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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Korea	United States	North Korea	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	11,722,953	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	11,990,713	183,691,481	2.28%	1.67%
1962	12,262,882	186,537,737	2.27%	1.55%
1963	12,567,057	189,241,798	2.48%	1.45%
1964	12,889,770	191,888,791	2.57%	1.4%
1965	13,219,369	194,302,963	2.56%	1.26%
1966	13,569,094	196,560,338	2.65%	1.16%
1967	13,958,350	198,712,056	2.87%	1.09%
1968	14,365,596	200,706,052	2.92%	1%
1969	14,767,615	202,676,946	2.8%	0.98%
1970	15,172,775	205,052,174	2.74%	1.17%
1971	15,572,457	207,660,677	2.63%	1.27%
1972	15,975,069	209,896,021	2.59%	1.08%
1973	16,350,367	211,908,788	2.35%	0.96%
1974	16,673,121	213,853,928	1.97%	0.92%
1975	16,971,055	215,973,199	1.79%	0.99%
1976	17,243,450	218,035,164	1.61%	0.95%
1977	17,492,798	220,239,425	1.45%	1.01%
1978	17,735,995	222,584,545	1.39%	1.06%
1979	17,983,470	225,055,487	1.4%	1.11%
1980	18,236,786	226,542,250	1.41%	0.66%
1981	18,501,295	229,465,744	1.45%	1.29%
1982	18,776,357	231,664,432	1.49%	0.96%
1983	19,054,034	233,792,014	1.48%	0.92%
1984	19,335,043	235,824,908	1.47%	0.87%
1985	19,620,388	237,923,734	1.48%	0.89%
1986	19,910,855	240,132,831	1.48%	0.93%
1987	20,205,483	242,288,936	1.48%	0.9%
1988	20,503,161	244,499,004	1.47%	0.91%
1989	20,804,367	246,819,222	1.47%	0.95%
1990	21,112,137	250,131,894	1.48%	1.34%
1991	21,428,638	253,492,503	1.5%	1.34%
1992	21,750,911	256,894,189	1.5%	1.34%
1993	22,073,352	260,255,352	1.48%	1.31%
1994	22,393,975	263,435,673	1.45%	1.22%
1995	22,669,304	266,557,091	1.23%	1.18%
1996	22,895,746	269,667,391	1%	1.17%
1997	23,110,830	272,911,760	0.94%	1.2%
1998	23,311,564	276,115,288	0.87%	1.17%
1999	23,497,599	279,294,713	0.8%	1.15%
2000	23,665,910	282,162,411	0.72%	1.03%
2001	23,815,358	284,968,955	0.63%	0.99%
2002	23,943,973	287,625,193	0.54%	0.93%
2003	24,090,380	290,107,933	0.61%	0.86%
2004	24,254,943	292,805,298	0.68%	0.93%
2005	24,396,433	295,516,599	0.58%	0.93%
2006	24,524,507	298,379,912	0.52%	0.97%
2007	24,646,383	301,231,207	0.5%	0.96%
2008	24,764,618	304,093,966	0.48%	0.95%
2009	24,878,332	306,771,529	0.46%	0.88%
2010	24,987,258	309,327,143	0.44%	0.83%
2011	25,097,874	311,583,481	0.44%	0.73%
2012	25,211,728	313,877,662	0.45%	0.74%
2013	25,329,451	316,059,947	0.47%	0.7%
2014	25,451,262	318,386,329	0.48%	0.74%
2015	25,575,350	320,738,994	0.49%	0.74%
2016	25,698,326	323,071,755	0.48%	0.73%
2017	25,817,709	325,122,128	0.46%	0.63%
2018	25,931,147	326,838,199	0.44%	0.53%
2019	26,037,632	328,329,953	0.41%	0.46%
2020	26,136,312	331,526,933	0.38%	0.97%
2021	26,232,534	331,893,745	0.37%	0.11%
2022	26,328,845	333,271,411	0.37%	0.42%
2023	26,418,204	334,914,895	0.34%	0.49%
2024	26,498,823	340,110,988	0.31%	1.55%
2025	26,571,033	341,931,772	0.27%	0.54%
2026	26,633,682	343,664,369	0.24%	0.51%
2027	26,686,492	345,331,185	0.2%	0.49%
2028	26,729,261	346,981,137	0.16%	0.48%
2029	26,762,008	348,601,982	0.12%	0.47%
2030	26,784,894	350,176,974	0.09%	0.45%
2031	26,797,946	351,725,612	0.05%	0.44%
2032	26,801,071	353,249,060	0.01%	0.43%
2033	26,795,061	354,749,644	-0.02%	0.42%
2034	26,780,481	356,234,239	-0.05%	0.42%
2035	26,757,705	357,694,316	-0.09%	0.41%
2036	26,727,309	359,119,002	-0.11%	0.4%
2037	26,689,907	360,517,853	-0.14%	0.39%
2038	26,646,323	361,895,407	-0.16%	0.38%
2039	26,596,967	363,229,908	-0.19%	0.37%
2040	26,542,417	364,512,364	-0.21%	0.35%
2041	26,483,475	365,753,139	-0.22%	0.34%
2042	26,420,812	366,969,419	-0.24%	0.33%
2043	26,354,324	368,146,925	-0.25%	0.32%
2044	26,284,000	369,258,123	-0.27%	0.3%
2045	26,210,196	370,318,770	-0.28%	0.29%
2046	26,132,922	371,328,255	-0.29%	0.27%
2047	26,052,086	372,299,116	-0.31%	0.26%
2048	25,967,581	373,230,539	-0.32%	0.25%
2049	25,879,244	374,119,803	-0.34%	0.24%
2050	25,787,120	374,986,259	-0.36%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of North Korea increased by 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, North Korea gained 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

North Korea was ranked 46th most populous country in 2005 and is 56th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.