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North Korea vs Mali: Population

North Korea
26.42 million people
in 2023
Mali
23.77 million people
in 2023
North Korea rank
55th
Mali rank
57th

Population over time

  • North Korea
  • Mali
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How they compare

North Korea currently reports 26.42 million people against 23.77 million people in Mali, a difference of 2.65 million people.

That makes North Korea's figure about 1.1 times Mali's.

Across all 241 years both countries report, North Korea has been ahead every year.

North Korea ranks 55th and Mali ranks 57th of 238 countries.

North Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade North Korea Mali Difference Ahead
1000s 900,000 people 722,000 people 178,000 people North Korea
1100s 1.08 million people 776,150 people 303,850 people North Korea
1200s 1.44 million people 830,300 people 609,700 people North Korea
1300s 1.08 million people 900,000 people 180,000 people North Korea
1400s 1.26 million people 1.00 million people 260,000 people North Korea
1500s 1.44 million people 1.08 million people 357,000 people North Korea
1600s 1.80 million people 1.26 million people 536,500 people North Korea
1700s 2.25 million people 1.44 million people 806,000 people North Korea
1710s 2.47 million people 1.62 million people 850,080 people North Korea
1720s 2.60 million people 1.64 million people 962,040 people North Korea
1730s 2.74 million people 1.66 million people 1.08 million people North Korea
1740s 2.88 million people 1.68 million people 1.20 million people North Korea
1750s 3.03 million people 1.70 million people 1.33 million people North Korea
1760s 3.19 million people 1.72 million people 1.47 million people North Korea
1770s 3.36 million people 1.75 million people 1.61 million people North Korea
1780s 3.54 million people 1.77 million people 1.77 million people North Korea
1790s 3.73 million people 1.80 million people 1.92 million people North Korea
1800s 4.34 million people 1.40 million people 2.94 million people North Korea
1810s 4.35 million people 1.40 million people 2.94 million people North Korea
1820s 4.36 million people 1.42 million people 2.94 million people North Korea
1830s 4.39 million people 1.45 million people 2.94 million people North Korea
1840s 4.43 million people 1.48 million people 2.94 million people North Korea
1850s 4.51 million people 1.56 million people 2.95 million people North Korea
1860s 4.66 million people 1.68 million people 2.98 million people North Korea
1870s 4.85 million people 1.83 million people 3.02 million people North Korea
1880s 5.07 million people 2.01 million people 3.07 million people North Korea
1890s 5.30 million people 2.20 million people 3.10 million people North Korea
1900s 5.54 million people 2.49 million people 3.05 million people North Korea
1910s 6.19 million people 2.87 million people 3.32 million people North Korea
1920s 7.33 million people 3.23 million people 4.10 million people North Korea
1930s 8.65 million people 3.69 million people 4.95 million people North Korea
1940s 10.20 million people 4.28 million people 5.91 million people North Korea
1950s 10.68 million people 5.01 million people 5.68 million people North Korea
1960s 13.13 million people 5.78 million people 7.35 million people North Korea
1970s 16.72 million people 6.79 million people 9.92 million people North Korea
1980s 19.49 million people 8.27 million people 11.22 million people North Korea
1990s 22.42 million people 10.12 million people 12.30 million people North Korea
2000s 24.30 million people 13.39 million people 10.91 million people North Korea
2010s 25.51 million people 18.40 million people 7.12 million people North Korea
2020s 26.28 million people 22.74 million people 3.54 million people North Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, North Korea or Mali?
North Korea, at 26.42 million people against 23.77 million people in Mali as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between North Korea and Mali?
2.65 million people, with North Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for North Korea and Mali?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do North Korea and Mali rank globally for population?
North Korea ranks 55th and Mali ranks 57th of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Population
Unit
people
Source
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.