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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Korea	Suriname	North Korea	Suriname
1960	11,722,953	263,918	-	-
1961	11,990,713	272,791	2.28%	3.36%
1962	12,262,882	283,912	2.27%	4.08%
1963	12,567,057	297,034	2.48%	4.62%
1964	12,889,770	309,041	2.57%	4.04%
1965	13,219,369	320,000	2.56%	3.55%
1966	13,569,094	331,135	2.65%	3.48%
1967	13,958,350	342,679	2.87%	3.49%
1968	14,365,596	354,616	2.92%	3.48%
1969	14,767,615	366,906	2.8%	3.47%
1970	15,172,775	379,442	2.74%	3.42%
1971	15,572,457	391,932	2.63%	3.29%
1972	15,975,069	397,413	2.59%	1.4%
1973	16,350,367	395,772	2.35%	-0.41%
1974	16,673,121	393,676	1.97%	-0.53%
1975	16,971,055	391,170	1.79%	-0.64%
1976	17,243,450	388,289	1.61%	-0.74%
1977	17,492,798	385,067	1.45%	-0.83%
1978	17,735,995	381,502	1.39%	-0.93%
1979	17,983,470	377,602	1.4%	-1.02%
1980	18,236,786	375,377	1.41%	-0.59%
1981	18,501,295	375,459	1.45%	0.02%
1982	18,776,357	376,555	1.49%	0.29%
1983	19,054,034	378,746	1.48%	0.58%
1984	19,335,043	382,193	1.47%	0.91%
1985	19,620,388	386,972	1.48%	1.25%
1986	19,910,855	392,330	1.48%	1.38%
1987	20,205,483	396,911	1.48%	1.17%
1988	20,503,161	402,227	1.47%	1.34%
1989	20,804,367	408,409	1.47%	1.54%
1990	21,112,137	412,493	1.48%	1%
1991	21,428,638	415,013	1.5%	0.61%
1992	21,750,911	417,589	1.5%	0.62%
1993	22,073,352	419,352	1.48%	0.42%
1994	22,393,975	422,375	1.45%	0.72%
1995	22,669,304	429,606	1.23%	1.71%
1996	22,895,746	438,830	1%	2.15%
1997	23,110,830	448,067	0.94%	2.1%
1998	23,311,564	457,406	0.87%	2.08%
1999	23,497,599	466,916	0.8%	2.08%
2000	23,665,910	476,643	0.72%	2.08%
2001	23,815,358	486,560	0.63%	2.08%
2002	23,943,973	496,551	0.54%	2.05%
2003	24,090,380	506,414	0.61%	1.99%
2004	24,254,943	513,923	0.68%	1.48%
2005	24,396,433	519,313	0.58%	1.05%
2006	24,524,507	524,997	0.52%	1.09%
2007	24,646,383	531,016	0.5%	1.15%
2008	24,764,618	537,245	0.48%	1.17%
2009	24,878,332	543,568	0.46%	1.18%
2010	24,987,258	549,923	0.44%	1.17%
2011	25,097,874	556,269	0.44%	1.15%
2012	25,211,728	562,633	0.45%	1.14%
2013	25,329,451	569,020	0.47%	1.14%
2014	25,451,262	575,373	0.48%	1.12%
2015	25,575,350	581,627	0.49%	1.09%
2016	25,698,326	587,757	0.48%	1.05%
2017	25,817,709	593,713	0.46%	1.01%
2018	25,931,147	599,513	0.44%	0.98%
2019	26,037,632	605,768	0.41%	1.04%
2020	26,136,312	612,317	0.38%	1.08%
2021	26,232,534	617,896	0.37%	0.91%
2022	26,328,845	623,164	0.37%	0.85%
2023	26,418,204	628,886	0.34%	0.92%
2024	26,498,823	634,431	0.31%	0.88%
2025	26,571,033	639,852	0.27%	0.85%
2026	26,633,682	645,257	0.24%	0.84%
2027	26,686,492	650,564	0.2%	0.82%
2028	26,729,261	655,783	0.16%	0.8%
2029	26,762,008	660,793	0.12%	0.76%
2030	26,784,894	665,650	0.09%	0.74%
2031	26,797,946	670,421	0.05%	0.72%
2032	26,801,071	675,070	0.01%	0.69%
2033	26,795,061	679,573	-0.02%	0.67%
2034	26,780,481	683,911	-0.05%	0.64%
2035	26,757,705	688,189	-0.09%	0.63%
2036	26,727,309	692,343	-0.11%	0.6%
2037	26,689,907	696,213	-0.14%	0.56%
2038	26,646,323	699,908	-0.16%	0.53%
2039	26,596,967	703,569	-0.19%	0.52%
2040	26,542,417	707,156	-0.21%	0.51%
2041	26,483,475	710,619	-0.22%	0.49%
2042	26,420,812	713,900	-0.24%	0.46%
2043	26,354,324	716,999	-0.25%	0.43%
2044	26,284,000	719,920	-0.27%	0.41%
2045	26,210,196	722,759	-0.28%	0.39%
2046	26,132,922	725,322	-0.29%	0.35%
2047	26,052,086	727,726	-0.31%	0.33%
2048	25,967,581	730,038	-0.32%	0.32%
2049	25,879,244	732,021	-0.34%	0.27%
2050	25,787,120	733,898	-0.36%	0.26%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of North Korea increased by 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth), while Suriname gained 62,314 people (a 12% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, North Korea gained 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth), while Suriname's population increased by 62,566 (a 10.8% growth).

North Korea was ranked 46th most populous country in 2005 and is 56th in 2025. Suriname was ranked 164th in 2005 and ranked 165th 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 Suriname will increase by 13.9% to 733,898 people and will still be ranked 165th.