Population in North Korea

26.4 million

people · 2023

55th highest of 236 countries

In 2013: 25.3 million

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Nearby in the ranking

  1. Cameroon 28.4 million
  2. Venezuela 28.3 million
  3. Australia 26.5 million
  4. North Korea 26.4 million
  5. Niger 26.2 million
  6. Mali 23.8 million
  7. Syria 23.6 million

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Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.

Unit
people
Years
1800–2023
Data as of
2026-09-28
Source
Our World in Data
License
CC BY 4.0
Credit
Our World in Data; HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. CC BY 4.0