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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Korea	Zimbabwe	North Korea	Zimbabwe
1960	11,722,953	3,809,389	-	-
1961	11,990,713	3,930,401	2.28%	3.18%
1962	12,262,882	4,055,959	2.27%	3.19%
1963	12,567,057	4,185,877	2.48%	3.2%
1964	12,889,770	4,320,006	2.57%	3.2%
1965	13,219,369	4,458,462	2.56%	3.2%
1966	13,569,094	4,601,217	2.65%	3.2%
1967	13,958,350	4,748,307	2.87%	3.2%
1968	14,365,596	4,900,440	2.92%	3.2%
1969	14,767,615	5,058,181	2.8%	3.22%
1970	15,172,775	5,215,918	2.74%	3.12%
1971	15,572,457	5,374,712	2.63%	3.04%
1972	15,975,069	5,542,445	2.59%	3.12%
1973	16,350,367	5,720,404	2.35%	3.21%
1974	16,673,121	5,908,328	1.97%	3.29%
1975	16,971,055	6,098,658	1.79%	3.22%
1976	17,243,450	6,287,105	1.61%	3.09%
1977	17,492,798	6,449,512	1.45%	2.58%
1978	17,735,995	6,543,575	1.39%	1.46%
1979	17,983,470	6,647,556	1.4%	1.59%
1980	18,236,786	7,041,303	1.41%	5.92%
1981	18,501,295	7,498,635	1.45%	6.49%
1982	18,776,357	7,796,496	1.49%	3.97%
1983	19,054,034	8,098,404	1.48%	3.87%
1984	19,335,043	8,391,488	1.47%	3.62%
1985	19,620,388	8,686,813	1.48%	3.52%
1986	19,910,855	8,982,578	1.48%	3.4%
1987	20,205,483	9,284,644	1.48%	3.36%
1988	20,503,161	9,583,094	1.47%	3.21%
1989	20,804,367	9,864,798	1.47%	2.94%
1990	21,112,137	10,137,281	1.48%	2.76%
1991	21,428,638	10,404,816	1.5%	2.64%
1992	21,750,911	10,702,700	1.5%	2.86%
1993	22,073,352	10,860,288	1.48%	1.47%
1994	22,393,975	10,873,148	1.45%	0.12%
1995	22,669,304	10,974,599	1.23%	0.93%
1996	22,895,746	11,158,360	1%	1.67%
1997	23,110,830	11,369,827	0.94%	1.9%
1998	23,311,564	11,594,297	0.87%	1.97%
1999	23,497,599	11,783,458	0.8%	1.63%
2000	23,665,910	11,892,055	0.72%	0.92%
2001	23,815,358	11,971,901	0.63%	0.67%
2002	23,943,973	12,087,653	0.54%	0.97%
2003	24,090,380	12,232,323	0.61%	1.2%
2004	24,254,943	12,365,896	0.68%	1.09%
2005	24,396,433	12,483,432	0.58%	0.95%
2006	24,524,507	12,636,445	0.52%	1.23%
2007	24,646,383	12,804,058	0.5%	1.33%
2008	24,764,618	12,959,149	0.48%	1.21%
2009	24,878,332	13,142,790	0.46%	1.42%
2010	24,987,258	13,356,548	0.44%	1.63%
2011	25,097,874	13,595,424	0.44%	1.79%
2012	25,211,728	13,817,887	0.45%	1.64%
2013	25,329,451	14,013,808	0.47%	1.42%
2014	25,451,262	14,207,359	0.48%	1.38%
2015	25,575,350	14,399,013	0.49%	1.35%
2016	25,698,326	14,600,294	0.48%	1.4%
2017	25,817,709	14,812,482	0.46%	1.45%
2018	25,931,147	15,034,452	0.44%	1.5%
2019	26,037,632	15,271,368	0.41%	1.58%
2020	26,136,312	15,526,888	0.38%	1.67%
2021	26,232,534	15,797,210	0.37%	1.74%
2022	26,328,845	16,069,056	0.37%	1.72%
2023	26,418,204	16,340,822	0.34%	1.69%
2024	26,498,823	16,634,373	0.31%	1.8%
2025	26,571,033	16,950,805	0.27%	1.9%
2026	26,633,682	17,273,591	0.24%	1.9%
2027	26,686,492	17,600,621	0.2%	1.89%
2028	26,729,261	17,932,015	0.16%	1.88%
2029	26,762,008	18,268,967	0.12%	1.88%
2030	26,784,894	18,610,356	0.09%	1.87%
2031	26,797,946	18,956,207	0.05%	1.86%
2032	26,801,071	19,311,368	0.01%	1.87%
2033	26,795,061	19,675,929	-0.02%	1.89%
2034	26,780,481	20,041,125	-0.05%	1.86%
2035	26,757,705	20,409,159	-0.09%	1.84%
2036	26,727,309	20,778,662	-0.11%	1.81%
2037	26,689,907	21,144,748	-0.14%	1.76%
2038	26,646,323	21,512,919	-0.16%	1.74%
2039	26,596,967	21,881,123	-0.19%	1.71%
2040	26,542,417	22,250,123	-0.21%	1.69%
2041	26,483,475	22,627,428	-0.22%	1.7%
2042	26,420,812	23,000,906	-0.24%	1.65%
2043	26,354,324	23,371,301	-0.25%	1.61%
2044	26,284,000	23,740,630	-0.27%	1.58%
2045	26,210,196	24,102,391	-0.28%	1.52%
2046	26,132,922	24,462,491	-0.29%	1.49%
2047	26,052,086	24,816,449	-0.31%	1.45%
2048	25,967,581	25,168,419	-0.32%	1.42%
2049	25,879,244	25,518,513	-0.34%	1.39%
2050	25,787,120	25,866,397	-0.36%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of North Korea increased by 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth), while Zimbabwe gained 1,915,581 people (a 15.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, North Korea gained 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,811,079 (a 19.5% growth).

North Korea was ranked 46th most populous country in 2005 and is 56th in 2025. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2005 and ranked 74th 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 Zimbabwe will increase by 50.3% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.