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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Korea	Syria	North Korea	Syria
1960	11,722,953	4,673,500	-	-
1961	11,990,713	4,815,466	2.28%	3.04%
1962	12,262,882	4,959,340	2.27%	2.99%
1963	12,567,057	5,110,467	2.48%	3.05%
1964	12,889,770	5,269,087	2.57%	3.1%
1965	13,219,369	5,435,267	2.56%	3.15%
1966	13,569,094	5,609,047	2.65%	3.2%
1967	13,958,350	5,790,198	2.87%	3.23%
1968	14,365,596	5,978,742	2.92%	3.26%
1969	14,767,615	6,175,166	2.8%	3.29%
1970	15,172,775	6,380,609	2.74%	3.33%
1971	15,572,457	6,598,094	2.63%	3.41%
1972	15,975,069	6,826,024	2.59%	3.45%
1973	16,350,367	7,060,321	2.35%	3.43%
1974	16,673,121	7,302,160	1.97%	3.43%
1975	16,971,055	7,554,364	1.79%	3.45%
1976	17,243,450	7,817,320	1.61%	3.48%
1977	17,492,798	8,090,501	1.45%	3.49%
1978	17,735,995	8,372,759	1.39%	3.49%
1979	17,983,470	8,661,909	1.4%	3.45%
1980	18,236,786	8,957,663	1.41%	3.41%
1981	18,501,295	9,260,189	1.45%	3.38%
1982	18,776,357	9,572,511	1.49%	3.37%
1983	19,054,034	9,904,809	1.48%	3.47%
1984	19,335,043	10,258,398	1.47%	3.57%
1985	19,620,388	10,625,672	1.48%	3.58%
1986	19,910,855	11,002,844	1.48%	3.55%
1987	20,205,483	11,388,923	1.48%	3.51%
1988	20,503,161	11,782,264	1.47%	3.45%
1989	20,804,367	12,179,060	1.47%	3.37%
1990	21,112,137	12,579,208	1.48%	3.29%
1991	21,428,638	12,980,821	1.5%	3.19%
1992	21,750,911	13,385,571	1.5%	3.12%
1993	22,073,352	13,795,686	1.48%	3.06%
1994	22,393,975	14,208,583	1.45%	2.99%
1995	22,669,304	14,616,801	1.23%	2.87%
1996	22,895,746	15,018,104	1%	2.75%
1997	23,110,830	15,417,542	0.94%	2.66%
1998	23,311,564	15,820,413	0.87%	2.61%
1999	23,497,599	16,228,061	0.8%	2.58%
2000	23,665,910	16,637,888	0.72%	2.53%
2001	23,815,358	17,051,338	0.63%	2.48%
2002	23,943,973	17,468,332	0.54%	2.45%
2003	24,090,380	17,889,296	0.61%	2.41%
2004	24,254,943	18,336,875	0.68%	2.5%
2005	24,396,433	18,814,091	0.58%	2.6%
2006	24,524,507	19,637,022	0.52%	4.37%
2007	24,646,383	20,884,125	0.5%	6.35%
2008	24,764,618	21,636,564	0.48%	3.6%
2009	24,878,332	21,976,969	0.46%	1.57%
2010	24,987,258	22,482,421	0.44%	2.3%
2011	25,097,874	22,878,098	0.44%	1.76%
2012	25,211,728	22,759,763	0.45%	-0.52%
2013	25,329,451	21,666,917	0.47%	-4.8%
2014	25,451,262	20,273,659	0.48%	-6.43%
2015	25,575,350	19,424,618	0.49%	-4.19%
2016	25,698,326	19,193,834	0.48%	-1.19%
2017	25,817,709	19,224,668	0.46%	0.16%
2018	25,931,147	19,577,845	0.44%	1.84%
2019	26,037,632	20,353,534	0.41%	3.96%
2020	26,136,312	21,049,429	0.38%	3.42%
2021	26,232,534	21,628,839	0.37%	2.75%
2022	26,328,845	22,462,173	0.37%	3.85%
2023	26,418,204	23,594,623	0.34%	5.04%
2024	26,498,823	24,672,760	0.31%	4.57%
2025	26,571,033	25,620,422	0.27%	3.84%
2026	26,633,682	26,472,499	0.24%	3.33%
2027	26,686,492	27,261,544	0.2%	2.98%
2028	26,729,261	28,006,558	0.16%	2.73%
2029	26,762,008	28,719,309	0.12%	2.54%
2030	26,784,894	29,395,545	0.09%	2.35%
2031	26,797,946	30,029,824	0.05%	2.16%
2032	26,801,071	30,633,661	0.01%	2.01%
2033	26,795,061	31,212,478	-0.02%	1.89%
2034	26,780,481	31,768,138	-0.05%	1.78%
2035	26,757,705	32,294,792	-0.09%	1.66%
2036	26,727,309	32,788,153	-0.11%	1.53%
2037	26,689,907	33,258,407	-0.14%	1.43%
2038	26,646,323	33,710,718	-0.16%	1.36%
2039	26,596,967	34,131,238	-0.19%	1.25%
2040	26,542,417	34,533,185	-0.21%	1.18%
2041	26,483,475	34,916,936	-0.22%	1.11%
2042	26,420,812	35,279,863	-0.24%	1.04%
2043	26,354,324	35,623,325	-0.25%	0.97%
2044	26,284,000	35,944,394	-0.27%	0.9%
2045	26,210,196	36,265,295	-0.28%	0.89%
2046	26,132,922	36,583,260	-0.29%	0.88%
2047	26,052,086	36,878,640	-0.31%	0.81%
2048	25,967,581	37,171,029	-0.32%	0.79%
2049	25,879,244	37,477,690	-0.34%	0.83%
2050	25,787,120	37,793,378	-0.36%	0.84%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of North Korea increased by 1,173,819 people (a 4.79% growth), while Syria lost 443,188 people (a 2.26% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, North Korea gained 935,933 (a 3.64% growth), while Syria's population increased by 7,287,288 (a 38% growth).

North Korea was ranked 46th most populous country in 2006 and is 56th in 2026. Syria was ranked 58th in 2006 and ranked 57th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) North Korea's population will shrink by 3.18% to 25,787,120 people with a rank change from 56th to 66th. The population of Syria will increase by 42.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.