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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Korea	Vietnam	North Korea	Vietnam
1960	11,722,953	32,531,933	-	-
1961	11,990,713	33,409,059	2.28%	2.7%
1962	12,262,882	34,288,560	2.27%	2.63%
1963	12,567,057	35,249,101	2.48%	2.8%
1964	12,889,770	36,201,563	2.57%	2.7%
1965	13,219,369	37,129,656	2.56%	2.56%
1966	13,569,094	38,024,836	2.65%	2.41%
1967	13,958,350	38,895,080	2.87%	2.29%
1968	14,365,596	39,734,609	2.92%	2.16%
1969	14,767,615	40,582,096	2.8%	2.13%
1970	15,172,775	41,475,230	2.74%	2.2%
1971	15,572,457	42,449,276	2.63%	2.35%
1972	15,975,069	43,429,168	2.59%	2.31%
1973	16,350,367	44,409,861	2.35%	2.26%
1974	16,673,121	45,413,537	1.97%	2.26%
1975	16,971,055	46,482,903	1.79%	2.35%
1976	17,243,450	47,684,931	1.61%	2.59%
1977	17,492,798	48,954,872	1.45%	2.66%
1978	17,735,995	50,249,552	1.39%	2.64%
1979	17,983,470	51,378,211	1.4%	2.25%
1980	18,236,786	52,490,101	1.41%	2.16%
1981	18,501,295	53,738,141	1.45%	2.38%
1982	18,776,357	55,011,289	1.49%	2.37%
1983	19,054,034	56,337,921	1.48%	2.41%
1984	19,335,043	57,706,067	1.47%	2.43%
1985	19,620,388	59,060,622	1.48%	2.35%
1986	19,910,855	60,347,048	1.48%	2.18%
1987	20,205,483	61,584,651	1.48%	2.05%
1988	20,503,161	62,843,228	1.47%	2.04%
1989	20,804,367	64,147,348	1.47%	2.08%
1990	21,112,137	65,504,552	1.48%	2.12%
1991	21,428,638	66,891,775	1.5%	2.12%
1992	21,750,911	68,260,337	1.5%	2.05%
1993	22,073,352	69,586,384	1.48%	1.94%
1994	22,393,975	70,854,391	1.45%	1.82%
1995	22,669,304	72,049,940	1.23%	1.69%
1996	22,895,746	73,156,447	1%	1.54%
1997	23,110,830	74,226,889	0.94%	1.46%
1998	23,311,564	75,299,660	0.87%	1.45%
1999	23,497,599	76,287,452	0.8%	1.31%
2000	23,665,910	77,154,011	0.72%	1.14%
2001	23,815,358	77,969,361	0.63%	1.06%
2002	23,943,973	78,772,224	0.54%	1.03%
2003	24,090,380	79,563,777	0.61%	1%
2004	24,254,943	80,338,971	0.68%	0.97%
2005	24,396,433	81,088,313	0.58%	0.93%
2006	24,524,507	82,167,897	0.52%	1.33%
2007	24,646,383	83,633,375	0.5%	1.78%
2008	24,764,618	85,175,788	0.48%	1.84%
2009	24,878,332	86,460,018	0.46%	1.51%
2010	24,987,258	87,455,152	0.44%	1.15%
2011	25,097,874	88,468,314	0.44%	1.16%
2012	25,211,728	89,510,356	0.45%	1.18%
2013	25,329,451	90,573,104	0.47%	1.19%
2014	25,451,262	91,679,578	0.48%	1.22%
2015	25,575,350	92,823,254	0.49%	1.25%
2016	25,698,326	94,000,117	0.48%	1.27%
2017	25,817,709	95,176,977	0.46%	1.25%
2018	25,931,147	96,237,319	0.44%	1.11%
2019	26,037,632	97,173,776	0.41%	0.97%
2020	26,136,312	98,079,191	0.38%	0.93%
2021	26,232,534	98,935,098	0.37%	0.87%
2022	26,328,845	99,680,655	0.37%	0.75%
2023	26,418,204	100,352,192	0.34%	0.67%
2024	26,498,823	100,987,686	0.31%	0.63%
2025	26,571,033	101,598,531	0.27%	0.6%
2026	26,633,682	102,177,434	0.24%	0.57%
2027	26,686,492	102,727,392	0.2%	0.54%
2028	26,729,261	103,255,746	0.16%	0.51%
2029	26,762,008	103,761,151	0.12%	0.49%
2030	26,784,894	104,254,900	0.09%	0.48%
2031	26,797,946	104,737,913	0.05%	0.46%
2032	26,801,071	105,204,401	0.01%	0.45%
2033	26,795,061	105,656,307	-0.02%	0.43%
2034	26,780,481	106,097,515	-0.05%	0.42%
2035	26,757,705	106,530,671	-0.09%	0.41%
2036	26,727,309	106,945,842	-0.11%	0.39%
2037	26,689,907	107,346,046	-0.14%	0.37%
2038	26,646,323	107,732,019	-0.16%	0.36%
2039	26,596,967	108,097,653	-0.19%	0.34%
2040	26,542,417	108,437,634	-0.21%	0.31%
2041	26,483,475	108,752,199	-0.22%	0.29%
2042	26,420,812	109,040,314	-0.24%	0.26%
2043	26,354,324	109,292,559	-0.25%	0.23%
2044	26,284,000	109,506,274	-0.27%	0.2%
2045	26,210,196	109,685,396	-0.28%	0.16%
2046	26,132,922	109,827,664	-0.29%	0.13%
2047	26,052,086	109,930,243	-0.31%	0.09%
2048	25,967,581	109,994,024	-0.32%	0.06%
2049	25,879,244	110,018,017	-0.34%	0.02%
2050	25,787,120	110,008,910	-0.36%	-0.008%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of North Korea increased by 1,173,819 people (a 4.79% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,832,220 people (a 14.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, North Korea gained 935,933 (a 3.64% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 8,183,327 (a 8.71% growth).

North Korea was ranked 46th most populous country in 2006 and is 56th in 2026. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2006 and ranked 16th 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 Vietnam will increase by 7.66% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.