Population in North Korea compared to the United Arab Emirates: Trends, Charts, Rankings

North Korea and the United Arab Emirates: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Korea	UAE	North Korea	UAE
1960	11,722,953	131,334	-	-
1961	11,990,713	137,989	2.28%	5.07%
1962	12,262,882	144,946	2.27%	5.04%
1963	12,567,057	152,211	2.48%	5.01%
1964	12,889,770	159,692	2.57%	4.91%
1965	13,219,369	167,103	2.56%	4.64%
1966	13,569,094	173,976	2.65%	4.11%
1967	13,958,350	179,700	2.87%	3.29%
1968	14,365,596	199,416	2.92%	11%
1969	14,767,615	239,660	2.8%	20.2%
1970	15,172,775	286,536	2.74%	19.6%
1971	15,572,457	335,027	2.63%	16.9%
1972	15,975,069	385,014	2.59%	14.9%
1973	16,350,367	436,399	2.35%	13.3%
1974	16,673,121	489,087	1.97%	12.1%
1975	16,971,055	542,856	1.79%	11%
1976	17,243,450	615,866	1.61%	13.4%
1977	17,492,798	710,209	1.45%	15.3%
1978	17,735,995	809,274	1.39%	13.9%
1979	17,983,470	912,010	1.4%	12.7%
1980	18,236,786	1,015,700	1.41%	11.4%
1981	18,501,295	1,099,855	1.45%	8.29%
1982	18,776,357	1,166,370	1.49%	6.05%
1983	19,054,034	1,235,305	1.48%	5.91%
1984	19,335,043	1,305,996	1.47%	5.72%
1985	19,620,388	1,377,911	1.48%	5.51%
1986	19,910,855	1,467,383	1.48%	6.49%
1987	20,205,483	1,574,244	1.48%	7.28%
1988	20,503,161	1,681,788	1.47%	6.83%
1989	20,804,367	1,789,851	1.47%	6.43%
1990	21,112,137	1,898,220	1.48%	6.05%
1991	21,428,638	2,006,626	1.5%	5.71%
1992	21,750,911	2,114,730	1.5%	5.39%
1993	22,073,352	2,222,093	1.48%	5.08%
1994	22,393,975	2,328,188	1.45%	4.77%
1995	22,669,304	2,434,662	1.23%	4.57%
1996	22,895,746	2,597,564	1%	6.69%
1997	23,110,830	2,817,410	0.94%	8.46%
1998	23,311,564	3,040,421	0.87%	7.92%
1999	23,497,599	3,266,009	0.8%	7.42%
2000	23,665,910	3,493,575	0.72%	6.97%
2001	23,815,358	3,723,590	0.63%	6.58%
2002	23,943,973	3,956,826	0.54%	6.26%
2003	24,090,380	4,192,457	0.61%	5.96%
2004	24,254,943	4,428,967	0.68%	5.64%
2005	24,396,433	4,664,790	0.58%	5.32%
2006	24,524,507	5,009,100	0.52%	7.38%
2007	24,646,383	5,624,635	0.5%	12.3%
2008	24,764,618	6,302,664	0.48%	12.1%
2009	24,878,332	6,707,058	0.46%	6.42%
2010	24,987,258	6,869,838	0.44%	2.43%
2011	25,097,874	7,104,538	0.44%	3.42%
2012	25,211,728	7,391,448	0.45%	4.04%
2013	25,329,451	7,693,031	0.47%	4.08%
2014	25,451,262	8,059,440	0.48%	4.76%
2015	25,575,350	8,505,237	0.49%	5.53%
2016	25,698,326	8,935,095	0.48%	5.05%
2017	25,817,709	9,223,225	0.46%	3.22%
2018	25,931,147	9,346,701	0.44%	1.34%
2019	26,037,632	9,445,785	0.41%	1.06%
2020	26,136,312	9,401,038	0.38%	-0.47%
2021	26,232,534	9,575,152	0.37%	1.85%
2022	26,328,845	10,074,977	0.37%	5.22%
2023	26,418,204	10,483,751	0.34%	4.06%
2024	26,498,823	10,876,981	0.31%	3.75%
2025	26,571,033	11,191,510	0.27%	2.89%
2026	26,633,682	11,417,074	0.24%	2.02%
2027	26,686,492	11,595,528	0.2%	1.56%
2028	26,729,261	11,750,055	0.16%	1.33%
2029	26,762,008	11,890,496	0.12%	1.2%
2030	26,784,894	12,024,613	0.09%	1.13%
2031	26,797,946	12,159,255	0.05%	1.12%
2032	26,801,071	12,298,043	0.01%	1.14%
2033	26,795,061	12,440,531	-0.02%	1.16%
2034	26,780,481	12,586,327	-0.05%	1.17%
2035	26,757,705	12,734,906	-0.09%	1.18%
2036	26,727,309	12,885,831	-0.11%	1.19%
2037	26,689,907	13,038,803	-0.14%	1.19%
2038	26,646,323	13,193,613	-0.16%	1.19%
2039	26,596,967	13,349,897	-0.19%	1.18%
2040	26,542,417	13,507,317	-0.21%	1.18%
2041	26,483,475	13,665,875	-0.22%	1.17%
2042	26,420,812	13,825,473	-0.24%	1.17%
2043	26,354,324	13,986,029	-0.25%	1.16%
2044	26,284,000	14,147,509	-0.27%	1.15%
2045	26,210,196	14,309,823	-0.28%	1.15%
2046	26,132,922	14,473,950	-0.29%	1.15%
2047	26,052,086	14,641,700	-0.31%	1.16%
2048	25,967,581	14,812,411	-0.32%	1.17%
2049	25,879,244	14,984,754	-0.34%	1.16%
2050	25,787,120	15,158,142	-0.36%	1.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of North Korea increased by 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth), while the United Arab Emirates gained 3,840,447 people (a 82.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, North Korea gained 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth), while the United Arab Emirates' population increased by 2,867,463 (a 33.7% growth).

North Korea was ranked 46th most populous country in 2005 and is 56th in 2025. The United Arab Emirates was ranked 115th in 2005 and ranked 86th 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 the United Arab Emirates will increase by 33.3% to 15,158,142 people and rank change from 86th to 84th.