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General Information

Region		Eastern Asia
Population (000, 2021)		25 887^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2021)		215^a
Capital city		Pyongyang
Capital city pop. (000, 2021)		3 060.9^b
UN membership date		17-Sep-91
Surface area (km2)		120 538^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		95.7^a
National currency		North Korean Won (KPW)
Exchange rate (per US$)		103^c,d

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	13 945	16 283	16 331^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	-0.5	-1.1	0.4^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	571	649.9	639.6^b
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	20.8	21.6	21.2^b
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	48.2	46.2	44.7^b
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	31	32.2	34.1^b
Employment in agriculture^e (% of employed)	53.5	52	51.1^d
Employment in industry^e (% of employed)	15.4	14.5	13.2^d
Employment in services^e (% employed)	31.1	33.5	35.7^d
Unemployment^e (% of labour force)	2.9	2.9	2.8^d
Labour force participation rate^e (female/male pop. %)	74.2 / 88.0	73.7 / 87.7	73.3 / 87.7^d
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	99	99	102^b
International trade: exports^e (million current US$)	882	987	1 104^d
International trade: imports^e (million current US$)	1 957	2 604	3 466^d
International trade: balance^e (million current US$)	- 1 075	- 1 617	- 2 362^d

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rate^f (average annual %)	0.5	0.5	0.5^d
Urban population (% of total population)	60.4	61.3	62.1^b
Urban population growth rate^f (average annual %)	0.8	0.8	...
Fertility rate, total^f (live births per woman)	2	1.9	1.9^d
Life expectancy at birth^f (females/males, years)	71.8 / 64.8	74.1 / 67.2	75.4 / 68.3^d
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	22.6 / 12.9	20.9 / 12.7	19.8 / 15.4^a
International migrant stock^e (000/% of total pop.)	44.0 / 0.2	48.5 / 0.2	49.5 / 0.2^d
Infant mortality rate^f (per 1 000 live births)	27.3	18.5	13.9^d
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	3.3^g	3.5^h	3.7ⁱ
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	99.4 / 99.4^j	... / ...	89.3 / 89.3^k
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	... / ...	92.9 / 91.7	... / ...
Education: Upper secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	... / ...	94.9 / 93.1	95.4 / 93.4^k
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	15.6	16.3	17.6^l

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet^e (per 100 inhabitants)	0	0^m	...
Threatened species (number)	52	64	109
Forested area^e (% of land area)	51.8	51	50.4^k
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	49.3 / 2.0	22.5 / 0.9	15.3 / 0.6^k
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	699	789	558^k
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	25	13	10^k
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	0	0	0^d
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	78.0 / 52.4	77.4 / 50.4	77.0 / 48.8^d
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural %)	... / 18.4	... / 9.0	... / 1.2^d

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2019
c		UN operational exchange rate.
d		2020
e		Estimate.
f		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
g		2008
h		2014
i		2017
j		2009
k		2018
l		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
m		2012