North Korea Population

• The current population of North Korea is 25,615,301 as of Monday, July 16, 2018, based on the latest United Nations estimates.
• North Korea population is equivalent to 0.34% of the total world population.
• North Korea ranks number 52 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
• The population density in North Korea is 213 per Km2 (551 people per mi2).
• The total land area is 120,410 Km2 (46,491 sq. miles)
• 61.2 % of the population is urban (15,683,237 people in 2018)
• The median age in North Korea is 34.3 years.

Population of North Korea (2018 and historical)

Year	Population	Yearly %  Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	DPRK Global Rank
2018	25,610,672	0.47 %	119,707	-2,031	34.3	1.94	213	60.7 %	15,683,237	0.34 %	7,632,819,325	52
2017	25,490,965	0.48 %	122,345	-2,031	34.3	1.94	212	61.0 %	15,557,359	0.34 %	7,550,262,101	52
2016	25,368,620	0.49 %	124,703	-2,031	34.3	1.94	211	60.8 %	15,434,020	0.34 %	7,466,964,280	51
2015	25,243,917	0.52 %	130,464	-5,403	34.0	1.95	210	60.7 %	15,313,311	0.34 %	7,383,008,820	51
2010	24,591,599	0.57 %	137,486	-4,936	33.0	2.00	204	60.0 %	14,751,886	0.35 %	6,958,169,159	47
2005	23,904,167	0.84 %	195,018	-3,438	31.5	2.00	199	59.6 %	14,241,596	0.37 %	6,542,159,383	47
2000	22,929,075	0.96 %	213,355	-2,786	29.4	2.01	190	59.2 %	13,569,935	0.37 %	6,145,006,989	45
1995	21,862,299	1.50 %	313,849	0	27.3	2.25	182	58.8 %	12,844,558	0.38 %	5,751,474,416	42
1990	20,293,054	1.46 %	283,163	0	25.0	2.36	169	58.1 %	11,790,239	0.38 %	5,330,943,460	41
1985	18,877,238	1.56 %	281,020	0	23.5	2.80	157	57.3 %	10,824,363	0.39 %	4,873,781,796	40
1980	17,472,140	1.43 %	239,480	0	21.8	2.85	145	56.6 %	9,884,766	0.39 %	4,458,411,534	38
1975	16,274,740	2.46 %	372,868	0	19.6	4.00	135	56.7 %	9,227,780	0.40 %	4,079,087,198	36
1970	14,410,400	2.81 %	372,575	0	21.0	4.39	120	54.2 %	7,810,438	0.39 %	3,700,577,650	37
1965	12,547,525	1.89 %	224,670	-113,682	19.1	3.46	104	45.1 %	5,657,767	0.38 %	3,339,592,688	36
1960	11,424,176	2.52 %	267,437	0	19.9	5.12	95	40.2 %	4,591,911	0.38 %	3,033,212,527	36
1955	10,086,991	-0.89 %	-92,496	-113,682	19.1	3.46	84	35.5 %	3,577,107	0.36 %	2,772,242,535	36

North Korea Population Forecast

Year	Population	Yearly %  Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	DPRK Global Rank
2020	25,840,863	0.47 %	119,389	-2,031	35.3	1.89	215	61.7 %	15,942,149	0.33 %	7,795,482,309	54
2025	26,350,877	0.39 %	102,003	-2,031	36.4	1.86	219	63.1 %	16,620,682	0.32 %	8,185,613,757	56
2030	26,743,895	0.30 %	78,604	-2,031	37.7	1.83	222	64.7 %	17,308,228	0.31 %	8,551,198,644	58
2035	26,971,999	0.17 %	45,621	-2,031	39.1	1.81	224	66.6 %	17,965,681	0.30 %	8,892,701,940	61
2040	27,034,528	0.05 %	12,506	-2,031	40.3	1.79	225	68.6 %	18,548,528	0.29 %	9,210,337,004	64
2045	26,967,265	-0.05 %	-13,453	-2,031	41.4	1.78	224	70.7 %	19,059,279	0.28 %	9,504,209,572	65
2050	26,808,680	-0.12 %	-31,717	-2,031	42.1	1.78	223	72.8 %	19,506,891	0.27 %	9,771,822,753	67