North Korea Population

Live population as of 19 May 2024, updated in real time:

26,235,936

Historical and Future Population

Caveats and explanations

Year	Population
1950	11,171,079
1951	10,617,842
1952	10,240,215
1953	10,147,203
1954	10,189,548
1955	10,338,412
1956	10,529,185
1957	10,766,559
1958	11,070,743
1959	11,363,075
1960	11,624,344
1961	11,889,173
1962	12,149,451
1963	12,438,981
1964	12,751,884
1965	13,069,406
1966	13,404,092
1967	13,774,249
1968	14,171,674
1969	14,560,779
1970	14,952,504
1971	15,339,544
1972	15,721,423
1973	16,092,354
1974	16,404,185
1975	16,691,458
1976	16,958,827
1977	17,204,302
1978	17,444,702
1979	17,690,342
1980	17,944,269
1981	18,204,715
1982	18,471,628
1983	18,740,343
1984	19,013,045
1985	19,293,026
1986	19,579,786
1987	19,871,234
1988	20,162,664
1989	20,461,432
1990	20,764,622
1991	21,079,432
1992	21,402,049
1993	21,734,370
1994	22,067,412
1995	22,360,886
1996	22,588,411
1997	22,804,367
1998	23,002,686
1999	23,184,531
2000	23,349,778
2001	23,497,263
2002	23,626,330
2003	23,761,182
2004	23,930,193
2005	24,085,170
2006	24,221,772
2007	24,344,093
2008	24,456,435
2009	24,568,640
2010	24,675,695
2011	24,772,838
2012	24,875,269
2013	24,988,362
2014	25,111,070
2015	25,242,692
2016	25,375,086
2017	25,501,877
2018	25,624,664
2019	25,742,059
2020	25,854,530
2021	25,960,821
2022	26,058,330
2023	26,151,122
2024	26,235,936
2025	26,311,856
2026	26,380,024
2027	26,440,815
2028	26,491,737
2029	26,534,011
2030	26,566,075
2031	26,590,003
2032	26,606,075
2033	26,611,902
2034	26,609,795
2035	26,599,616
2036	26,582,700
2037	26,556,348
2038	26,525,111
2039	26,488,600
2040	26,446,301
2041	26,399,726
2042	26,347,347
2043	26,291,555
2044	26,233,974
2045	26,172,191
2046	26,107,720
2047	26,040,013
2048	25,969,409
2049	25,894,571
2050	25,816,290
2051	25,734,568
2052	25,649,134
2053	25,561,262
2054	25,470,433
2055	25,377,037
2056	25,279,393
2057	25,179,390
2058	25,077,589
2059	24,972,931
2060	24,867,539
2061	24,758,436
2062	24,650,319
2063	24,540,435
2064	24,429,882
2065	24,318,728
2066	24,206,595
2067	24,095,649
2068	23,984,918
2069	23,874,473
2070	23,764,464
2071	23,654,466
2072	23,544,641
2073	23,436,338
2074	23,327,260
2075	23,217,450
2076	23,107,613
2077	22,998,506
2078	22,888,466
2079	22,778,471
2080	22,668,707
2081	22,558,459
2082	22,448,465
2083	22,338,494
2084	22,229,503
2085	22,119,348
2086	22,010,412
2087	21,901,432
2088	21,792,784
2089	21,683,263
2090	21,573,360
2091	21,464,519
2092	21,354,737
2093	21,245,293
2094	21,136,277
2095	21,027,192
2096	20,919,470
2097	20,811,207
2098	20,702,430
2099	20,594,269
2100	20,486,519

Caveats and explanations

All data is based on the 2022 edition of the UN World Population prospects.
Table data shows population as of January 1st of that year.
Historical records are based on the current territory of the country. For example, the population of Germany in 1970 includes both East Germany and West Germany.
Years after 2021 are projections based on the UN's "medium fertility" scenario.
Country population includes all overseas territories and autonomous regions. For example, population for the United States includes Puerto Rico.
Morocco includes Western Sahara.
Population for Israel does NOT include Palestine.