Dem. People's Rep. Korea

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Key facts

  • Currency: Democratic People's Republic of Korean won
  • Capital city: Pyongyang
  • Region: Eastern Asia
  • Continent: Asia
  • Land area: 120,410 km²
  • Population: 26,069,416
  • Political Leader: Kim Jong-un (Chairman of the Workers Party of Korea)

Metrics

Business

Self-employed 83.02 % of total employment
Unemployment 3.07 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment 81.15 % of total employment


Environment

Agricultural land 25,950.00 km²
Alternative and nuclear energy 7.01 % of total energy use
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) 52,437.20 kt
Electricity production from coal sources 21.29 % of total
Electricity production from natural gas sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources 72.80 % of total
Electricity production from nuclear sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from oil sources 5.92 % of total
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric 0.00 % of total
Net energy imports -74.75 % of energy use
Fertility rate 1.81 births per woman
Forest area 60,088 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption 62.05 % of total
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 -26,188.70 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Median age 31.90 years
Methane emissions 18,145.50 kt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions 2,590.05 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Female Population 13,164,298
Male Population 12,905,119
Renewable energy consumption 12.70 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area 119,025.00 km²
Rural population 9,667,582
Urban land area 2,678.34 km²
Urban population 16,401,834
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters 3.39 % of total population


Health

Birth rate 13.24 per 1,000 people
Death rate 9.31 per 1,000 people
Hospital beds 13.20 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth 73 years
Suicide mortality rate 9.40 per 100,000 population


Other

Access to electricity 52.63 % of population
Individuals using the Internet 0.00 % of population
Net migration -2,000
Press freedom 0.94


Politics

Armed forces personnel 1,469,000
Democracy score 1.08
Democracy type Authoritarian
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 17.61 %


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Location on a map

Coordinates: [40°0′N, 127°0′N]
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Dem. People's Rep. Korea Historical Forest Area

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Dem. People's Rep. Korea Historical Internally Displaced Persons, By Conflict And Violence

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Dem. People's Rep. Korea Historical Urban Population Living In Areas Where Elevation Is Below 5 Meters

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Dem. People's Rep. Korea Historical Self-employed

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Dem. People's Rep. Korea Historical Unemployment

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Dem. People's Rep. Korea Historical Armed Forces Personnel

Dem. People's Rep. Korea Historical Military Expenditure

Dem. People's Rep. Korea Historical Proportion Of Seats Held By Women In National Parliaments

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Datasets

Source

SIPRI, World Bank

Updated: 22 days ago

License

CC BY 4.0

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