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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Korea	United Kingdom	North Korea	United Kingdom
1960	11,722,953	52,400,000	-	-
1961	11,990,713	52,800,000	2.28%	0.76%
1962	12,262,882	53,250,000	2.27%	0.85%
1963	12,567,057	53,650,000	2.48%	0.75%
1964	12,889,770	54,000,000	2.57%	0.65%
1965	13,219,369	54,348,050	2.56%	0.64%
1966	13,569,094	54,648,500	2.65%	0.55%
1967	13,958,350	54,943,600	2.87%	0.54%
1968	14,365,596	55,211,700	2.92%	0.49%
1969	14,767,615	55,441,750	2.8%	0.42%
1970	15,172,775	55,663,250	2.74%	0.4%
1971	15,572,457	55,896,223	2.63%	0.42%
1972	15,975,069	56,086,065	2.59%	0.34%
1973	16,350,367	56,194,527	2.35%	0.19%
1974	16,673,121	56,229,974	1.97%	0.06%
1975	16,971,055	56,225,800	1.79%	-0.007%
1976	17,243,450	56,211,968	1.61%	-0.02%
1977	17,492,798	56,193,492	1.45%	-0.03%
1978	17,735,995	56,196,504	1.39%	0.005%
1979	17,983,470	56,246,951	1.4%	0.09%
1980	18,236,786	56,314,216	1.41%	0.12%
1981	18,501,295	56,333,829	1.45%	0.03%
1982	18,776,357	56,313,641	1.49%	-0.04%
1983	19,054,034	56,332,848	1.48%	0.03%
1984	19,335,043	56,422,072	1.47%	0.16%
1985	19,620,388	56,550,268	1.48%	0.23%
1986	19,910,855	56,681,396	1.48%	0.23%
1987	20,205,483	56,802,050	1.48%	0.21%
1988	20,503,161	56,928,327	1.47%	0.22%
1989	20,804,367	57,076,711	1.47%	0.26%
1990	21,112,137	57,247,586	1.48%	0.3%
1991	21,428,638	57,424,897	1.5%	0.31%
1992	21,750,911	57,580,402	1.5%	0.27%
1993	22,073,352	57,718,614	1.48%	0.24%
1994	22,393,975	57,865,745	1.45%	0.25%
1995	22,669,304	58,019,030	1.23%	0.26%
1996	22,895,746	58,166,950	1%	0.25%
1997	23,110,830	58,316,954	0.94%	0.26%
1998	23,311,564	58,487,141	0.87%	0.29%
1999	23,497,599	58,682,466	0.8%	0.33%
2000	23,665,910	58,892,514	0.72%	0.36%
2001	23,815,358	59,119,673	0.63%	0.39%
2002	23,943,973	59,370,479	0.54%	0.42%
2003	24,090,380	59,647,577	0.61%	0.47%
2004	24,254,943	59,987,905	0.68%	0.57%
2005	24,396,433	60,401,206	0.58%	0.69%
2006	24,524,507	60,846,820	0.52%	0.74%
2007	24,646,383	61,322,463	0.5%	0.78%
2008	24,764,618	61,806,995	0.48%	0.79%
2009	24,878,332	62,276,270	0.46%	0.76%
2010	24,987,258	62,766,365	0.44%	0.79%
2011	25,097,874	63,258,810	0.44%	0.78%
2012	25,211,728	63,711,000	0.45%	0.71%
2013	25,329,451	64,139,000	0.47%	0.67%
2014	25,451,262	64,620,000	0.48%	0.75%
2015	25,575,350	65,088,000	0.49%	0.72%
2016	25,698,326	65,607,000	0.48%	0.8%
2017	25,817,709	65,966,000	0.46%	0.55%
2018	25,931,147	66,289,000	0.44%	0.49%
2019	26,037,632	66,631,000	0.41%	0.52%
2020	26,136,312	66,744,000	0.38%	0.17%
2021	26,232,534	66,984,000	0.37%	0.36%
2022	26,328,845	67,604,000	0.37%	0.93%
2023	26,418,204	68,492,000	0.34%	1.31%
2024	26,498,823	69,226,000	0.31%	1.07%
2025	26,571,033	69,639,673	0.27%	0.6%
2026	26,633,682	70,020,350	0.24%	0.55%
2027	26,686,492	70,382,853	0.2%	0.52%
2028	26,729,261	70,732,699	0.16%	0.5%
2029	26,762,008	71,061,482	0.12%	0.46%
2030	26,784,894	71,377,535	0.09%	0.44%
2031	26,797,946	71,678,351	0.05%	0.42%
2032	26,801,071	71,959,934	0.01%	0.39%
2033	26,795,061	72,234,509	-0.02%	0.38%
2034	26,780,481	72,497,650	-0.05%	0.36%
2035	26,757,705	72,749,096	-0.09%	0.35%
2036	26,727,309	72,990,847	-0.11%	0.33%
2037	26,689,907	73,218,850	-0.14%	0.31%
2038	26,646,323	73,441,349	-0.16%	0.3%
2039	26,596,967	73,658,392	-0.19%	0.3%
2040	26,542,417	73,868,334	-0.21%	0.29%
2041	26,483,475	74,074,316	-0.22%	0.28%
2042	26,420,812	74,275,779	-0.24%	0.27%
2043	26,354,324	74,475,035	-0.25%	0.27%
2044	26,284,000	74,667,284	-0.27%	0.26%
2045	26,210,196	74,848,605	-0.28%	0.24%
2046	26,132,922	75,020,949	-0.29%	0.23%
2047	26,052,086	75,184,478	-0.31%	0.22%
2048	25,967,581	75,337,543	-0.32%	0.2%
2049	25,879,244	75,476,141	-0.34%	0.18%
2050	25,787,120	75,600,588	-0.36%	0.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of North Korea increased by 1,173,819 people (a 4.79% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,760,180 people (a 7.82% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, North Korea gained 935,933 (a 3.64% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,417,311 (a 6.73% growth).

North Korea was ranked 46th most populous country in 2006 and is 56th in 2026. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2006 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 7.96% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.