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🇰🇵 North Korea

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3PRK
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2KP
UN M49 numeric408
IOC codePRK
Official nameDemocratic People's Republic of Korea
Native name(s)kor: official: 조선민주주의인민공화국; common: 조선
Alt spellingsKP, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DPRK, 조선민주주의인민공화국, Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk, Korea, Democratic People's Republic of, 북한, 북조선
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAsia
SubregionEastern Asia
UN regional groupAsia and the Pacific Group
CapitalPyongyang
Area (km²)120,538
Lat / Lng40.0000, 127.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)CHN, KOR, RUS
Top-level domain.kp
Calling coderoot: +8; suffixes: 50

Demographics

Population (World Bank)26,571,036 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)73.743 (2024)
Languageskor: Korean
Demonymseng: f: North Korean; m: North Korean; fra: f: Nord-coréenne; m: Nord-coréen
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)
GDP per capita (current USD)
Unemployment rate (%)3.545 (2025)
CurrenciesKPW: name: North Korean won; symbol: ₩

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
195011,116,736
195110,583,568
195210,253,642
195310,177,413
195410,242,801
195510,403,325
195610,600,379
195710,854,685
195811,163,747
195911,452,989
196011,722,953
196111,990,713
196212,262,882
196312,567,057
196412,889,770
196513,219,369
196613,569,094
196713,958,350
196814,365,596
196914,767,615
197015,172,775
197115,572,457
197215,975,069
197316,350,367
197416,673,121
197516,971,055
197617,243,450
197717,492,798
197817,735,995
197917,983,470
198018,236,786
198118,501,295
198218,776,357
198319,054,034
198419,335,043
198519,620,388
198619,910,855
198720,205,483
198820,503,161
198920,804,367
199021,112,137
199121,428,638
199221,750,911
199322,073,352
199422,393,975
199522,669,304
199622,895,746
199723,110,830
199823,311,564
199923,497,599
200023,665,910
200123,815,358
200223,943,973
200324,090,380
200424,254,943
200524,396,433
200624,524,507
200724,646,383
200824,764,618
200924,878,332
201024,987,258
201125,097,874
201225,211,728
201325,329,451
201425,451,262
201525,575,350
201625,698,326
201725,817,709
201825,931,147
201926,037,632
202026,136,312
202126,232,534
202226,328,845
202326,418,204

Full raw record (JSON)

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