# Population in North Korea

Population in North Korea was 26.57 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `kp`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/north-korea
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/north-korea.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=kp

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 26,571,036 |
| 2024 | 26,498,823 |
| 2023 | 26,418,204 |
| 2022 | 26,328,845 |
| 2021 | 26,232,534 |
| 2020 | 26,136,312 |
| 2019 | 26,037,632 |
| 2018 | 25,931,147 |
| 2017 | 25,817,709 |
| 2016 | 25,698,326 |
| 2015 | 25,575,350 |
| 2014 | 25,451,262 |
| 2013 | 25,329,451 |
| 2012 | 25,211,728 |
| 2011 | 25,097,874 |
| 2010 | 24,987,258 |
| 2009 | 24,878,332 |
| 2008 | 24,764,618 |
| 2007 | 24,646,383 |
| 2006 | 24,524,507 |
| 2005 | 24,396,433 |
| 2004 | 24,254,943 |
| 2003 | 24,090,380 |
| 2002 | 23,943,973 |
| 2001 | 23,815,358 |
| 2000 | 23,665,910 |
| 1999 | 23,497,599 |
| 1998 | 23,311,564 |
| 1997 | 23,110,830 |
| 1996 | 22,895,746 |
| 1995 | 22,669,304 |
| 1994 | 22,393,975 |
| 1993 | 22,073,352 |
| 1992 | 21,750,911 |
| 1991 | 21,428,638 |
| 1990 | 21,112,137 |
| 1989 | 20,804,367 |
| 1988 | 20,503,161 |
| 1987 | 20,205,483 |
| 1986 | 19,910,855 |
| 1985 | 19,620,388 |
| 1984 | 19,335,043 |
| 1983 | 19,054,034 |
| 1982 | 18,776,357 |
| 1981 | 18,501,295 |
| 1980 | 18,236,786 |
| 1979 | 17,983,470 |
| 1978 | 17,735,995 |
| 1977 | 17,492,798 |
| 1976 | 17,243,450 |
| 1975 | 16,971,055 |
| 1974 | 16,673,121 |
| 1973 | 16,350,367 |
| 1972 | 15,975,069 |
| 1971 | 15,572,457 |
| 1970 | 15,172,775 |
| 1969 | 14,767,615 |
| 1968 | 14,365,596 |
| 1967 | 13,958,350 |
| 1966 | 13,569,094 |
| 1965 | 13,219,369 |
| 1964 | 12,889,770 |
| 1963 | 12,567,057 |
| 1962 | 12,262,882 |
| 1961 | 11,990,713 |
| 1960 | 11,722,953 |