Total current population for North Korea in 2025 is 26,319,924, a 0.29% increase from 2024.
Total population for North Korea in 2024 was 26,244,582, a 0.66% decline from 2023.
Total population for North Korea in 2023 was 26,418,204, a 0.34% increase from 2022.
Total population for North Korea in 2022 was 26,328,845, a 0.37% increase from 2021.
Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates. The full historical dataset is available for download here: North Korea Population Datasets (CSV).