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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Korea	Tanzania	North Korea	Tanzania
1960	11,722,953	9,901,419	-	-
1961	11,990,713	10,187,886	2.28%	2.89%
1962	12,262,882	10,487,756	2.27%	2.94%
1963	12,567,057	10,799,528	2.48%	2.97%
1964	12,889,770	11,127,826	2.57%	3.04%
1965	13,219,369	11,470,728	2.56%	3.08%
1966	13,569,094	11,827,459	2.65%	3.11%
1967	13,958,350	12,200,109	2.87%	3.15%
1968	14,365,596	12,602,076	2.92%	3.29%
1969	14,767,615	13,036,700	2.8%	3.45%
1970	15,172,775	13,492,677	2.74%	3.5%
1971	15,572,457	13,971,451	2.63%	3.55%
1972	15,975,069	14,479,308	2.59%	3.63%
1973	16,350,367	15,010,101	2.35%	3.67%
1974	16,673,121	15,561,630	1.97%	3.67%
1975	16,971,055	16,138,361	1.79%	3.71%
1976	17,243,450	16,736,211	1.61%	3.7%
1977	17,492,798	17,352,929	1.45%	3.68%
1978	17,735,995	17,976,566	1.39%	3.59%
1979	17,983,470	18,592,038	1.4%	3.42%
1980	18,236,786	19,189,769	1.41%	3.21%
1981	18,501,295	19,784,703	1.45%	3.1%
1982	18,776,357	20,398,571	1.49%	3.1%
1983	19,054,034	21,079,874	1.48%	3.34%
1984	19,335,043	21,779,066	1.47%	3.32%
1985	19,620,388	22,501,693	1.48%	3.32%
1986	19,910,855	23,258,959	1.48%	3.37%
1987	20,205,483	24,030,378	1.48%	3.32%
1988	20,503,161	24,769,686	1.47%	3.08%
1989	20,804,367	25,438,759	1.47%	2.7%
1990	21,112,137	26,110,207	1.48%	2.64%
1991	21,428,638	26,780,436	1.5%	2.57%
1992	21,750,911	27,457,588	1.5%	2.53%
1993	22,073,352	28,332,692	1.48%	3.19%
1994	22,393,975	29,442,356	1.45%	3.92%
1995	22,669,304	30,383,497	1.23%	3.2%
1996	22,895,746	30,945,762	1%	1.85%
1997	23,110,830	31,578,089	0.94%	2.04%
1998	23,311,564	32,420,458	0.87%	2.67%
1999	23,497,599	33,300,330	0.8%	2.71%
2000	23,665,910	34,260,139	0.72%	2.88%
2001	23,815,358	35,198,299	0.63%	2.74%
2002	23,943,973	36,121,304	0.54%	2.62%
2003	24,090,380	37,089,555	0.61%	2.68%
2004	24,254,943	38,109,668	0.68%	2.75%
2005	24,396,433	39,182,076	0.58%	2.81%
2006	24,524,507	40,294,902	0.52%	2.84%
2007	24,646,383	41,435,512	0.5%	2.83%
2008	24,764,618	42,570,728	0.48%	2.74%
2009	24,878,332	43,633,982	0.46%	2.5%
2010	24,987,258	44,758,488	0.44%	2.58%
2011	25,097,874	46,029,367	0.44%	2.84%
2012	25,211,728	47,374,260	0.45%	2.92%
2013	25,329,451	48,824,128	0.47%	3.06%
2014	25,451,262	50,351,512	0.48%	3.13%
2015	25,575,350	52,020,962	0.49%	3.32%
2016	25,698,326	53,824,013	0.48%	3.47%
2017	25,817,709	55,652,890	0.46%	3.4%
2018	25,931,147	57,437,145	0.44%	3.21%
2019	26,037,632	59,174,891	0.41%	3.03%
2020	26,136,312	60,972,798	0.38%	3.04%
2021	26,232,534	62,830,412	0.37%	3.05%
2022	26,328,845	64,711,821	0.37%	2.99%
2023	26,418,204	66,617,606	0.34%	2.95%
2024	26,498,823	68,560,157	0.31%	2.92%
2025	26,571,033	70,545,858	0.27%	2.9%
2026	26,633,682	72,563,773	0.24%	2.86%
2027	26,686,492	74,604,804	0.2%	2.81%
2028	26,729,261	76,670,483	0.16%	2.77%
2029	26,762,008	78,773,192	0.12%	2.74%
2030	26,784,894	80,913,118	0.09%	2.72%
2031	26,797,946	83,087,927	0.05%	2.69%
2032	26,801,071	85,293,126	0.01%	2.65%
2033	26,795,061	87,520,491	-0.02%	2.61%
2034	26,780,481	89,788,673	-0.05%	2.59%
2035	26,757,705	92,091,418	-0.09%	2.56%
2036	26,727,309	94,420,808	-0.11%	2.53%
2037	26,689,907	96,775,766	-0.14%	2.49%
2038	26,646,323	99,156,465	-0.16%	2.46%
2039	26,596,967	101,567,525	-0.19%	2.43%
2040	26,542,417	103,999,350	-0.21%	2.39%
2041	26,483,475	106,448,475	-0.22%	2.35%
2042	26,420,812	108,926,272	-0.24%	2.33%
2043	26,354,324	111,433,788	-0.25%	2.3%
2044	26,284,000	113,966,263	-0.27%	2.27%
2045	26,210,196	116,525,463	-0.28%	2.25%
2046	26,132,922	119,109,670	-0.29%	2.22%
2047	26,052,086	121,721,018	-0.31%	2.19%
2048	25,967,581	124,351,294	-0.32%	2.16%
2049	25,879,244	126,981,394	-0.34%	2.12%
2050	25,787,120	129,621,083	-0.36%	2.08%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of North Korea increased by 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth), while Tanzania gained 12,838,886 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, North Korea gained 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth), while Tanzania's population increased by 20,145,844 (a 38.7% growth).

North Korea was ranked 46th most populous country in 2005 and is 56th in 2025. Tanzania was ranked 31st in 2005 and ranked 20th 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 Tanzania will increase by 79.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.