North Korea — Population

millions · Annual · 1800–2030 · 231 observations

About this series

Population is the estimated number of people in a country at the series' reference date. This series reports that count in millions.

North Korea's population reading was 26.57M people in 2025. The period change from 26.50M people in 2024 was +0.27%.

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Latest observations

2000–2030

PeriodValue
203026.77M people
202926.77M people
202826.67M people
202726.67M people
202626.57M people
15 earlier values
202526.57M people
202426.50M people
202326.42M people
202226.33M people
202126.23M people
202026.14M people
201926.04M people
201825.93M people
201725.82M people
201625.70M people
201525.58M people
201425.45M people
201325.33M people
201225.21M people
201125.10M people

Values before 2011, back to 2000, are on the chart — hover to read them.

Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.