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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Korea	Turkey	North Korea	Turkey
1960	11,722,953	28,329,898	-	-
1961	11,990,713	29,119,238	2.28%	2.79%
1962	12,262,882	29,916,147	2.27%	2.74%
1963	12,567,057	30,726,841	2.48%	2.71%
1964	12,889,770	31,543,072	2.57%	2.66%
1965	13,219,369	32,345,220	2.56%	2.54%
1966	13,569,094	33,177,672	2.65%	2.57%
1967	13,958,350	34,050,421	2.87%	2.63%
1968	14,365,596	34,921,684	2.92%	2.56%
1969	14,767,615	35,787,774	2.8%	2.48%
1970	15,172,775	36,638,465	2.74%	2.38%
1971	15,572,457	37,518,611	2.63%	2.4%
1972	15,975,069	38,430,221	2.59%	2.43%
1973	16,350,367	39,329,533	2.35%	2.34%
1974	16,673,121	40,210,234	1.97%	2.24%
1975	16,971,055	41,053,126	1.79%	2.1%
1976	17,243,450	41,899,984	1.61%	2.06%
1977	17,492,798	42,773,298	1.45%	2.08%
1978	17,735,995	43,645,306	1.39%	2.04%
1979	17,983,470	44,510,429	1.4%	1.98%
1980	18,236,786	45,408,815	1.41%	2.02%
1981	18,501,295	46,321,190	1.45%	2.01%
1982	18,776,357	47,322,096	1.49%	2.16%
1983	19,054,034	48,447,410	1.48%	2.38%
1984	19,335,043	49,574,069	1.47%	2.33%
1985	19,620,388	50,687,115	1.48%	2.25%
1986	19,910,855	51,777,772	1.48%	2.15%
1987	20,205,483	52,843,670	1.48%	2.06%
1988	20,503,161	53,909,626	1.47%	2.02%
1989	20,804,367	54,976,723	1.47%	1.98%
1990	21,112,137	56,015,628	1.48%	1.89%
1991	21,428,638	57,009,887	1.5%	1.77%
1992	21,750,911	57,990,118	1.5%	1.72%
1993	22,073,352	58,999,167	1.48%	1.74%
1994	22,393,975	60,033,836	1.45%	1.75%
1995	22,669,304	61,024,503	1.23%	1.65%
1996	22,895,746	61,951,134	1%	1.52%
1997	23,110,830	62,852,966	0.94%	1.46%
1998	23,311,564	63,734,383	0.87%	1.4%
1999	23,497,599	64,591,923	0.8%	1.35%
2000	23,665,910	65,425,961	0.72%	1.29%
2001	23,815,358	66,245,128	0.63%	1.25%
2002	23,943,973	67,048,795	0.54%	1.21%
2003	24,090,380	67,831,730	0.61%	1.17%
2004	24,254,943	68,592,617	0.68%	1.12%
2005	24,396,433	69,329,557	0.58%	1.07%
2006	24,524,507	70,045,349	0.52%	1.03%
2007	24,646,383	70,158,112	0.5%	0.16%
2008	24,764,618	71,051,678	0.48%	1.27%
2009	24,878,332	72,039,206	0.46%	1.39%
2010	24,987,258	73,142,150	0.44%	1.53%
2011	25,097,874	74,223,629	0.44%	1.48%
2012	25,211,728	75,175,827	0.45%	1.28%
2013	25,329,451	76,147,624	0.47%	1.29%
2014	25,451,262	77,181,884	0.48%	1.36%
2015	25,575,350	78,218,479	0.49%	1.34%
2016	25,698,326	79,277,962	0.48%	1.35%
2017	25,817,709	80,312,698	0.46%	1.31%
2018	25,931,147	81,407,204	0.44%	1.36%
2019	26,037,632	82,579,440	0.41%	1.44%
2020	26,136,312	83,384,680	0.38%	0.98%
2021	26,232,534	84,147,318	0.37%	0.91%
2022	26,328,845	84,979,913	0.37%	0.99%
2023	26,418,204	85,325,965	0.34%	0.41%
2024	26,498,823	85,518,661	0.31%	0.23%
2025	26,571,033	85,725,557	0.27%	0.24%
2026	26,633,682	85,960,835	0.24%	0.27%
2027	26,686,492	86,227,115	0.2%	0.31%
2028	26,729,261	86,502,744	0.16%	0.32%
2029	26,762,008	86,771,652	0.12%	0.31%
2030	26,784,894	87,037,680	0.09%	0.31%
2031	26,797,946	87,297,191	0.05%	0.3%
2032	26,801,071	87,537,075	0.01%	0.27%
2033	26,795,061	87,762,403	-0.02%	0.26%
2034	26,780,481	87,974,138	-0.05%	0.24%
2035	26,757,705	88,172,739	-0.09%	0.23%
2036	26,727,309	88,364,318	-0.11%	0.22%
2037	26,689,907	88,545,669	-0.14%	0.21%
2038	26,646,323	88,707,268	-0.16%	0.18%
2039	26,596,967	88,849,956	-0.19%	0.16%
2040	26,542,417	88,975,510	-0.21%	0.14%
2041	26,483,475	89,083,304	-0.22%	0.12%
2042	26,420,812	89,177,769	-0.24%	0.11%
2043	26,354,324	89,254,147	-0.25%	0.09%
2044	26,284,000	89,311,458	-0.27%	0.06%
2045	26,210,196	89,349,806	-0.28%	0.04%
2046	26,132,922	89,375,429	-0.29%	0.03%
2047	26,052,086	89,383,765	-0.31%	0.009%
2048	25,967,581	89,361,174	-0.32%	-0.03%
2049	25,879,244	89,306,566	-0.34%	-0.06%
2050	25,787,120	89,218,346	-0.36%	-0.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of North Korea increased by 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth), while Turkey gained 8,888,922 people (a 12.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, North Korea gained 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth), while Turkey's population increased by 7,696,071 (a 9.84% growth).

North Korea was ranked 46th most populous country in 2005 and is 56th in 2025. Turkey was ranked 18th in 2005 and still ranked 18th 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 Turkey will increase by 3.85% to 89,218,346 people and rank change from 18th to 19th.