Demographics of North Korea

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date07 Jun 2024

There are 13.01 million males and 13.23 million females in North Korea. The percentage of the male population is 49.58%, compared to 50.42% of the female population. North Korea has 222k more females than males. The sex ratio in North Korea in 2024 will be 98.324 males per 100 females. North Korea is in the 113th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

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  • Population
  • Growth rate

North Korea population

Year Population Growth (%)
195011,103,379-5.25
195510,360,2691.75
196011,655,6662.33
196513,105,9462.47
197014,996,8792.61
197516,723,2521.67
198017,973,6501.43
198519,325,4871.47
199020,799,5231.49
199522,385,5361.05
200023,367,0590.65
200524,100,9820.59
201024,686,4350.39
201525,258,0150.53
202025,867,4670.42
202125,971,9090.39
202226,069,4160.36
202326,160,8210.34
202426,244,5820.30
  • Total
  • Crude

North Korea death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
1950842,523451,27875.24740.304
1955138,391355,35913.32934.225
1960138,839410,30811.90935.194
1965141,109465,09810.76535.481
1970133,692525,4378.91535.036
1975121,147399,6887.24723.908
1980113,611370,6866.32020.622
1985110,871394,7715.73620.425
1990116,050426,7895.57820.515
1995220,623458,3409.85620.475
2000251,475407,49410.76317.440
2005204,865350,2488.50114.534
2010214,964313,5768.71012.706
2015204,324341,9478.08813.536
2020234,829344,8969.07813.333
2021241,887343,8859.31313.240
2022243,813340,4079.35313.058
2023248,321338,5319.49212.940
2024252,690334,0059.62912.727
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  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of North Korea

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
19503,270,3367,279,13631.000
19553,577,1066,509,88535.463
19604,591,9106,832,26640.195
19655,657,7676,889,75845.091
19707,810,4376,599,96354.200
19759,227,7787,046,96256.700
19809,941,6487,530,49256.900
198510,881,5067,995,73257.644
199011,847,8608,445,19458.384
199512,902,7628,959,53759.018
200013,622,7239,306,35259.412
200514,295,9199,608,24859.805
201014,847,5519,744,04860.377
201515,468,8169,775,10161.277
202016,119,9049,720,95962.381
202116,256,1889,694,57462.642
202216,394,0469,662,80862.916
202316,533,3449,625,64763.203
202416,673,9649,583,09963.503
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  • Gender ratio

North Korea population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 865,167 818,481 1,683,648 6.42 105.704
05-09 862,683 818,466 1,681,149 6.41 105.402
10-14 802,356 764,398 1,566,754 5.97 104.966
15-19 844,453 807,186 1,651,639 6.29 104.617
20-24 907,346 871,303 1,778,649 6.78 104.137
25-29 979,417 943,130 1,922,547 7.33 103.848
30-34 996,236 963,111 1,959,346 7.47 103.439
35-39 922,384 894,140 1,816,524 6.92 103.159
40-44 856,887 834,602 1,691,489 6.45 102.670
45-49 822,590 807,764 1,630,354 6.21 101.835
50-54 1,039,953 1,036,525 2,076,477 7.91 100.331
55-59 978,448 996,495 1,974,944 7.53 98.189
60-64 732,612 769,523 1,502,135 5.72 95.203
65-69 593,044 649,365 1,242,410 4.73 91.327
70-74 319,572 384,663 704,236 2.68 83.078
75-79 274,770 391,367 666,137 2.54 70.208
80-84 154,224 284,113 438,336 1.67 54.283
85-89 52,432 147,088 199,519 0.76 35.647
90-94 6,524 43,248 49,772 0.19 15.085
95-99 295 7,522 7,817 0.03 3.922
100+ 4 697 701 0.00 0.574
Total 13,011,397 13,233,187 26,244,583 98.324