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General Information

Region		Eastern Asia
Population (000, 2020)		25 779
Pop. density (per km2, 2020)		214.1
Capital city		Pyongyang
Capital city pop. (000, 2020)		3 060.9^b
UN membership date		17-Sep-91
Surface area (km2)		120 538^a
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		95.7
National currency		North Korean Won (KPW)
Exchange rate (per US$)		107.7^c,b

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2020
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	13 945	16 283	17 487^d
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	-0.5	-1.1	-4.1^d
GDP per capita (current US$)	571	649.9	687.9^d
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	20.8	21.6	23.3^d
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	48.2	46.2	43.7^d
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	53.3	54.5	53.7^d
Employment in agriculture^e (% of employed)	53.5	52	51.1
Employment in industry^e (% of employed)	15.4	14.5	13.2
Employment in services^e (% employed)	31.1	33.5	35.7
Unemployment^e (% of labour force)	2.9	2.9	2.8
Labour force participation rate^e (female/male pop. %)	74.2 / 88.0	73.7 / 87.7	73.3 / 87.7
Agricultural production index (2004-2006=100)	98	105	102^f
International trade: exports^e (million current US$)	882	987	1 080^b
International trade: imports^e (million current US$)	1 957	2 604	3 273^b
International trade: balance^e (million current US$)	- 1 075	- 1 617	- 2 194^b

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2020
Population growth rate^g (average annual %)	0.5	0.5	0.5
Urban population (% of total population)	60.4	61.3	62.1^b
Urban population growth rate^g (average annual %)	0.8	0.8	...
Fertility rate, total^g (live births per woman)	2	1.9	1.9
Life expectancy at birth^g (females/males, years)	71.8 / 64.8	74.1 / 67.2	75.4 / 68.3
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	22.6 / 12.9	20.9 / 12.7	19.8 / 15.1
International migrant stock^e (000/% of total pop.)	44.0 / 0.2	48.5 / 0.2	49.4 / 0.2^b
Infant mortality rate^g (per 1 000 live births)	27.3	18.5	13.9
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	3.3^h	3.5ⁱ	3.7^a
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	99.4 / 99.4^j	94.7 / 94.5	112.8 / 112.8^d
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	... / ...	93.3 / 92.3	... / ...
Education: Tertiary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	20.6 / 40.8^j	20.0 / 36.1	18.2 / 35.5^d
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	15.6	16.3	17.6^k

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2020
Individuals using the Internet^e (per 100 inhabitants)	0	0^l	...
Threatened species (number)	52	64	88
Forested area^e (% of land area)	47.1	41.8	41.8^a
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	49.3 / 2.0	22.5 / 0.9	19.6 / 0.8^a
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	699	788	646^a
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	25	13	12^a
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	0	0	0^b
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	78.0 / 52.4	77.4 / 50.4	77.2 / 49.6^a
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural %)	... / 18.4	... / 9.0	... / 5.1^a

Footnotes

a		2017
b		2019
c		UN operational exchange rate.
d		2018
e		Estimate.
f		2016
g		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
h		2008
i		2014
j		2009
k		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
l		2012