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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Korea	Tonga	North Korea	Tonga
1960	11,722,953	66,170	-	-
1961	11,990,713	68,037	2.28%	2.82%
1962	12,262,882	69,940	2.27%	2.8%
1963	12,567,057	71,885	2.48%	2.78%
1964	12,889,770	73,879	2.57%	2.77%
1965	13,219,369	75,924	2.56%	2.77%
1966	13,569,094	78,002	2.65%	2.74%
1967	13,958,350	79,814	2.87%	2.32%
1968	14,365,596	81,353	2.92%	1.93%
1969	14,767,615	82,885	2.8%	1.88%
1970	15,172,775	84,401	2.74%	1.83%
1971	15,572,457	85,896	2.63%	1.77%
1972	15,975,069	87,356	2.59%	1.7%
1973	16,350,367	88,805	2.35%	1.66%
1974	16,673,121	90,683	1.97%	2.11%
1975	16,971,055	93,017	1.79%	2.57%
1976	17,243,450	95,325	1.61%	2.48%
1977	17,492,798	96,725	1.45%	1.47%
1978	17,735,995	97,204	1.39%	0.5%
1979	17,983,470	97,544	1.4%	0.35%
1980	18,236,786	97,769	1.41%	0.23%
1981	18,501,295	97,909	1.45%	0.14%
1982	18,776,357	97,980	1.49%	0.07%
1983	19,054,034	97,998	1.48%	0.02%
1984	19,335,043	97,990	1.47%	-0.008%
1985	19,620,388	97,984	1.48%	-0.006%
1986	19,910,855	98,010	1.48%	0.03%
1987	20,205,483	98,376	1.48%	0.37%
1988	20,503,161	98,969	1.47%	0.6%
1989	20,804,367	99,403	1.47%	0.44%
1990	21,112,137	99,700	1.48%	0.3%
1991	21,428,638	99,895	1.5%	0.2%
1992	21,750,911	100,022	1.5%	0.13%
1993	22,073,352	100,103	1.48%	0.08%
1994	22,393,975	100,166	1.45%	0.06%
1995	22,669,304	100,225	1.23%	0.06%
1996	22,895,746	100,275	1%	0.05%
1997	23,110,830	100,674	0.94%	0.4%
1998	23,311,564	101,388	0.87%	0.71%
1999	23,497,599	102,046	0.8%	0.65%
2000	23,665,910	102,677	0.72%	0.62%
2001	23,815,358	103,288	0.63%	0.6%
2002	23,943,973	103,874	0.54%	0.57%
2003	24,090,380	104,464	0.61%	0.57%
2004	24,254,943	105,071	0.68%	0.58%
2005	24,396,433	105,671	0.58%	0.57%
2006	24,524,507	106,253	0.52%	0.55%
2007	24,646,383	106,726	0.5%	0.45%
2008	24,764,618	107,020	0.48%	0.28%
2009	24,878,332	107,203	0.46%	0.17%
2010	24,987,258	107,400	0.44%	0.18%
2011	25,097,874	107,570	0.44%	0.16%
2012	25,211,728	107,460	0.45%	-0.1%
2013	25,329,451	107,078	0.47%	-0.36%
2014	25,451,262	106,609	0.48%	-0.44%
2015	25,575,350	106,095	0.49%	-0.48%
2016	25,698,326	105,524	0.48%	-0.54%
2017	25,817,709	105,356	0.46%	-0.16%
2018	25,931,147	105,567	0.44%	0.2%
2019	26,037,632	105,669	0.41%	0.1%
2020	26,136,312	105,704	0.38%	0.03%
2021	26,232,534	105,490	0.37%	-0.2%
2022	26,328,845	105,042	0.37%	-0.42%
2023	26,418,204	104,597	0.34%	-0.42%
2024	26,498,823	104,175	0.31%	-0.4%
2025	26,571,033	103,744	0.27%	-0.41%
2026	26,633,682	103,290	0.24%	-0.44%
2027	26,686,492	102,899	0.2%	-0.38%
2028	26,729,261	102,568	0.16%	-0.32%
2029	26,762,008	102,280	0.12%	-0.28%
2030	26,784,894	102,069	0.09%	-0.21%
2031	26,797,946	101,927	0.05%	-0.14%
2032	26,801,071	101,837	0.01%	-0.09%
2033	26,795,061	101,807	-0.02%	-0.03%
2034	26,780,481	101,806	-0.05%	-0.001%
2035	26,757,705	101,833	-0.09%	0.03%
2036	26,727,309	101,895	-0.11%	0.06%
2037	26,689,907	101,993	-0.14%	0.1%
2038	26,646,323	102,173	-0.16%	0.18%
2039	26,596,967	102,367	-0.19%	0.19%
2040	26,542,417	102,568	-0.21%	0.2%
2041	26,483,475	102,805	-0.22%	0.23%
2042	26,420,812	103,038	-0.24%	0.23%
2043	26,354,324	103,306	-0.25%	0.26%
2044	26,284,000	103,612	-0.27%	0.3%
2045	26,210,196	103,928	-0.28%	0.3%
2046	26,132,922	104,232	-0.29%	0.29%
2047	26,052,086	104,502	-0.31%	0.26%
2048	25,967,581	104,744	-0.32%	0.23%
2049	25,879,244	104,975	-0.34%	0.22%
2050	25,787,120	105,193	-0.36%	0.21%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of North Korea increased by 1,173,819 people (a 4.79% growth), while Tonga lost 729 people (a 0.69% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, North Korea gained 935,933 (a 3.64% growth), while Tonga's population decreased by -2,234 (a 2.12% decline).

North Korea was ranked 46th most populous country in 2006 and is 56th in 2026. Tonga was ranked 182nd in 2006 and ranked 183rd 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 Tonga will increase by 1.84% to 105,193 people and will still be ranked 183rd.