North Korea's population rose from 22.9M in 1996 to 26.6M in 2025.
North Korea · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
North Korea's population growth fell from 1.0 % in 1996 to 0.3 % in 2025.
North Korea's population density rose from 186.0 in 1994 to 219.4 in 2023.
North Korea's population, female (% of total) fell from 51.3 % in 1996 to 50.5 % in 2025.
North Korea's urbanisation rose from 59.2 % in 1996 to 64.2 % in 2025.
North Korea's urban population rose from 13.5M in 1996 to 17.1M in 2025.
North Korea's rural population rose from 9.35M in 1996 to 9.52M in 2025.
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- Fertilityup +0.2 %120th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −0.7 %112th of 217
- Death rate, crudeup +1.8 %43rd of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −1.4 %2nd of 217
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- Median ageup +0.2 yrs75th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.0 pts132nd of 217
- Working age (15–64)down −0.3 pts46th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.3 pts78th of 217
- Age dependency ratioup +0.6 pts172nd of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.5 pts79th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −12.7 %124th of 217
- Migrant stockunchanged +0.0 pts206th of 216
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- Refugees hosted166th of 174*
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- Life expectancyup +0.1 yrs119th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.1 yrs130th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.1 yrs110th of 217