26,571,036 persons

1The observation, as this site stores it

Observation ID

177725

Indicator

Population, total (World Bank WDI)

What is counted

Total population, all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship, mid-year (SP.POP.TOTL). World Bank WDI republishes modelled and compiled estimates; quality class C (reputable independent estimate), observation type estimated.

Statistical concept

Mid-year total population, modelled estimate

Geography

North Korea (country)

Period

2025 (2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31)

Value

26,571,036

Unit

Persons

Observation type

estimated

Quality class

C

Provisional

no

Retrieved

2026-10-09 07:30:24.84+00

2The raw source cell, transcribed verbatim

Cell reference

country=PRK;time=2025

Value as published

26571036

The stored value is identical to the value in the raw snapshot. No transformation was applied.

3The immutable raw snapshot the cell came from

Snapshot id

371

Request

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Retrieved

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Bytes

2,830,574

SHA256

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Stored at

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4The publisher, dataset and release

Publisher

World Bank — World Development Indicators

Dataset

Population, total

Table code

SP.POP.TOTL

Release

2026-10-08

Publisher last updated

2026-10-08 00:00:00+00

Licence

CC BY 4.0