- Population Pyramid of North Korea at 2024 WPP 2024 Rev.

🇰🇵 North Korea (Dem. People's Republic of Korea)

At year 2024, population distribution of North Korea is:

Total Population 26,498,832 100%
Young Population 5,020,760 18.95%
Working Age Population 18,192,251 68.65%
Elderly Population 3,285,821 12.40%

The population growth rate of North Korea in 2024 is 0.31%, sex ratio is 0.98 (1.01 for working age), dependency ratio is 45.7%.

Working age population will be less than 60% of total population at year 2068. Elderly population will be more than twice of the young population at 2084. Total population reaches its peak in 2032 at 26,801,083.

In 2050, the population growth rate of North Korea is -0.36%, sex ratio is 0.99 (1.03 for working age), dependency ratio is 57.8%.The elderly population will account for 21.41% of North Korea's population in 2050, the problem of population aging is serious.