762,008	57,275,443	0.12%	2.29%
2030	26,784,894	58,571,624	0.09%	2.26%
2031	26,797,946	59,872,936	0.05%	2.22%
2032	26,801,071	61,179,476	0.01%	2.18%
2033	26,795,061	62,497,205	-0.02%	2.15%
2034	26,780,481	63,822,356	-0.05%	2.12%
2035	26,757,705	65,148,317	-0.09%	2.08%
2036	26,727,309	66,470,018	-0.11%	2.03%
2037	26,689,907	67,791,240	-0.14%	1.99%
2038	26,646,323	69,107,712	-0.16%	1.94%
2039	26,596,967	70,416,631	-0.19%	1.89%
2040	26,542,417	71,730,604	-0.21%	1.87%
2041	26,483,475	73,056,213	-0.22%	1.85%
2042	26,420,812	74,387,562	-0.24%	1.82%
2043	26,354,324	75,723,670	-0.25%	1.8%
2044	26,284,000	77,066,454	-0.27%	1.77%
2045	26,210,196	78,415,205	-0.28%	1.75%
2046	26,132,922	79,767,271	-0.29%	1.72%
2047	26,052,086	81,115,241	-0.31%	1.69%
2048	25,967,581	82,463,202	-0.32%	1.66%
2049	25,879,244	83,828,356	-0.34%	1.66%
2050	25,787,120	85,206,384	-0.36%	1.64%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of North Korea increased by 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth), while Sudan gained 8,761,987 people (a 28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, North Korea gained 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth), while Sudan's population increased by 12,939,487 (a 32.3% growth).

North Korea was ranked 46th most populous country in 2005 and is 56th in 2025. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2005 and ranked 29th 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 Sudan will increase by 60.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.