Australia vs North Korea
Australia has 4% more people than North Korea: 27,614,411 vs 26,571,036, a gap of 1.0 million. Australia is growing faster (+1.53% vs +0.27% a year), adding about 423,354 people a year against +72,311. At these source-year rates the modelled relative population gap is widening. Australia is the older society: 18.1% aged 65+ against 12.7% in North Korea, while North Korea has more children (18.9% under 15 vs 17.7%). North Korea is 63.3× as densely populated (219.4 vs 3.5 people per km²). People in Australia live 9.3 years longer on average (83.1 vs 73.7).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Australia) and 2025 (North Korea); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Australia vs North Korea — side by side
 Australia |  North Korea | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 27,614,4112025 | 26,571,0362025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +1.53%2025 | +0.27%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 10.72024 | 12.92024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 6.92024 | 9.92024 |
| Children per woman | 1.482024 | 1.782024 |
| Life expectancy | 83.1 yrs2024 | 73.7 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 17.7%2025 | 18.9%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 18.1%2025 | 12.7%2025 |
| Density | 3.5 /km²2023 | 219.4 /km²2023 |
| Area | 7,741,220 km²2023 | 120,540 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 87.7%2025 | 64.2%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | +137,1092025 | -2,7872025 |
| GDP per capita | $65,1302025 | —year not supplied |
| Country population rank (available records) | #55 | #56 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.34% | 0.32% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Australia: 2.7× from 1960 to 2025; North Korea: 2.3× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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