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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Korea	Tunisia	North Korea	Tunisia
1960	11,722,953	4,267,288	-	-
1961	11,990,713	4,316,278	2.28%	1.15%
1962	12,262,882	4,369,136	2.27%	1.22%
1963	12,567,057	4,427,131	2.48%	1.33%
1964	12,889,770	4,489,869	2.57%	1.42%
1965	13,219,369	4,561,385	2.56%	1.59%
1966	13,569,094	4,652,287	2.65%	1.99%
1967	13,958,350	4,760,970	2.87%	2.34%
1968	14,365,596	4,879,899	2.92%	2.5%
1969	14,767,615	5,004,697	2.8%	2.56%
1970	15,172,775	5,131,396	2.74%	2.53%
1971	15,572,457	5,261,658	2.63%	2.54%
1972	15,975,069	5,396,557	2.59%	2.56%
1973	16,350,367	5,537,242	2.35%	2.61%
1974	16,673,121	5,684,674	1.97%	2.66%
1975	16,971,055	5,839,262	1.79%	2.72%
1976	17,243,450	5,996,994	1.61%	2.7%
1977	17,492,798	6,155,931	1.45%	2.65%
1978	17,735,995	6,309,390	1.39%	2.49%
1979	17,983,470	6,456,419	1.4%	2.33%
1980	18,236,786	6,606,195	1.41%	2.32%
1981	18,501,295	6,758,284	1.45%	2.3%
1982	18,776,357	6,908,642	1.49%	2.22%
1983	19,054,034	7,053,800	1.48%	2.1%
1984	19,335,043	7,220,044	1.47%	2.36%
1985	19,620,388	7,409,903	1.48%	2.63%
1986	19,910,855	7,600,301	1.48%	2.57%
1987	20,205,483	7,789,987	1.48%	2.5%
1988	20,503,161	7,974,440	1.47%	2.37%
1989	20,804,367	8,151,660	1.47%	2.22%
1990	21,112,137	8,324,509	1.48%	2.12%
1991	21,428,638	8,501,827	1.5%	2.13%
1992	21,750,911	8,682,512	1.5%	2.13%
1993	22,073,352	8,857,910	1.48%	2.02%
1994	22,393,975	9,018,448	1.45%	1.81%
1995	22,669,304	9,161,258	1.23%	1.58%
1996	22,895,746	9,294,432	1%	1.45%
1997	23,110,830	9,421,270	0.94%	1.36%
1998	23,311,564	9,541,667	0.87%	1.28%
1999	23,497,599	9,655,963	0.8%	1.2%
2000	23,665,910	9,764,935	0.72%	1.13%
2001	23,815,358	9,869,677	0.63%	1.07%
2002	23,943,973	9,971,515	0.54%	1.03%
2003	24,090,380	10,071,632	0.61%	1%
2004	24,254,943	10,166,163	0.68%	0.94%
2005	24,396,433	10,255,472	0.58%	0.88%
2006	24,524,507	10,346,410	0.52%	0.89%
2007	24,646,383	10,441,702	0.5%	0.92%
2008	24,764,618	10,542,635	0.48%	0.97%
2009	24,878,332	10,650,681	0.46%	1.02%
2010	24,987,258	10,765,980	0.44%	1.08%
2011	25,097,874	10,886,035	0.44%	1.12%
2012	25,211,728	11,009,647	0.45%	1.14%
2013	25,329,451	11,141,361	0.47%	1.2%
2014	25,451,262	11,274,288	0.48%	1.19%
2015	25,575,350	11,402,264	0.49%	1.14%
2016	25,698,326	11,528,674	0.48%	1.11%
2017	25,817,709	11,650,498	0.46%	1.06%
2018	25,931,147	11,765,514	0.44%	0.99%
2019	26,037,632	11,875,081	0.41%	0.93%
2020	26,136,312	11,974,057	0.38%	0.83%
2021	26,232,534	12,048,622	0.37%	0.62%
2022	26,328,845	12,119,334	0.37%	0.59%
2023	26,418,204	12,200,431	0.34%	0.67%
2024	26,498,823	12,277,109	0.31%	0.63%
2025	26,571,033	12,348,580	0.27%	0.58%
2026	26,633,682	12,415,147	0.24%	0.54%
2027	26,686,492	12,476,105	0.2%	0.49%
2028	26,729,261	12,531,994	0.16%	0.45%
2029	26,762,008	12,582,709	0.12%	0.4%
2030	26,784,894	12,628,154	0.09%	0.36%
2031	26,797,946	12,669,925	0.05%	0.33%
2032	26,801,071	12,709,155	0.01%	0.31%
2033	26,795,061	12,746,538	-0.02%	0.29%
2034	26,780,481	12,781,017	-0.05%	0.27%
2035	26,757,705	12,812,275	-0.09%	0.24%
2036	26,727,309	12,842,495	-0.11%	0.24%
2037	26,689,907	12,872,063	-0.14%	0.23%
2038	26,646,323	12,900,190	-0.16%	0.22%
2039	26,596,967	12,927,314	-0.19%	0.21%
2040	26,542,417	12,953,871	-0.21%	0.21%
2041	26,483,475	12,979,696	-0.22%	0.2%
2042	26,420,812	13,005,242	-0.24%	0.2%
2043	26,354,324	13,030,307	-0.25%	0.19%
2044	26,284,000	13,054,103	-0.27%	0.18%
2045	26,210,196	13,076,097	-0.28%	0.17%
2046	26,132,922	13,095,748	-0.29%	0.15%
2047	26,052,086	13,113,228	-0.31%	0.13%
2048	25,967,581	13,127,662	-0.32%	0.11%
2049	25,879,244	13,138,151	-0.34%	0.08%
2050	25,787,120	13,145,144	-0.36%	0.05%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of North Korea increased by 1,173,819 people (a 4.79% growth), while Tunisia gained 1,182,264 people (a 11.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, North Korea gained 935,933 (a 3.64% growth), while Tunisia's population increased by 887,139 (a 7.7% growth).

North Korea was ranked 46th most populous country in 2006 and is 56th in 2026. Tunisia was ranked 79th in 2006 and ranked 81st 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 Tunisia will increase by 5.87% to 13,145,144 people and rank change from 81st to 89th.