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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Korea	Uganda	North Korea	Uganda
1960	11,722,953	7,640,973	-	-
1961	11,990,713	7,862,217	2.28%	2.9%
1962	12,262,882	8,092,231	2.27%	2.93%
1963	12,567,057	8,333,663	2.48%	2.98%
1964	12,889,770	8,586,363	2.57%	3.03%
1965	13,219,369	8,849,203	2.56%	3.06%
1966	13,569,094	9,122,864	2.65%	3.09%
1967	13,958,350	9,408,924	2.87%	3.14%
1968	14,365,596	9,708,632	2.92%	3.19%
1969	14,767,615	10,014,858	2.8%	3.15%
1970	15,172,775	10,321,603	2.74%	3.06%
1971	15,572,457	10,618,206	2.63%	2.87%
1972	15,975,069	10,885,796	2.59%	2.52%
1973	16,350,367	11,144,236	2.35%	2.37%
1974	16,673,121	11,424,846	1.97%	2.52%
1975	16,971,055	11,725,240	1.79%	2.63%
1976	17,243,450	12,037,294	1.61%	2.66%
1977	17,492,798	12,359,669	1.45%	2.68%
1978	17,735,995	12,692,113	1.39%	2.69%
1979	17,983,470	13,002,163	1.4%	2.44%
1980	18,236,786	13,275,741	1.41%	2.1%
1981	18,501,295	13,556,452	1.45%	2.11%
1982	18,776,357	13,873,631	1.49%	2.34%
1983	19,054,034	14,221,881	1.48%	2.51%
1984	19,335,043	14,607,677	1.47%	2.71%
1985	19,620,388	15,023,681	1.48%	2.85%
1986	19,910,855	15,467,579	1.48%	2.95%
1987	20,205,483	15,954,170	1.48%	3.15%
1988	20,503,161	16,470,483	1.47%	3.24%
1989	20,804,367	17,010,698	1.47%	3.28%
1990	21,112,137	17,569,897	1.48%	3.29%
1991	21,428,638	18,155,901	1.5%	3.34%
1992	21,750,911	18,785,032	1.5%	3.47%
1993	22,073,352	19,445,161	1.48%	3.51%
1994	22,393,975	20,108,801	1.45%	3.41%
1995	22,669,304	20,665,667	1.23%	2.77%
1996	22,895,746	21,231,550	1%	2.74%
1997	23,110,830	21,856,046	0.94%	2.94%
1998	23,311,564	22,515,806	0.87%	3.02%
1999	23,497,599	23,257,281	0.8%	3.29%
2000	23,665,910	24,000,150	0.72%	3.19%
2001	23,815,358	24,745,676	0.63%	3.11%
2002	23,943,973	25,532,870	0.54%	3.18%
2003	24,090,380	26,352,124	0.61%	3.21%
2004	24,254,943	27,154,515	0.68%	3.04%
2005	24,396,433	27,963,289	0.58%	2.98%
2006	24,524,507	28,794,003	0.52%	2.97%
2007	24,646,383	29,653,430	0.5%	2.98%
2008	24,764,618	30,539,553	0.48%	2.99%
2009	24,878,332	31,451,151	0.46%	2.98%
2010	24,987,258	32,390,802	0.44%	2.99%
2011	25,097,874	33,354,543	0.44%	2.98%
2012	25,211,728	34,337,438	0.45%	2.95%
2013	25,329,451	35,337,042	0.47%	2.91%
2014	25,451,262	36,395,539	0.48%	3%
2015	25,575,350	37,531,446	0.49%	3.12%
2016	25,698,326	38,799,152	0.48%	3.38%
2017	25,817,709	40,177,388	0.46%	3.55%
2018	25,931,147	41,565,831	0.44%	3.46%
2019	26,037,632	42,999,637	0.41%	3.45%
2020	26,136,312	44,457,152	0.38%	3.39%
2021	26,232,534	45,910,930	0.37%	3.27%
2022	26,328,845	47,312,719	0.37%	3.05%
2023	26,418,204	48,656,601	0.34%	2.84%
2024	26,498,823	50,015,092	0.31%	2.79%
2025	26,571,033	51,384,895	0.27%	2.74%
2026	26,633,682	52,761,471	0.24%	2.68%
2027	26,686,492	54,144,274	0.2%	2.62%
2028	26,729,261	55,532,564	0.16%	2.56%
2029	26,762,008	56,922,797	0.12%	2.5%
2030	26,784,894	58,312,944	0.09%	2.44%
2031	26,797,946	59,703,537	0.05%	2.38%
2032	26,801,071	61,089,060	0.01%	2.32%
2033	26,795,061	62,464,116	-0.02%	2.25%
2034	26,780,481	63,833,872	-0.05%	2.19%
2035	26,757,705	65,205,570	-0.09%	2.15%
2036	26,727,309	66,573,737	-0.11%	2.1%
2037	26,689,907	67,942,634	-0.14%	2.06%
2038	26,646,323	69,312,210	-0.16%	2.02%
2039	26,596,967	70,669,875	-0.19%	1.96%
2040	26,542,417	72,020,414	-0.21%	1.91%
2041	26,483,475	73,372,658	-0.22%	1.88%
2042	26,420,812	74,730,004	-0.24%	1.85%
2043	26,354,324	76,090,991	-0.25%	1.82%
2044	26,284,000	77,449,517	-0.27%	1.79%
2045	26,210,196	78,797,995	-0.28%	1.74%
2046	26,132,922	80,139,174	-0.29%	1.7%
2047	26,052,086	81,478,503	-0.31%	1.67%
2048	25,967,581	82,812,102	-0.32%	1.64%
2049	25,879,244	84,130,056	-0.34%	1.59%
2050	25,787,120	85,431,202	-0.36%	1.55%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of North Korea increased by 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth), while Uganda gained 9,568,157 people (a 34.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, North Korea gained 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth), while Uganda's population increased by 14,959,223 (a 39.9% growth).

North Korea was ranked 46th most populous country in 2005 and is 56th in 2025. Uganda was ranked 40th in 2005 and ranked 30th 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 Uganda will increase by 62.8% to 85,431,202 people and rank change from 30th to 20th.