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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Korea	Venezuela	North Korea	Venezuela
1960	11,722,953	8,160,090	-	-
1961	11,990,713	8,455,915	2.28%	3.63%
1962	12,262,882	8,756,870	2.27%	3.56%
1963	12,567,057	9,064,021	2.48%	3.51%
1964	12,889,770	9,377,712	2.57%	3.46%
1965	13,219,369	9,697,790	2.56%	3.41%
1966	13,569,094	10,024,854	2.65%	3.37%
1967	13,958,350	10,358,513	2.87%	3.33%
1968	14,365,596	10,697,530	2.92%	3.27%
1969	14,767,615	11,040,280	2.8%	3.2%
1970	15,172,775	11,387,790	2.74%	3.15%
1971	15,572,457	11,741,008	2.63%	3.1%
1972	15,975,069	12,099,180	2.59%	3.05%
1973	16,350,367	12,463,537	2.35%	3.01%
1974	16,673,121	12,835,351	1.97%	2.98%
1975	16,971,055	13,215,892	1.79%	2.96%
1976	17,243,450	13,606,284	1.61%	2.95%
1977	17,492,798	14,006,812	1.45%	2.94%
1978	17,735,995	14,416,684	1.39%	2.93%
1979	17,983,470	14,834,552	1.4%	2.9%
1980	18,236,786	15,258,218	1.41%	2.86%
1981	18,501,295	15,687,297	1.45%	2.81%
1982	18,776,357	16,121,874	1.49%	2.77%
1983	19,054,034	16,562,205	1.48%	2.73%
1984	19,335,043	17,008,841	1.47%	2.7%
1985	19,620,388	17,461,434	1.48%	2.66%
1986	19,910,855	17,923,536	1.48%	2.65%
1987	20,205,483	18,394,963	1.48%	2.63%
1988	20,503,161	18,871,020	1.47%	2.59%
1989	20,804,367	19,348,921	1.47%	2.53%
1990	21,112,137	19,827,010	1.48%	2.47%
1991	21,428,638	20,304,896	1.5%	2.41%
1992	21,750,911	20,780,948	1.5%	2.34%
1993	22,073,352	21,254,520	1.48%	2.28%
1994	22,393,975	21,725,188	1.45%	2.21%
1995	22,669,304	22,193,821	1.23%	2.16%
1996	22,895,746	22,662,113	1%	2.11%
1997	23,110,830	23,131,685	0.94%	2.07%
1998	23,311,564	23,601,337	0.87%	2.03%
1999	23,497,599	24,066,593	0.8%	1.97%
2000	23,665,910	24,526,708	0.72%	1.91%
2001	23,815,358	24,979,922	0.63%	1.85%
2002	23,943,973	25,435,671	0.54%	1.82%
2003	24,090,380	25,892,703	0.61%	1.8%
2004	24,254,943	26,340,838	0.68%	1.73%
2005	24,396,433	26,785,804	0.58%	1.69%
2006	24,524,507	27,224,686	0.52%	1.64%
2007	24,646,383	27,649,363	0.5%	1.56%
2008	24,764,618	28,053,696	0.48%	1.46%
2009	24,878,332	28,438,298	0.46%	1.37%
2010	24,987,258	28,813,101	0.44%	1.32%
2011	25,097,874	29,185,212	0.44%	1.29%
2012	25,211,728	29,553,826	0.45%	1.26%
2013	25,329,451	29,912,198	0.47%	1.21%
2014	25,451,262	30,254,079	0.48%	1.14%
2015	25,575,350	30,573,972	0.49%	1.06%
2016	25,698,326	30,765,720	0.48%	0.63%
2017	25,817,709	30,565,323	0.46%	-0.65%
2018	25,931,147	29,807,592	0.44%	-2.48%
2019	26,037,632	28,938,098	0.41%	-2.92%
2020	26,136,312	28,444,077	0.38%	-1.71%
2021	26,232,534	28,237,826	0.37%	-0.73%
2022	26,328,845	28,213,017	0.37%	-0.09%
2023	26,418,204	28,300,854	0.34%	0.31%
2024	26,498,823	28,405,543	0.31%	0.37%
2025	26,571,033	28,516,898	0.27%	0.39%
2026	26,633,682	28,633,718	0.24%	0.41%
2027	26,686,492	28,758,565	0.2%	0.44%
2028	26,729,261	28,885,166	0.16%	0.44%
2029	26,762,008	29,014,444	0.12%	0.45%
2030	26,784,894	29,151,809	0.09%	0.47%
2031	26,797,946	29,295,744	0.05%	0.49%
2032	26,801,071	29,442,534	0.01%	0.5%
2033	26,795,061	29,587,099	-0.02%	0.49%
2034	26,780,481	29,735,159	-0.05%	0.5%
2035	26,757,705	29,883,329	-0.09%	0.5%
2036	26,727,309	30,020,167	-0.11%	0.46%
2037	26,689,907	30,146,546	-0.14%	0.42%
2038	26,646,323	30,268,328	-0.16%	0.4%
2039	26,596,967	30,386,284	-0.19%	0.39%
2040	26,542,417	30,495,445	-0.21%	0.36%
2041	26,483,475	30,590,207	-0.22%	0.31%
2042	26,420,812	30,674,532	-0.24%	0.28%
2043	26,354,324	30,749,671	-0.25%	0.24%
2044	26,284,000	30,813,805	-0.27%	0.21%
2045	26,210,196	30,871,490	-0.28%	0.19%
2046	26,132,922	30,923,463	-0.29%	0.17%
2047	26,052,086	30,974,366	-0.31%	0.16%
2048	25,967,581	31,021,600	-0.32%	0.15%
2049	25,879,244	31,059,954	-0.34%	0.12%
2050	25,787,120	31,094,884	-0.36%	0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of North Korea increased by 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth), while Venezuela gained 3,788,168 people (a 14.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, North Korea gained 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth), while Venezuela's population decreased by -1,963,235 (a 6.42% decline).

North Korea was ranked 46th most populous country in 2005 and is 56th in 2025. Venezuela was ranked 41st in 2005 and ranked 54th 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 Venezuela will increase by 8.68% to 31,094,884 people and rank change from 54th to 62nd.