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World Development Indicators

Population, total: North Korea

Most recent
26,571,036 (2025)
Earliest
11,722,953 (1960)
Highest
26,571,036 (2025)
Years reported
66
Member state
North Korea at the United Nations
025,000,00050,000,0001960: 11,722,9531961: 11,990,7131962: 12,262,8821963: 12,567,0571964: 12,889,7701965: 13,219,3691966: 13,569,0941967: 13,958,3501968: 14,365,5961969: 14,767,6151970: 15,172,7751971: 15,572,4571972: 15,975,0691973: 16,350,3671974: 16,673,1211975: 16,971,0551976: 17,243,4501977: 17,492,7981978: 17,735,9951979: 17,983,4701980: 18,236,7861981: 18,501,2951982: 18,776,3571983: 19,054,0341984: 19,335,0431985: 19,620,3881986: 19,910,8551987: 20,205,4831988: 20,503,1611989: 20,804,3671990: 21,112,1371991: 21,428,6381992: 21,750,9111993: 22,073,3521994: 22,393,9751995: 22,669,3041996: 22,895,7461997: 23,110,8301998: 23,311,5641999: 23,497,5992000: 23,665,9102001: 23,815,3582002: 23,943,9732003: 24,090,3802004: 24,254,9432005: 24,396,4332006: 24,524,5072007: 24,646,3832008: 24,764,6182009: 24,878,3322010: 24,987,2582011: 25,097,8742012: 25,211,7282013: 25,329,4512014: 25,451,2622015: 25,575,3502016: 25,698,3262017: 25,817,7092018: 25,931,1472019: 26,037,6322020: 26,136,3122021: 26,232,5342022: 26,328,8452023: 26,418,2042024: 26,498,8232025: 26,571,03619602025
Population, total, 1960–2025. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

YearPopulation
202526,571,036
202426,498,823
202326,418,204
202226,328,845
202126,232,534
202026,136,312
201926,037,632
201825,931,147
201725,817,709
201625,698,326
201525,575,350
201425,451,262
201325,329,451
201225,211,728
201125,097,874
201024,987,258
200924,878,332
200824,764,618
200724,646,383
200624,524,507
200524,396,433
200424,254,943
200324,090,380
200223,943,973
200123,815,358
200023,665,910
199923,497,599
199823,311,564
199723,110,830
199622,895,746
199522,669,304
199422,393,975
199322,073,352
199221,750,911
199121,428,638
199021,112,137
198920,804,367
198820,503,161
198720,205,483
198619,910,855
198519,620,388
198419,335,043
198319,054,034
198218,776,357
198118,501,295
198018,236,786
197917,983,470
197817,735,995
197717,492,798
197617,243,450
197516,971,055
197416,673,121
197316,350,367
197215,975,069
197115,572,457
197015,172,775
196914,767,615
196814,365,596
196713,958,350
196613,569,094
196513,219,369
196412,889,770
196312,567,057
196212,262,882
196111,990,713
196011,722,953

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