The total population in North Korea was estimated at 26.5 million people in 2024, according to the latest census figures and projections from Trading Economics. This dataset provides - North Korea Population - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

North Korea KP: Population: Growth data was reported at 0.481 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.493 % for 2016. North Korea KP: Population: Growth data is updated yearly, averaging 1.444 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.899 % in 1969 and a record low of 0.481 % in 2017. North Korea KP: Population: Growth data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s North Korea – Table KP.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage . Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.; ; Derived from total population. Population source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision, (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (5) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database, and (6) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme.; Weighted average;

Comprehensive socio-economic dataset for North Korea including population demographics, economic indicators, geographic data, and social statistics. This dataset covers key metrics such as GDP, population density, area, capital city, and regional classifications.

North Korea KP: Population: Total data was reported at 25,490,965.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 25,368,620.000 Person for 2016. North Korea KP: Population: Total data is updated yearly, averaging 19,851,039.000 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 25,490,965.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 11,424,176.000 Person in 1960. North Korea KP: Population: Total data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s North Korea – Table KP.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.; ; (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (5) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database, and (6) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme.; Sum; Relevance to gender indicator: disaggregating the population composition by gender will help a country in projecting its demand for social services on a gender basis.

North Korea KP: Birth Rate: Crude: per 1000 People data was reported at 13.834 Ratio in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 13.873 Ratio for 2015. North Korea KP: Birth Rate: Crude: per 1000 People data is updated yearly, averaging 20.651 Ratio from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2016, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 37.774 Ratio in 1968 and a record low of 13.834 Ratio in 2016. North Korea KP: Birth Rate: Crude: per 1000 People data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s North Korea – Table KP.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.; ; (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (5) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database, and (6) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme.; Weighted average;

North Korea KP: Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters: % of Total Population data was reported at 5.132 % in 2010. This records an increase from the previous number of 5.128 % for 2000. North Korea KP: Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters: % of Total Population data is updated yearly, averaging 5.132 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2010, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5.229 % in 1990 and a record low of 5.128 % in 2000. North Korea KP: Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters: % of Total Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s North Korea – Table KP.World Bank: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Population below 5m is the percentage of the total population living in areas where the elevation is 5 meters or less.; ; Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University. 2013. Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/lecz-urban-rural-population-land-area-estimates-v2.; Weighted Average;

North Korea KP: Urban Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 meters: % of Total Population data was reported at 2.176 % in 2010. This records an increase from the previous number of 2.166 % for 2000. North Korea KP: Urban Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 meters: % of Total Population data is updated yearly, averaging 2.176 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2010, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.341 % in 1990 and a record low of 2.166 % in 2000. North Korea KP: Urban Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 meters: % of Total Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s North Korea – Table KP.World Bank: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Urban population below 5m is the percentage of the total population, living in areas where the elevation is 5 meters or less.; ; Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University. 2013. Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/lecz-urban-rural-population-land-area-estimates-v2.; Weighted Average;

North Korea KP: Population: Total: Aged 0-14 data was reported at 5,255,504.000 Person in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 5,294,350.000 Person for 2016. North Korea KP: Population: Total: Aged 0-14 data is updated yearly, averaging 5,848,461.500 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6,467,915.000 Person in 1978 and a record low of 4,310,659.000 Person in 1960. North Korea KP: Population: Total: Aged 0-14 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s North Korea – Table KP.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Total population between the ages 0 to 14. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.; ; World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; Sum;

North Korea KP: Population: Total: Aged 15-64 data was reported at 17,816,137.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 17,626,841.000 Person for 2016. North Korea KP: Population: Total: Aged 15-64 data is updated yearly, averaging 13,450,111.500 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 17,816,137.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 6,746,977.000 Person in 1960. North Korea KP: Population: Total: Aged 15-64 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s North Korea – Table KP.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Total population between the ages 15 to 64. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.; ; World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; Sum;

North Korea KP: Population: Total: Aged 65 and Above data was reported at 2,419,324.000 Person in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 2,447,429.000 Person for 2016. North Korea KP: Population: Total: Aged 65 and Above data is updated yearly, averaging 833,964.000 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,447,889.000 Person in 2015 and a record low of 366,540.000 Person in 1960. North Korea KP: Population: Total: Aged 65 and Above data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s North Korea – Table KP.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Total population 65 years of age or older. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.; ; World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; Sum;

North Korea KP: Rural Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters: % of Total Population data was reported at 2.955 % in 2010. This records a decrease from the previous number of 2.961 % for 2000. North Korea KP: Rural Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters: % of Total Population data is updated yearly, averaging 2.955 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2010, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.961 % in 2000 and a record low of 2.888 % in 1990. North Korea KP: Rural Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters: % of Total Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s North Korea – Table KP.World Bank: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Rural population below 5m is the percentage of the total population, living in areas where the elevation is 5 meters or less.; ; Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University. 2013. Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/lecz-urban-rural-population-land-area-estimates-v2.; Weighted Average;

North Korea KP: Population: as % of Total: Female: Aged 65 and Above data was reported at 12.036 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 12.188 % for 2016. North Korea KP: Population: as % of Total: Female: Aged 65 and Above data is updated yearly, averaging 5.636 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 12.233 % in 2015 and a record low of 4.041 % in 1961. North Korea KP: Population: as % of Total: Female: Aged 65 and Above data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s North Korea – Table KP.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Female population 65 years of age or older as a percentage of the total female population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; Weighted average; Relevance to gender indicator: Knowing how many girls, adolescents and women there are in a population helps a country in determining its provision of services.

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North Korea KP: Population: Male: Aged 0-14 data was reported at 2,685,865.000 Person in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 2,705,137.000 Person for 2016. North Korea KP: Population: Male: Aged 0-14 data is updated yearly, averaging 2,986,999.500 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3,289,488.000 Person in 1978 and a record low of 2,135,538.000 Person in 1960. North Korea KP: Population: Male: Aged 0-14 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s North Korea – Table KP.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Male population between the ages 0 to 14. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.; ; World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; Sum;

North Korea KP: Population: as % of Total: Male: Aged 0-14 data was reported at 21.542 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 21.803 % for 2016. North Korea KP: Population: as % of Total: Male: Aged 0-14 data is updated yearly, averaging 29.534 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 45.089 % in 1971 and a record low of 21.542 % in 2017. North Korea KP: Population: as % of Total: Male: Aged 0-14 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s North Korea – Table KP.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Male population between the ages 0 to 14 as a percentage of the total male population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; Weighted average;

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North Korea KP: Population: as % of Total: Aged 15-64 data was reported at 69.892 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 69.483 % for 2016. North Korea KP: Population: as % of Total: Aged 15-64 data is updated yearly, averaging 67.573 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 69.892 % in 2017 and a record low of 54.570 % in 1971. North Korea KP: Population: as % of Total: Aged 15-64 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s North Korea – Table KP.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Total population between the ages 15 to 64 as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; Weighted average;

North Korea KP: Population: Male: Aged 65 and Above data was reported at 851,823.000 Person in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 867,607.000 Person for 2016. North Korea KP: Population: Male: Aged 65 and Above data is updated yearly, averaging 257,841.500 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 869,969.000 Person in 2015 and a record low of 117,891.000 Person in 1960. North Korea KP: Population: Male: Aged 65 and Above data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s North Korea – Table KP.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Male population 65 years of age or older. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.; ; World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; Sum;

North Korea KP: Population: Male: Ages 80 and Above: % of Male Population data was reported at 0.594 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.518 % for 2016. North Korea KP: Population: Male: Ages 80 and Above: % of Male Population data is updated yearly, averaging 0.170 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.594 % in 2017 and a record low of 0.099 % in 1970. North Korea KP: Population: Male: Ages 80 and Above: % of Male Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s North Korea – Table KP.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Male population between the ages 80 and above as a percentage of the total male population.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; ;

North Korea KP: Death Rate: Crude: per 1000 People data was reported at 8.844 Ratio in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 8.750 Ratio for 2015. North Korea KP: Death Rate: Crude: per 1000 People data is updated yearly, averaging 8.662 Ratio from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2016, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 14.165 Ratio in 1960 and a record low of 5.663 Ratio in 1990. North Korea KP: Death Rate: Crude: per 1000 People data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s North Korea – Table KP.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Crude death rate indicates the number of deaths occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.; ; (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (5) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database, and (6) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme.; Weighted average;