Specimen · PRK

Dem. People's Republic of Korea

Asia · Eastern Asia

Dem. People's Republic of Korea is recorded at 26.50m people in 2024, with total annual change of +77,018 under the WPP medium variant.

PLATE 408 · PRK

Dem. People's Republic of Korea

PRK · KP

HOLDING

population 26.50m

annual change +77,018

natural change +79,499

fertility 1.78

migrant share 0.2%

80+

60-79

40-59

20-39

0-19

population decomposition

2024

Population identity: births minus deaths plus net migration equals total change within the Record tolerance.

Population decomposition for Dem. People's Republic of Korea in 2024
Births	340,728
Deaths	-261,229
Natural change	+79,499
Net migration	-2,473
Total change	+77,018

time anchors

-6,986,674

Change from 2024 to the WPP medium-variant 2100 endpoint.

Time anchors for Dem. People's Republic of Korea
This year	+77,018
Since peak	-302,259 since 2032
Projected 2100	19.51m

Vanishing Point

not applicable

Current-rate extrapolation, not a forecast; WPP medium-variant projections remain the page baseline.

migrant share

0.2%

foreign-born; working-age share is not published in IMS 2024.

PROVISIONAL

Latest reported

No reviewed Layer 2 dispatch is attached to this country record.

population pyramid

Observed / 2050 / 2100

WPP single-age population by sex, rendered as 5-year pyramid bands from the 101-bin canonical arrays.

Observed 2023 26.42m

100+

95-99

90-94

85-89

80-84

75-79

70-74

65-69

60-64

55-59

50-54

45-49

40-44

35-39

30-34

25-29

20-24

15-19

10-14

5-9

0-4

0-14: 5.01m
15-64: 18.23m
65+: 3.18m

2050 2050 25.79m

100+

95-99

90-94

85-89

80-84

75-79

70-74

65-69

60-64

55-59

50-54

45-49

40-44

35-39

30-34

25-29

20-24

15-19

10-14

5-9

0-4

0-14: 3.93m
15-64: 16.34m
65+: 5.52m

2100 2100 19.51m

100+

95-99

90-94

85-89

80-84

75-79

70-74

65-69

60-64

55-59

50-54

45-49

40-44

35-39

30-34

25-29

20-24

15-19

10-14

5-9

0-4

0-14: 2.53m
15-64: 10.99m
65+: 5.99m

stage

The Turn

Stage since 2021.

crossover

1950

First year deaths exceed births, if reached in the series.

working-age support

5.54

Potential support ratio: ages 15-64 per person aged 65+. Working-age peak: 2021.

source

POP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1

Generated 2026-06-26. Last observed year: 2023.

Selected annual series preview · WPP 2024 medium variant
Year	Population	Change	Births	Deaths	TFR
2024	26.50m	77,018	340.7k	261.2k	1.78
2030	26.78m	18,119	300.7k	279.5k	1.72
2050	25.79m	-93,897	264.4k	355.5k	1.67
2080	22.12m	-127,900	199.7k	325.2k	1.65
2100	19.51m	-127,984	157.7k	283.5k	1.64