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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Korea	Uzbekistan	North Korea	Uzbekistan
1960	11,722,953	8,209,109	-	-
1961	11,990,713	8,517,711	2.28%	3.76%
1962	12,262,882	8,854,368	2.27%	3.95%
1963	12,567,057	9,202,246	2.48%	3.93%
1964	12,889,770	9,557,611	2.57%	3.86%
1965	13,219,369	9,921,681	2.56%	3.81%
1966	13,569,094	10,289,294	2.65%	3.71%
1967	13,958,350	10,659,180	2.87%	3.59%
1968	14,365,596	11,032,155	2.92%	3.5%
1969	14,767,615	11,403,150	2.8%	3.36%
1970	15,172,775	11,762,638	2.74%	3.15%
1971	15,572,457	12,111,511	2.63%	2.97%
1972	15,975,069	12,465,106	2.59%	2.92%
1973	16,350,367	12,831,047	2.35%	2.94%
1974	16,673,121	13,209,011	1.97%	2.95%
1975	16,971,055	13,598,521	1.79%	2.95%
1976	17,243,450	13,998,620	1.61%	2.94%
1977	17,492,798	14,408,822	1.45%	2.93%
1978	17,735,995	14,816,349	1.39%	2.83%
1979	17,983,470	15,215,587	1.4%	2.69%
1980	18,236,786	15,619,936	1.41%	2.66%
1981	18,501,295	16,035,032	1.45%	2.66%
1982	18,776,357	16,462,736	1.49%	2.67%
1983	19,054,034	16,908,400	1.48%	2.71%
1984	19,335,043	17,378,846	1.47%	2.78%
1985	19,620,388	17,875,339	1.48%	2.86%
1986	19,910,855	18,395,621	1.48%	2.91%
1987	20,205,483	18,930,070	1.48%	2.91%
1988	20,503,161	19,460,630	1.47%	2.8%
1989	20,804,367	19,977,183	1.47%	2.65%
1990	21,112,137	20,464,956	1.48%	2.44%
1991	21,428,638	20,962,910	1.5%	2.43%
1992	21,750,911	21,485,090	1.5%	2.49%
1993	22,073,352	21,987,955	1.48%	2.34%
1994	22,393,975	22,463,291	1.45%	2.16%
1995	22,669,304	22,917,589	1.23%	2.02%
1996	22,895,746	23,351,981	1%	1.9%
1997	23,110,830	23,758,960	0.94%	1.74%
1998	23,311,564	24,134,929	0.87%	1.58%
1999	23,497,599	24,476,008	0.8%	1.41%
2000	23,665,910	24,787,054	0.72%	1.27%
2001	23,815,358	25,090,283	0.63%	1.22%
2002	23,943,973	25,399,980	0.54%	1.23%
2003	24,090,380	25,711,259	0.61%	1.23%
2004	24,254,943	26,029,350	0.68%	1.24%
2005	24,396,433	26,356,975	0.58%	1.26%
2006	24,524,507	26,699,043	0.52%	1.3%
2007	24,646,383	27,076,008	0.5%	1.41%
2008	24,764,618	27,494,774	0.48%	1.55%
2009	24,878,332	27,939,328	0.46%	1.62%
2010	24,987,258	28,385,506	0.44%	1.6%
2011	25,097,874	28,823,196	0.44%	1.54%
2012	25,211,728	29,261,903	0.45%	1.52%
2013	25,329,451	29,724,065	0.47%	1.58%
2014	25,451,262	30,222,994	0.48%	1.68%
2015	25,575,350	30,749,346	0.49%	1.74%
2016	25,698,326	31,284,568	0.48%	1.74%
2017	25,817,709	31,819,178	0.46%	1.71%
2018	25,931,147	32,373,490	0.44%	1.74%
2019	26,037,632	32,964,701	0.41%	1.83%
2020	26,136,312	33,586,372	0.38%	1.89%
2021	26,232,534	34,243,696	0.37%	1.96%
2022	26,328,845	34,938,955	0.37%	2.03%
2023	26,418,204	35,652,307	0.34%	2.04%
2024	26,498,823	36,361,859	0.31%	1.99%
2025	26,571,033	37,053,425	0.27%	1.9%
2026	26,633,682	37,724,224	0.24%	1.81%
2027	26,686,492	38,376,104	0.2%	1.73%
2028	26,729,261	39,010,995	0.16%	1.65%
2029	26,762,008	39,634,353	0.12%	1.6%
2030	26,784,894	40,248,246	0.09%	1.55%
2031	26,797,946	40,850,310	0.05%	1.5%
2032	26,801,071	41,442,243	0.01%	1.45%
2033	26,795,061	42,026,366	-0.02%	1.41%
2034	26,780,481	42,603,253	-0.05%	1.37%
2035	26,757,705	43,175,104	-0.09%	1.34%
2036	26,727,309	43,744,382	-0.11%	1.32%
2037	26,689,907	44,313,638	-0.14%	1.3%
2038	26,646,323	44,885,866	-0.16%	1.29%
2039	26,596,967	45,461,988	-0.19%	1.28%
2040	26,542,417	46,044,151	-0.21%	1.28%
2041	26,483,475	46,636,742	-0.22%	1.29%
2042	26,420,812	47,240,035	-0.24%	1.29%
2043	26,354,324	47,851,671	-0.25%	1.29%
2044	26,284,000	48,470,624	-0.27%	1.29%
2045	26,210,196	49,096,060	-0.28%	1.29%
2046	26,132,922	49,724,395	-0.29%	1.28%
2047	26,052,086	50,351,710	-0.31%	1.26%
2048	25,967,581	50,975,927	-0.32%	1.24%
2049	25,879,244	51,596,108	-0.34%	1.22%
2050	25,787,120	52,210,749	-0.36%	1.19%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of North Korea increased by 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth), while Uzbekistan gained 4,392,371 people (a 16.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, North Korea gained 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth), while Uzbekistan's population increased by 6,842,917 (a 22.3% growth).

North Korea was ranked 46th most populous country in 2005 and is 56th in 2025. Uzbekistan was ranked 42nd in 2005 and still ranked 42nd 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 Uzbekistan will increase by 38.9% to 52,210,749 people and rank change from 42nd to 39th.