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North Korea: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2030 · pop

2025
26.6 millionpeople
Change on 2024
+0.3%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+0.4%a year

Population

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
203026.8Forecast
202926.8Forecast
202826.7Forecast
202726.7Forecast
202626.6Forecast
202526.6
202426.5
202326.4
202226.3
202126.2
202026.1
201926.0
201825.9
201725.8
201625.7

Sources

  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1827–2014
  • Cha et al.1911–2015
  • Maddison Project Database1913–2022
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030

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North Korea documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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