North Korea — statistics

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FAQ about North Korea

What area of the North Korea ?

Area North Korea is 120540 km²

What is the population of the North Korea ?

As of today, in the North Korea reside 25549819 person

What is the GDP in the North Korea ?

As of today, GDP North Korea is 0 billion $

What is the national currency code of North Korea ?

International ISO code for the national currency of North Korea - kpw

How many men in the North Korea ?

Today in North Korea lives 12857492 men

How many women in North Korea ?

Today in North Korea lives 13425159 women

What is the average age of a resident of North Korea ?

Average age of a resident North Korea as of today - 36 years old

How many babies are there in North Korea ?

Today in North Korea 1735533 babies. Of which the girls - 847012, the boys - 888521. By infants we mean young children under 4 years of age

How many young children in North Korea ?

As of today in North Korea 1739390 young children. Of these, the boys are - 890306 and girls 849083. These are children from 5 to 9 years old.

How many children are there in North Korea ?

Today in North Korea live 1680353 children. Of these, the boys are - 859502 and girls - 820850. These are children from 10 to 14 years old

How many teenagers there are in North Korea ?

Today in North Korea live 1678200 teenagers. These are people from 14 to 19 years old. Of these, the girls are - 820980 , young men - 857220.

How many long-livers there are in North Korea ?

Today in North Korea 467 of long-livers. These are people who are over 100 years old. Of these men 31 and women 436

What are the biggest cities in North Korea ?

Our website provides an up-to-date list of the top 100 largest cities in North Korea. It is always available at the link. The list is presented in a table sorted from largest to smallest.

What are the largest regions in North Korea?

Our website provides an up-to-date list of the top regions in North Korea. It is where the largest number of people in the country live. It is always available by link. The list is presented in a table sorted from the largest to the smallest.

26,282,651

12,857,492

13,425,159

120,540

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Population by age

0-14 years old 5,155,276

15-29 years old 5,463,819

30-44 years old 5,571,631

45-59 years old 5,716,975

60-74 years old 3,255,249

75-89 years old 1,074,815

90+ years old 43,931

Male by age

0-14 years old 2,638,329

15-29 years old 2,790,005

30-44 years old 2,823,034

45-59 years old 2,840,764

60-74 years old 1,457,230

75-89 years old 302,884

90+ years old 4,712

Female by age

0-14 years old 2,516,945

15-29 years old 2,673,813

30-44 years old 2,748,596

45-59 years old 2,876,209

60-74 years old 1,798,018

75-89 years old 771,930

90+ years old 39,219

Details

Top 7 locations in North Korea

Pyongyang	3,222,000
Hamhung	559,056
Namp’o	455,000
Sunch’ŏn	437,000
Hŭngnam	346,082
Kaesong	338,155
Wonsan	329,207

List of the largest cities in North Korea (with the largest population). If you are interested in the answer to the question "What are the largest cities in North Korea?" you've come to the right place!

Rating North Korea cities by population

Top 7 largest regions in North Korea

South Pyongan	4,051,696
Hamnam	3,066,013
P’yŏngan-bukto	2,728,662
Pyongyang	2,514,692
Hambuk	2,327,362
Hwanghae-namdo	2,310,485
Hwanghae-bukto	2,113,672

List of the largest regions in North Korea (with the largest population). If you are interested in the answer to the question "What are the largest regions in North Korea?" you've come to the right place!

Rating of regions in North Korea by population

KPW exchange rate

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The main milestones of North Korea population

1972	15,000,000
1990	20,000,000
2014	25,000,000

North Korea population is constantly growing, and we can estimate the main milestones of North Korea population

Sources of our data about North Korea

The main sources of data on the population, incidence of coronavirus and other in North Korea:

United Nations (UN) North Korea statistic;
World Bank North Korea statistic
World Health Organization (WHO) North Korea statistic;

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Statistics details

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Population by age
Male by age
Female by age

North Korea population, demographics, and projections to 2100

This graph provides information about the dynamics of changes in the quantitative composition of North Korea population: the Total number of inhabitants, the number of men, the number of women, and the average age of North Korea inhabitants.

In the table, we present similar data, taking into account the projections until 2100.

Year	Population	Male	Female	Median age
1950	10,549,470	4,871,824	5,677,646	18
1951	10,248,503	4,703,998	5,544,505	—
1952	10,049,020	4,591,147	5,457,873	—
1953	9,957,244	4,536,203	5,421,041	—
1954	9,972,434	4,538,506	5,433,928	—
1955	10,086,997	4,593,824	5,493,173	19
1956	10,285,935	4,694,096	5,591,839	—
1957	10,547,385	4,827,695	5,719,690	—
1958	10,843,977	4,980,151	5,863,826	—
1959	11,145,152	5,135,341	6,009,811	—
1960	11,424,189	5,279,176	6,145,013	20
1961	11,665,592	5,403,446	6,262,146	—
1962	11,871,726	5,509,271	6,362,455	—
1963	12,065,468	5,608,515	6,456,953	—
1964	12,282,417	5,719,678	6,562,739	—
1965	12,547,524	5,855,746	6,691,778	21
1966	12,864,947	6,018,837	6,846,110	—
1967	13,222,703	6,202,697	7,020,006	—
1968	13,609,976	6,401,762	7,208,214	—
1969	14,010,339	6,607,588	7,402,751	—
1970	14,410,391	6,813,288	7,597,103	21
1971	14,809,518	7,018,535	7,790,983	—
1972	15,207,765	7,223,368	7,984,397	—
1973	15,593,353	7,421,783	8,171,570	—
1974	15,952,077	7,606,560	8,345,517	—
1975	16,274,737	7,773,011	8,501,726	20
1976	16,554,744	7,917,772	8,636,972	—
1977	16,796,568	8,043,120	8,753,448	—
1978	17,015,984	8,157,112	8,858,872	—
1979	17,235,668	8,271,336	8,964,332	—
1980	17,472,144	8,394,230	9,077,914	22
1981	17,731,229	8,528,728	9,202,501	—
1982	18,008,568	8,672,582	9,335,986	—
1983	18,298,212	8,822,808	9,475,404	—
1984	18,590,142	8,974,360	9,615,782	—
1985	18,877,226	9,123,613	9,753,613	23
1986	19,156,791	9,269,208	9,887,583	—
1987	19,431,992	9,412,650	10,019,342	—
1988	19,708,316	9,556,528	10,151,788	—
1989	19,993,757	9,704,659	10,289,098	—
1990	20,293,057	9,859,249	10,433,808	25
1991	20,609,151	10,021,816	10,587,335	—
1992	20,937,407	10,189,996	10,747,411	—
1993	21,265,832	10,357,422	10,908,410	—
1994	21,577,979	10,515,411	11,062,568	—
1995	21,862,300	10,657,909	11,204,391	27
1996	22,113,428	10,782,010	11,331,418	—
1997	22,335,263	10,889,920	11,445,343	—
1998	22,536,754	10,986,937	11,549,817	—
1999	22,731,470	11,080,997	11,650,473	—
2000	22,929,078	11,177,728	11,751,350	29
2001	23,132,982	11,279,172	11,853,810	—
2002	23,339,453	11,383,213	11,956,240	—
2003	23,542,434	11,486,354	12,056,080	—
2004	23,732,740	11,583,283	12,149,457	—
2005	23,904,167	11,670,344	12,233,823	31
2006	24,054,866	11,746,496	12,308,370	—
2007	24,188,330	11,813,654	12,374,676	—
2008	24,310,143	11,874,749	12,435,394	—
2009	24,428,340	11,934,032	12,494,308	—
2010	24,548,840	11,994,618	12,554,222	33
2011	24,673,392	12,057,413	12,615,979	—
2012	24,800,638	12,121,648	12,678,990	—
2013	24,929,500	12,186,651	12,742,849	—
2014	25,057,793	12,251,177	12,806,616	—
2015	25,183,832	12,314,250	12,869,582	34
2016	25,307,665	12,375,845	12,931,820	—
2017	25,429,816	12,436,268	12,993,548	—
2018	25,549,606	12,495,328	13,054,278	—
2019	25,666,158	12,552,762	13,113,396	—
2020	25,778,815	12,608,379	13,170,436	35
2021	25,887,045	12,661,935	13,225,110	—
2022	25,990,675	12,713,285	13,277,390	—
2023	26,089,814	12,762,411	13,327,403	—
2024	26,184,714	12,809,323	13,375,391	—
2025	26,275,486	12,853,985	13,421,501	36
2026	26,362,050	12,896,354	13,465,696	—
2027	26,443,896	12,936,157	13,507,739	—
2028	26,520,112	12,972,836	13,547,276	—
2029	26,589,553	13,005,689	13,583,864	—
2030	26,651,329	13,034,181	13,617,148	38
2031	26,705,181	13,058,170	13,647,011	—
2032	26,751,212	13,077,747	13,673,465	—
2033	26,789,465	13,092,958	13,696,507	—
2034	26,820,130	13,103,946	13,716,184	—
2035	26,843,429	13,110,875	13,732,554	39
2036	26,859,423	13,113,827	13,745,596	—
2037	26,868,292	13,112,959	13,755,333	—
2038	26,870,564	13,108,679	13,761,885	—
2039	26,866,946	13,101,541	13,765,405	—
2040	26,858,031	13,091,998	13,766,033	40
2041	26,844,107	13,080,273	13,763,834	—
2042	26,825,440	13,066,565	13,758,875	—
2043	26,802,605	13,051,304	13,751,301	—
2044	26,776,255	13,034,960	13,741,295	—
2045	26,746,915	13,017,921	13,728,994	41
2046	26,714,945	13,000,419	13,714,526	—
2047	26,680,483	12,982,561	13,697,922	—
2048	26,643,521	12,964,331	13,679,190	—
2049	26,603,933	12,945,642	13,658,291	—
2050	26,561,614	12,926,416	13,635,198	42
2051	26,516,712	12,906,706	13,610,006	—
2052	26,469,406	12,886,597	13,582,809	—
2053	26,419,787	12,866,090	13,553,697	—
2054	26,367,970	12,845,192	13,522,778	—
2055	26,314,040	12,823,885	13,490,155	42
2056	26,258,076	12,802,185	13,455,891	—
2057	26,200,152	12,780,045	13,420,107	—
2058	26,140,337	12,757,358	13,382,979	—
2059	26,078,657	12,733,958	13,344,699	—
2060	26,015,176	12,709,733	13,305,443	43
2061	25,949,980	12,684,644	13,265,336	—
2062	25,883,154	12,658,717	13,224,437	—
2063	25,814,744	12,631,903	13,182,841	—
2064	25,744,760	12,604,160	13,140,600	—
2065	25,673,261	12,575,480	13,097,781	44
2066	25,600,322	12,545,866	13,054,456	—
2067	25,526,068	12,515,383	13,010,685	—
2068	25,450,652	12,484,091	12,966,561	—
2069	25,374,291	12,452,149	12,922,142	—
2070	25,297,153	12,419,672	12,877,481	45
2071	25,219,300	12,386,679	12,832,621	—
2072	25,140,837	12,353,250	12,787,587	—
2073	25,061,936	12,319,549	12,742,387	—
2074	24,982,805	12,285,772	12,697,033	—
2075	24,903,576	12,252,065	12,651,511	45
2076	24,824,364	12,218,504	12,605,860	—
2077	24,745,140	12,185,077	12,560,063	—
2078	24,665,840	12,151,783	12,514,057	—
2079	24,586,290	12,118,542	12,467,748	—
2080	24,506,349	12,085,309	12,421,040	46
2081	24,425,988	12,052,065	12,373,923	—
2082	24,345,234	12,018,813	12,326,421	—
2083	24,264,093	11,985,480	12,278,613	—
2084	24,182,604	11,952,011	12,230,593	—
2085	24,100,764	11,918,328	12,182,436	46
2086	24,018,599	11,884,420	12,134,179	—
2087	23,936,040	11,850,224	12,085,816	—
2088	23,852,914	11,815,626	12,037,288	—
2089	23,768,995	11,780,485	11,988,510	—
2090	23,684,130	11,744,686	11,939,444	47
2091	23,598,274	11,708,178	11,890,096	—
2092	23,511,457	11,670,955	11,840,502	—
2093	23,423,779	11,633,048	11,790,731	—
2094	23,335,363	11,594,496	11,740,867	—
2095	23,246,286	11,555,326	11,690,960	47
2096	23,156,663	11,515,578	11,641,085	—
2097	23,066,503	11,475,247	11,591,256	—
2098	22,975,843	11,434,323	11,541,520	—
2099	22,884,635	11,392,791	11,491,844	—
2100	22,792,833	11,350,606	11,442,227	48

Population of North Korea by various age groups and projections until 2100

In this graph, we provide you with detailed information about the age composition of North Korea population, so that you can assess the dynamics of growth/decline of North Korea population of various age groups.

In the table, we present similar data, taking into account the projections until 2100.

Year	0-20	20-39	40-59	60-79	80+
1950	5,730,577	2,808,222	1,469,087	519,827	21,757
1955	5,287,083	2,806,435	1,436,369	533,251	23,859
1960	5,752,211	3,514,337	1,555,199	577,259	25,183
1965	5,954,921	4,218,761	1,715,164	624,730	33,948
1970	6,948,667	4,760,042	1,964,385	696,302	40,995
1975	8,295,355	4,753,270	2,377,360	795,390	53,362
1980	8,097,263	5,305,987	3,080,490	921,797	66,607
1985	8,265,428	5,632,453	3,810,749	1,084,685	83,911
1990	7,829,509	6,671,868	4,379,623	1,308,956	103,101
1995	7,551,715	8,046,300	4,435,564	1,695,743	132,978
2000	7,821,125	7,830,165	4,949,283	2,178,116	150,389
2005	7,818,487	7,979,750	5,268,688	2,655,690	181,552
2010	7,576,613	7,540,628	6,252,592	2,956,095	222,912
2015	7,221,669	7,263,484	7,497,024	2,892,893	308,762
2020	6,991,600	7,567,610	7,337,102	3,438,642	443,861
2025	6,833,657	7,588,644	7,495,175	3,802,229	555,781
2030	6,822,829	7,378,765	7,125,857	4,702,298	621,580
2035	6,710,823	7,054,318	6,909,977	5,596,620	571,691
2040	6,444,394	6,846,532	7,225,629	5,492,123	849,353
2045	6,144,271	6,704,042	7,267,852	5,615,780	1,014,970
2050	5,904,424	6,701,251	7,079,850	5,489,812	1,386,277
2055	5,758,666	6,597,381	6,784,418	5,526,983	1,646,592
2060	5,665,729	6,340,749	6,602,144	5,843,952	1,562,602
2065	5,543,378	6,050,470	6,482,655	5,956,241	1,640,517
2070	5,345,378	5,819,354	6,493,810	5,858,374	1,780,237
2075	5,121,093	5,680,384	6,404,675	5,697,066	2,000,358
2080	4,933,440	5,592,605	6,166,248	5,638,125	2,175,931
2085	4,804,000	5,474,802	5,894,242	5,628,024	2,299,696
2090	4,710,836	5,281,544	5,679,296	5,697,068	2,315,386
2095	4,605,331	5,061,825	5,552,690	5,661,653	2,364,787
2100	4,460,735	4,878,119	5,474,097	5,491,476	2,488,406

Male population of North Korea by various age groups and projections until 2100

In this graph, we provide you with detailed information about the age composition of the male population of North Korea, so that you can assess the dynamics of growth/decline of the male population of North Korea in various age groups.

In the table, we present similar data, taking into account the projections until 2100.

Year	0-20	20-39	40-59	60-79	80+
1950	2,734,164	1,255,348	655,169	219,719	7,424
1955	2,574,698	1,175,883	632,419	202,827	7,997
1960	2,843,126	1,544,333	680,968	204,151	6,598
1965	2,965,126	1,944,429	727,310	212,140	6,741
1970	3,495,476	2,269,229	805,820	236,008	6,755
1975	4,200,608	2,310,410	966,618	287,345	8,030
1980	4,114,129	2,613,109	1,323,327	333,672	9,993
1985	4,211,250	2,795,689	1,725,425	378,374	12,875
1990	3,997,106	3,346,762	2,055,116	443,426	16,839
1995	3,857,776	4,061,173	2,122,877	591,161	24,922
2000	3,994,496	3,954,379	2,392,575	810,506	25,772
2005	3,992,950	4,038,795	2,568,462	1,042,162	27,975
2010	3,870,885	3,824,064	3,083,090	1,183,226	33,353
2015	3,691,633	3,689,466	3,717,835	1,161,551	53,765
2020	3,573,617	3,849,846	3,650,395	1,442,499	92,022
2025	3,495,617	3,862,471	3,738,703	1,633,227	123,967
2030	3,491,640	3,758,166	3,565,946	2,074,633	143,796
2035	3,434,747	3,595,997	3,469,769	2,475,858	134,504
2040	3,298,369	3,490,180	3,635,926	2,436,904	230,619
2045	3,144,794	3,420,772	3,661,249	2,503,662	287,444
2050	3,022,186	3,421,299	3,570,860	2,491,171	420,900
2055	2,947,763	3,369,117	3,427,322	2,558,980	520,703
2060	2,900,344	3,238,562	3,338,272	2,728,462	504,093
2065	2,837,848	3,090,916	3,283,953	2,802,875	559,888
2070	2,736,639	2,973,625	3,293,866	2,775,454	640,088
2075	2,621,931	2,903,351	3,251,558	2,723,316	751,909
2080	2,525,970	2,859,063	3,132,986	2,719,385	847,905
2085	2,459,791	2,799,314	2,997,231	2,739,049	922,943
2090	2,412,160	2,700,931	2,890,322	2,789,216	952,057
2095	2,358,183	2,588,920	2,827,907	2,783,690	996,626
2100	2,284,164	2,495,247	2,789,348	2,709,821	1,072,026

Female population of North Korea by various age groups and projections until 2100

In this graph, we provide you with detailed information about the age composition of the female population of North Korea, so that you can assess the dynamics of growth/decline of the female population of North Korea in various age groups.

In the table, we present similar data, taking into account the projections until 2100.

Year	0-20	20-39	40-59	60-79	80+
1950	2,996,413	1,552,874	813,918	300,108	14,333
1955	2,712,385	1,630,552	803,950	330,424	15,862
1960	2,909,085	1,970,004	874,231	373,108	18,585
1965	2,989,795	2,274,332	987,854	412,590	27,207
1970	3,453,191	2,490,813	1,158,565	460,294	34,240
1975	4,094,747	2,442,860	1,410,742	508,045	45,332
1980	3,983,134	2,692,878	1,757,163	588,125	56,614
1985	4,054,178	2,836,764	2,085,324	706,311	71,036
1990	3,832,403	3,325,106	2,324,507	865,530	86,262
1995	3,693,939	3,985,127	2,312,687	1,104,582	108,056
2000	3,826,629	3,875,786	2,556,708	1,367,610	124,617
2005	3,825,537	3,940,955	2,700,226	1,613,528	153,577
2010	3,705,728	3,716,564	3,169,502	1,772,869	189,559
2015	3,530,036	3,574,018	3,779,189	1,731,342	254,997
2020	3,417,983	3,717,764	3,686,707	1,996,143	351,839
2025	3,338,040	3,726,173	3,756,472	2,169,002	431,814
2030	3,331,189	3,620,599	3,559,911	2,627,665	477,784
2035	3,276,076	3,458,321	3,440,208	3,120,762	437,187
2040	3,146,025	3,356,352	3,589,703	3,055,219	618,734
2045	2,999,477	3,283,270	3,606,603	3,112,118	727,526
2050	2,882,238	3,279,952	3,508,990	2,998,641	965,377
2055	2,810,903	3,228,264	3,357,096	2,968,003	1,125,889
2060	2,765,385	3,102,187	3,263,872	3,115,490	1,058,509
2065	2,705,530	2,959,554	3,198,702	3,153,366	1,080,629
2070	2,608,739	2,845,729	3,199,944	3,082,920	1,140,149
2075	2,499,162	2,777,033	3,153,117	2,973,750	1,248,449
2080	2,407,470	2,733,542	3,033,262	2,918,740	1,328,026
2085	2,344,209	2,675,488	2,897,011	2,888,975	1,376,753
2090	2,298,676	2,580,613	2,788,974	2,907,852	1,363,329
2095	2,247,148	2,472,905	2,724,783	2,877,963	1,368,161
2100	2,176,571	2,382,872	2,684,749	2,781,655	1,416,380

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