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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Korea	Vanuatu	North Korea	Vanuatu
1960	11,722,953	64,431	-	-
1961	11,990,713	66,264	2.28%	2.84%
1962	12,262,882	68,174	2.27%	2.88%
1963	12,567,057	70,159	2.48%	2.91%
1964	12,889,770	72,219	2.57%	2.94%
1965	13,219,369	74,358	2.56%	2.96%
1966	13,569,094	76,590	2.65%	3%
1967	13,958,350	78,921	2.87%	3.04%
1968	14,365,596	81,314	2.92%	3.03%
1969	14,767,615	83,755	2.8%	3%
1970	15,172,775	86,266	2.74%	3%
1971	15,572,457	88,862	2.63%	3.01%
1972	15,975,069	91,562	2.59%	3.04%
1973	16,350,367	94,362	2.35%	3.06%
1974	16,673,121	97,260	1.97%	3.07%
1975	16,971,055	100,269	1.79%	3.09%
1976	17,243,450	103,388	1.61%	3.11%
1977	17,492,798	106,618	1.45%	3.12%
1978	17,735,995	109,963	1.39%	3.14%
1979	17,983,470	113,040	1.4%	2.8%
1980	18,236,786	115,660	1.41%	2.32%
1981	18,501,295	118,249	1.45%	2.24%
1982	18,776,357	121,035	1.49%	2.36%
1983	19,054,034	123,998	1.48%	2.45%
1984	19,335,043	127,109	1.47%	2.51%
1985	19,620,388	130,356	1.48%	2.55%
1986	19,910,855	133,720	1.48%	2.58%
1987	20,205,483	137,187	1.48%	2.59%
1988	20,503,161	140,756	1.47%	2.6%
1989	20,804,367	144,393	1.47%	2.58%
1990	21,112,137	148,063	1.48%	2.54%
1991	21,428,638	151,793	1.5%	2.52%
1992	21,750,911	155,608	1.5%	2.51%
1993	22,073,352	159,463	1.48%	2.48%
1994	22,393,975	163,314	1.45%	2.41%
1995	22,669,304	167,137	1.23%	2.34%
1996	22,895,746	170,911	1%	2.26%
1997	23,110,830	174,626	0.94%	2.17%
1998	23,311,564	178,313	0.87%	2.11%
1999	23,497,599	182,048	0.8%	2.09%
2000	23,665,910	186,281	0.72%	2.33%
2001	23,815,358	191,031	0.63%	2.55%
2002	23,943,973	195,863	0.54%	2.53%
2003	24,090,380	200,746	0.61%	2.49%
2004	24,254,943	205,711	0.68%	2.47%
2005	24,396,433	210,760	0.58%	2.45%
2006	24,524,507	215,923	0.52%	2.45%
2007	24,646,383	221,276	0.5%	2.48%
2008	24,764,618	226,896	0.48%	2.54%
2009	24,878,332	232,731	0.46%	2.57%
2010	24,987,258	238,248	0.44%	2.37%
2011	25,097,874	243,474	0.44%	2.19%
2012	25,211,728	248,883	0.45%	2.22%
2013	25,329,451	254,482	0.47%	2.25%
2014	25,451,262	260,240	0.48%	2.26%
2015	25,575,350	266,101	0.49%	2.25%
2016	25,698,326	272,087	0.48%	2.25%
2017	25,817,709	278,507	0.46%	2.36%
2018	25,931,147	285,259	0.44%	2.42%
2019	26,037,632	291,985	0.41%	2.36%
2020	26,136,312	298,858	0.38%	2.35%
2021	26,232,534	305,868	0.37%	2.35%
2022	26,328,845	313,046	0.37%	2.35%
2023	26,418,204	320,409	0.34%	2.35%
2024	26,498,823	327,777	0.31%	2.3%
2025	26,571,033	335,169	0.27%	2.26%
2026	26,633,682	342,565	0.24%	2.21%
2027	26,686,492	349,970	0.2%	2.16%
2028	26,729,261	357,397	0.16%	2.12%
2029	26,762,008	364,883	0.12%	2.09%
2030	26,784,894	372,429	0.09%	2.07%
2031	26,797,946	380,015	0.05%	2.04%
2032	26,801,071	387,657	0.01%	2.01%
2033	26,795,061	395,366	-0.02%	1.99%
2034	26,780,481	403,188	-0.05%	1.98%
2035	26,757,705	411,061	-0.09%	1.95%
2036	26,727,309	419,006	-0.11%	1.93%
2037	26,689,907	427,031	-0.14%	1.92%
2038	26,646,323	435,150	-0.16%	1.9%
2039	26,596,967	443,311	-0.19%	1.88%
2040	26,542,417	451,509	-0.21%	1.85%
2041	26,483,475	459,733	-0.22%	1.82%
2042	26,420,812	468,003	-0.24%	1.8%
2043	26,354,324	476,308	-0.25%	1.77%
2044	26,284,000	484,636	-0.27%	1.75%
2045	26,210,196	492,989	-0.28%	1.72%
2046	26,132,922	501,316	-0.29%	1.69%
2047	26,052,086	509,621	-0.31%	1.66%
2048	25,967,581	517,889	-0.32%	1.62%
2049	25,879,244	526,138	-0.34%	1.59%
2050	25,787,120	534,374	-0.36%	1.57%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of North Korea increased by 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth), while Vanuatu gained 55,341 people (a 26.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, North Korea gained 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth), while Vanuatu's population increased by 75,009 (a 28.2% growth).

North Korea was ranked 46th most populous country in 2005 and is 56th in 2025. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2005 and ranked 174th 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 Vanuatu will increase by 56.7% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.