Population of North Korea (2024)

26,164,618

Births this year: 2,890,544 Births today 274

Deaths this year 1,841,237 Deaths today 174

North Korea Population by Religions

Region Name	Percents	Number
traditionally Buddhist and Confucianist, some Christian and syncretic Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way)		0 people

Ethnic groups Name	Percents	Number
racially homogeneous		0 people
there is a small Chinese community and a few ethnic Japanese	100%	25,115,311 people

Age	Both Sexes Population	Male Population	Female Population	Both Sexes (%)	Male (%)	Female (%)	Sex ratio (female/male)
Total	25,762,603	12,607,783	13,154,820	100	100	100	95.8
00-04	1,770,690	905,054	865,636	6.9	7.2	6.6	104.6
05-09	1,739,689	888,810	850,879	6.8	7	6.5	104.5
10-14	1,704,763	870,527	834,236	6.6	6.9	6.3	104.4
15-19	1,861,776	949,806	911,970	7.2	7.5	6.9	104.1
20-24	1,942,988	993,910	949,078	7.5	7.9	7.2	104.7
25-29	1,996,077	1,015,862	980,215	7.7	8.1	7.5	103.6
30-34	1,866,831	947,469	919,362	7.2	7.5	7	103.1
35-39	1,809,403	916,279	893,124	7	7.3	6.8	102.6
40-44	1,481,253	746,906	734,347	5.7	5.9	5.6	101.7
45-49	2,171,694	1,087,891	1,083,803	8.4	8.6	8.2	100.4
50-54	2,148,154	1,066,561	1,081,593	8.3	8.5	8.2	98.6
55-59	1,482,751	722,885	759,866	5.8	5.7	5.8	95.1
60-64	1,463,043	689,048	773,995	5.7	5.5	5.9	89
65-69	653,541	278,804	374,737	2.5	2.2	2.8	74.4
70-74	729,878	275,830	454,048	2.8	2.2	3.5	60.7
75-79	539,790	170,383	369,407	2.1	1.4	2.8	46.1
80-84	286,642	66,777	219,865	1.1	0.5	1.7	30.4
85-89	91,436	13,058	78,378	0.4	0.1	0.6	16.7
90-94	19,613	1,741	17,872	0.1	0	0.1	9.7
95-99	2,431	170	2,261	0	0	0	7.5
100+	160	12	148	0	0	0	8.1

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Sex ratio	Density (P/Km²)
2023	26,092,375	0.41	106,347	95.93	216.70
2022	25,986,028	0.43	110,049	95.90	215.81
2021	25,875,979	0.44	113,376	95.87	214.90
2020	25,762,603	0.45	116,410	95.84	213.96
2019	25,646,193	0.47	119,192	95.81	212.99
2018	25,527,001	0.48	121,705	95.78	212.00
2017	25,405,296	0.49	123,969	95.74	210.99
2016	25,281,327	0.50	126,010	95.71	209.96
2015	25,155,317	0.51	128,545	95.68	208.91
2014	25,026,772	0.53	131,067	95.64	207.85
2013	24,895,705	0.53	132,352	95.61	206.76
2012	24,763,353	0.54	131,994	95.58	205.66
2011	24,631,359	0.53	130,853	95.55	204.56
2010	24,500,506	0.53	128,700	95.52	203.48
2005	23,813,324	4.26	973,106	95.36	197.77
2000	22,840,218	4.95	1,076,548	95.08	189.69
1995	21,763,670	7.77	1,569,316	95.08	180.75
1990	20,194,354	7.54	1,416,253	94.45	167.71
1985	18,778,101	8.09	1,405,934	93.49	155.95
1980	17,372,167	6.74	1,097,427	92.40	144.28
1975	16,274,740	12.94	1,864,340	91.43	135.16
1970	14,410,400	14.85	1,862,876	89.68	119.68
1965	12,547,524	9.83	1,123,345	87.51	104.21
1960	11,424,179	13.26	1,337,186	85.91	94.88
1955	10,086,993	-4.38	-462,476	83.63	83.77
1950	10,549,469			85.81	87.61