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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Korea	Thailand	North Korea	Thailand
1960	11,722,953	26,851,747	-	-
1961	11,990,713	27,650,334	2.28%	2.97%
1962	12,262,882	28,481,040	2.27%	3%
1963	12,567,057	29,342,322	2.48%	3.02%
1964	12,889,770	30,232,141	2.57%	3.03%
1965	13,219,369	31,149,337	2.56%	3.03%
1966	13,569,094	32,086,071	2.65%	3.01%
1967	13,958,350	33,037,801	2.87%	2.97%
1968	14,365,596	34,002,560	2.92%	2.92%
1969	14,767,615	34,973,782	2.8%	2.86%
1970	15,172,775	35,954,408	2.74%	2.8%
1971	15,572,457	36,937,387	2.63%	2.73%
1972	15,975,069	37,933,929	2.59%	2.7%
1973	16,350,367	38,947,787	2.35%	2.67%
1974	16,673,121	39,952,891	1.97%	2.58%
1975	16,971,055	40,940,005	1.79%	2.47%
1976	17,243,450	41,896,504	1.61%	2.34%
1977	17,492,798	42,843,974	1.45%	2.26%
1978	17,735,995	43,788,976	1.39%	2.21%
1979	17,983,470	44,718,434	1.4%	2.12%
1980	18,236,786	45,650,022	1.41%	2.08%
1981	18,501,295	46,575,855	1.45%	2.03%
1982	18,776,357	47,494,577	1.49%	1.97%
1983	19,054,034	48,423,309	1.48%	1.96%
1984	19,335,043	49,351,708	1.47%	1.92%
1985	19,620,388	50,270,753	1.48%	1.86%
1986	19,910,855	51,177,834	1.48%	1.8%
1987	20,205,483	52,074,105	1.48%	1.75%
1988	20,503,161	52,969,595	1.47%	1.72%
1989	20,804,367	53,848,956	1.47%	1.66%
1990	21,112,137	54,738,329	1.48%	1.65%
1991	21,428,638	55,637,434	1.5%	1.64%
1992	21,750,911	56,528,834	1.5%	1.6%
1993	22,073,352	57,408,198	1.48%	1.56%
1994	22,393,975	58,260,854	1.45%	1.49%
1995	22,669,304	59,098,232	1.23%	1.44%
1996	22,895,746	59,920,064	1%	1.39%
1997	23,110,830	60,724,584	0.94%	1.34%
1998	23,311,564	61,522,630	0.87%	1.31%
1999	23,497,599	62,299,043	0.8%	1.26%
2000	23,665,910	63,007,815	0.72%	1.14%
2001	23,815,358	63,651,141	0.63%	1.02%
2002	23,943,973	64,266,437	0.54%	0.97%
2003	24,090,380	64,868,166	0.61%	0.94%
2004	24,254,943	65,452,047	0.68%	0.9%
2005	24,396,433	66,017,420	0.58%	0.86%
2006	24,524,507	66,567,687	0.52%	0.83%
2007	24,646,383	67,102,394	0.5%	0.8%
2008	24,764,618	67,619,830	0.48%	0.77%
2009	24,878,332	68,121,080	0.46%	0.74%
2010	24,987,258	68,579,447	0.44%	0.67%
2011	25,097,874	69,007,208	0.44%	0.62%
2012	25,211,728	69,436,098	0.45%	0.62%
2013	25,329,451	69,845,114	0.47%	0.59%
2014	25,451,262	70,216,367	0.48%	0.53%
2015	25,575,350	70,540,795	0.49%	0.46%
2016	25,698,326	70,859,841	0.48%	0.45%
2017	25,817,709	71,160,187	0.46%	0.42%
2018	25,931,147	71,376,079	0.44%	0.3%
2019	26,037,632	71,522,271	0.41%	0.2%
2020	26,136,312	71,641,484	0.38%	0.17%
2021	26,232,534	71,727,332	0.37%	0.12%
2022	26,328,845	71,735,329	0.37%	0.01%
2023	26,418,204	71,702,435	0.34%	-0.05%
2024	26,498,823	71,668,011	0.31%	-0.05%
2025	26,571,033	71,619,867	0.27%	-0.07%
2026	26,633,682	71,559,621	0.24%	-0.08%
2027	26,686,492	71,488,156	0.2%	-0.1%
2028	26,729,261	71,406,996	0.16%	-0.11%
2029	26,762,008	71,316,195	0.12%	-0.13%
2030	26,784,894	71,215,017	0.09%	-0.14%
2031	26,797,946	71,104,025	0.05%	-0.16%
2032	26,801,071	70,982,286	0.01%	-0.17%
2033	26,795,061	70,847,947	-0.02%	-0.19%
2034	26,780,481	70,701,651	-0.05%	-0.21%
2035	26,757,705	70,540,884	-0.09%	-0.23%
2036	26,727,309	70,366,496	-0.11%	-0.25%
2037	26,689,907	70,180,031	-0.14%	-0.26%
2038	26,646,323	69,979,034	-0.16%	-0.29%
2039	26,596,967	69,763,928	-0.19%	-0.31%
2040	26,542,417	69,535,003	-0.21%	-0.33%
2041	26,483,475	69,288,477	-0.22%	-0.35%
2042	26,420,812	69,025,348	-0.24%	-0.38%
2043	26,354,324	68,748,075	-0.25%	-0.4%
2044	26,284,000	68,456,533	-0.27%	-0.42%
2045	26,210,196	68,150,148	-0.28%	-0.45%
2046	26,132,922	67,827,309	-0.29%	-0.47%
2047	26,052,086	67,489,358	-0.31%	-0.5%
2048	25,967,581	67,136,737	-0.32%	-0.52%
2049	25,879,244	66,767,316	-0.34%	-0.55%
2050	25,787,120	66,382,732	-0.36%	-0.58%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of North Korea increased by 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth), while Thailand gained 4,523,375 people (a 6.85% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, North Korea gained 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth), while Thailand's population increased by 1,079,072 (a 1.53% growth).

North Korea was ranked 46th most populous country in 2005 and is 56th in 2025. Thailand was ranked 19th in 2005 and ranked 21st 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 Thailand will decrease by 7.31% to 66,382,732 people and rank change from 21st to 31st.