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World Development Indicators

Population, total: North Korea

Most recent
2.6571e+07 (2025)
Earliest
1.1723e+07 (1960)
Highest
2.6571e+07 (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
20252.6571e+07
20242.64988e+07
20232.64182e+07
20222.63288e+07
20212.62325e+07
20202.61363e+07
20192.60376e+07
20182.59311e+07
20172.58177e+07
20162.56983e+07
20152.55754e+07
20142.54513e+07
20132.53295e+07
20122.52117e+07
20112.50979e+07
20102.49873e+07
20092.48783e+07
20082.47646e+07
20072.46464e+07
20062.45245e+07
20052.43964e+07
20042.42549e+07
20032.40904e+07
20022.3944e+07
20012.38154e+07
20002.36659e+07
19992.34976e+07
19982.33116e+07
19972.31108e+07
19962.28957e+07
19952.26693e+07
19942.2394e+07
19932.20734e+07
19922.17509e+07
19912.14286e+07
19902.11121e+07
19892.08044e+07
19882.05032e+07
19872.02055e+07
19861.99109e+07
19851.96204e+07
19841.9335e+07
19831.9054e+07
19821.87764e+07
19811.85013e+07
19801.82368e+07
19791.79835e+07
19781.7736e+07
19771.74928e+07
19761.72434e+07
19751.69711e+07
19741.66731e+07
19731.63504e+07
19721.59751e+07
19711.55725e+07
19701.51728e+07
19691.47676e+07
19681.43656e+07
19671.39584e+07
19661.35691e+07
19651.32194e+07
19641.28898e+07
19631.25671e+07
19621.22629e+07
19611.19907e+07
19601.1723e+07

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