Population of North Korea

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	06 Feb 2025

The current population of North Korea is 26,572,888 as of July 12, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of North Korea is projected at 26,571,036, or 26.57 million, as of July 1, 2025. The total population in North Korea is projected at 26,498,823, or 26.50 million people, for the year 2024.

North Korea ranks 56th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. North Korea is ranked 21st among 51 countries and territories in Asia.

North Korea population projections

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	26,460,314	26,498,823	77,018	0.291	0.325
2025	26,537,332	26,571,036	67,409	0.254	0.323
2026	26,604,741	26,633,691	57,900	0.217	0.321
2027	26,662,641	26,686,498	47,714	0.179	0.319
2028	26,710,355	26,729,272	37,835	0.142	0.317
2029	26,748,190	26,762,017	27,654	0.103	0.315
2030	26,775,844	26,784,904	18,119	0.068	0.313
2031	26,793,963	26,797,950	7,975	0.030	0.310
2032	26,801,938	26,801,082	-1,712	-0.006	0.308
2033	26,800,226	26,795,075	-10,302	-0.038	0.306
2034	26,789,924	26,780,495	-18,859	-0.070	0.304
2035	26,771,065	26,757,724	-26,683	-0.100	0.301
2036	26,744,382	26,727,322	-34,120	-0.128	0.299
2037	26,710,262	26,689,925	-40,675	-0.152	0.296
2038	26,669,587	26,646,328	-46,517	-0.175	0.294
2039	26,623,070	26,596,979	-52,182	-0.196	0.292
2040	26,570,888	26,542,432	-56,911	-0.214	0.289
2041	26,513,977	26,483,481	-60,993	-0.230	0.287
2042	26,452,984	26,420,821	-64,326	-0.243	0.285
2043	26,388,658	26,354,342	-68,631	-0.260	0.282
2044	26,320,027	26,284,018	-72,019	-0.274	0.280
2045	26,248,008	26,210,203	-75,610	-0.288	0.278
2046	26,172,398	26,132,926	-78,944	-0.302	0.275
2047	26,093,454	26,052,096	-82,715	-0.317	0.273
2048	26,010,739	25,967,589	-86,301	-0.332	0.271
2049	25,924,438	25,879,257	-90,362	-0.349	0.269
2050	25,834,076	25,787,127	-93,897	-0.364	0.267
2051	25,740,179	25,691,411	-97,535	-0.380	0.265
2052	25,642,644	25,592,171	-100,946	-0.394	0.263
2053	25,541,698	25,489,485	-104,426	-0.410	0.261
2054	25,437,272	25,383,403	-107,738	-0.424	0.259
2055	25,329,534	25,274,088	-110,893	-0.439	0.257
2056	25,218,641	25,161,315	-114,653	-0.456	0.255
2057	25,103,988	25,045,442	-117,092	-0.468	0.253
2058	24,986,896	24,926,872	-120,048	-0.482	0.251
2059	24,866,848	24,805,874	-121,949	-0.492	0.249
2060	24,744,899	24,682,709	-124,380	-0.504	0.247
2061	24,620,519	24,557,407	-126,225	-0.514	0.245
2062	24,494,294	24,430,636	-127,317	-0.521	0.243
2063	24,366,977	24,302,979	-127,996	-0.527	0.242
2064	24,238,981	24,174,439	-129,084	-0.534	0.240
2065	24,109,897	24,045,013	-129,769	-0.540	0.238
2066	23,980,128	23,915,148	-129,959	-0.543	0.236
2067	23,850,169	23,785,392	-129,554	-0.545	0.235
2068	23,720,615	23,655,910	-129,410	-0.547	0.233
2069	23,591,205	23,526,598	-129,214	-0.549	0.231
2070	23,461,991	23,397,808	-128,366	-0.549	0.230
2071	23,333,625	23,269,557	-128,136	-0.551	0.228
2072	23,205,489	23,141,672	-127,634	-0.552	0.227
2073	23,077,855	23,014,120	-127,471	-0.554	0.225
2074	22,950,384	22,886,769	-127,230	-0.556	0.223
2075	22,823,154	22,759,811	-126,686	-0.557	0.222
2076	22,696,468	22,633,219	-126,498	-0.559	0.221
2077	22,569,970	22,506,532	-126,877	-0.564	0.219
2078	22,443,093	22,379,596	-126,993	-0.567	0.218
2079	22,316,100	22,252,378	-127,444	-0.573	0.216
2080	22,188,656	22,124,706	-127,900	-0.578	0.215
2081	22,060,756	21,996,518	-128,476	-0.584	0.214
2082	21,932,280	21,867,789	-128,982	-0.590	0.213
2083	21,803,298	21,738,766	-129,064	-0.594	0.211
2084	21,674,234	21,609,357	-129,753	-0.600	0.210
2085	21,544,481	21,479,322	-130,317	-0.607	0.209
2086	21,414,164	21,348,619	-131,091	-0.614	0.208
2087	21,283,073	21,217,308	-131,530	-0.620	0.206
2088	21,151,543	21,085,766	-131,554	-0.624	0.205
2089	21,019,989	20,953,947	-132,083	-0.630	0.204
2090	20,887,906	20,821,743	-132,327	-0.636	0.203
2091	20,755,579	20,689,264	-132,631	-0.641	0.202
2092	20,622,948	20,556,691	-132,515	-0.645	0.200
2093	20,490,433	20,424,481	-131,905	-0.646	0.199
2094	20,358,528	20,292,746	-131,564	-0.648	0.198
2095	20,226,964	20,161,119	-131,691	-0.653	0.197
2096	20,095,273	20,029,753	-131,039	-0.654	0.196
2097	19,964,234	19,899,159	-130,150	-0.654	0.195
2098	19,834,084	19,769,478	-129,213	-0.654	0.194
2099	19,704,871	19,640,506	-128,730	-0.655	0.193
2100	19,576,141	19,512,149	-127,984	-0.656	0.192

North Korea population estimates

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	11,394,743	11,116,736	-556,015	-5.003	0.446
1951	10,838,728	10,583,568	-510,319	-4.823	0.417
1952	10,328,409	10,253,642	-149,534	-1.458	0.397
1953	10,178,875	10,177,413	-2,925	-0.029	0.386
1954	10,175,950	10,242,801	133,703	1.305	0.381
1955	10,309,653	10,403,325	187,343	1.801	0.380
1956	10,496,996	10,600,379	206,766	1.951	0.379
1957	10,703,762	10,854,685	301,846	2.781	0.381
1958	11,005,608	11,163,747	316,279	2.833	0.383
1959	11,321,887	11,452,989	262,205	2.290	0.386
1960	11,584,092	11,722,953	277,722	2.369	0.389
1961	11,861,814	11,990,713	257,798	2.150	0.391
1962	12,119,612	12,262,882	286,541	2.337	0.393
1963	12,406,153	12,567,057	321,807	2.561	0.394
1964	12,727,960	12,889,770	323,619	2.511	0.395
1965	13,051,579	13,219,369	335,579	2.539	0.396
1966	13,387,158	13,569,094	363,871	2.682	0.399
1967	13,751,029	13,958,350	414,641	2.971	0.402
1968	14,165,670	14,365,596	399,853	2.784	0.405
1969	14,565,523	14,767,615	404,185	2.737	0.408
1970	14,969,708	15,172,775	406,134	2.677	0.411
1971	15,375,842	15,572,457	393,229	2.525	0.413
1972	15,769,071	15,975,069	411,996	2.579	0.415
1973	16,181,067	16,350,367	338,599	2.071	0.417
1974	16,519,666	16,673,121	306,909	1.841	0.417
1975	16,826,575	16,971,055	288,960	1.703	0.417
1976	17,115,535	17,243,450	255,831	1.484	0.416
1977	17,371,366	17,492,798	242,864	1.388	0.415
1978	17,614,230	17,735,995	243,529	1.373	0.413
1979	17,857,759	17,983,470	251,423	1.398	0.412
1980	18,109,182	18,236,786	255,209	1.399	0.410
1981	18,364,391	18,501,295	273,808	1.480	0.409
1982	18,638,199	18,776,357	276,316	1.472	0.407
1983	18,914,515	19,054,034	279,037	1.464	0.406
1984	19,193,552	19,335,043	282,982	1.464	0.404
1985	19,476,534	19,620,388	287,708	1.466	0.403
1986	19,764,242	19,910,855	293,226	1.473	0.402
1987	20,057,468	20,205,483	296,030	1.465	0.400
1988	20,353,498	20,503,161	299,326	1.460	0.399
1989	20,652,824	20,804,367	303,086	1.457	0.397
1990	20,955,910	21,112,137	312,453	1.480	0.396
1991	21,268,363	21,428,638	320,550	1.496	0.395
1992	21,588,913	21,750,911	323,995	1.490	0.395
1993	21,912,908	22,073,352	320,887	1.454	0.395
1994	22,233,795	22,393,975	320,360	1.431	0.395
1995	22,554,155	22,669,304	230,297	1.016	0.394
1996	22,784,452	22,895,746	222,588	0.972	0.392
1997	23,007,040	23,110,830	207,580	0.898	0.390
1998	23,214,620	23,311,564	193,887	0.832	0.388
1999	23,408,507	23,497,599	178,183	0.758	0.386
2000	23,586,690	23,665,910	158,439	0.669	0.383
2001	23,745,129	23,815,358	140,459	0.590	0.381
2002	23,885,588	23,943,973	116,770	0.488	0.378
2003	24,002,358	24,090,380	176,044	0.731	0.375
2004	24,178,402	24,254,943	153,082	0.631	0.373
2005	24,331,484	24,396,433	129,899	0.532	0.370
2006	24,461,383	24,524,507	126,248	0.515	0.368
2007	24,587,631	24,646,383	117,505	0.477	0.365
2008	24,705,136	24,764,618	118,963	0.480	0.362
2009	24,824,099	24,878,332	108,466	0.436	0.359
2010	24,932,565	24,987,258	109,387	0.438	0.356
2011	25,041,952	25,097,874	111,843	0.446	0.353
2012	25,153,795	25,211,728	115,866	0.460	0.350
2013	25,269,661	25,329,451	119,581	0.472	0.347
2014	25,389,242	25,451,262	124,039	0.487	0.345
2015	25,513,281	25,575,350	124,138	0.485	0.342
2016	25,637,419	25,698,326	121,815	0.474	0.340
2017	25,759,234	25,817,709	116,949	0.453	0.338
2018	25,876,183	25,931,147	109,929	0.424	0.335
2019	25,986,112	26,037,632	103,041	0.396	0.333
2020	26,089,153	26,136,312	94,318	0.361	0.331
2021	26,183,471	26,232,534	98,125	0.374	0.330
2022	26,281,596	26,328,845	94,498	0.359	0.328
2023	26,376,094	26,418,204	84,220	0.319	0.326