Dem. People's Republic of Korea Population Pyramid (1950–2100)
Dem. People's Republic of Korea in 2026
The population of the Dem. People's Republic of Korea in 2026 is estimated at 26,633,691. A decade earlier, in 2016, the population was 25,698,326; it has grown by 3.6% since. With a median age of 37.8 years, the Dem. People's Republic of Korea has a youth dependency ratio of 27.7 and an old-age dependency ratio of 19.1 per 100 people of working age. This is a stationary pyramid — similar numbers in each age group up to the older cohorts, the signature of near-replacement fertility.
Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.
Dem. People's Republic of Korea population pyramids by year: 1950 · 1960 · 1970 · 1980 · 1990 · 2000 · 2010 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2020 · 2021 · 2022 · 2023 · 2024 · 2025 · 2026 · 2030 · 2040 · 2050 · 2060 · 2070 · 2080 · 2090 · 2100





