Country
North Korea
- Region
- East Asia & Pacific
- Income group
- low income
- Capital
- Pyongyang
- ISO code
- KP · PRK
55 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 26.6M
- Life expectancy
- 73.7 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 2.5 t CO₂
Population
- Population 26.6M 2025 56th of 214
- Population density 220 people/km² 2024 60th of 212
- Population growth 0.27 % per year 2025 154th of 214
- Natural increase 3.3 per 1,000 people 2023 144th of 228
- Net migration -0.1 per 1,000 people 2025 93rd of 214
- Fertility rate 1.78 births per woman 2024 118th of 214
- Urban population 64.2 % 2025 107th of 214
- Median age 36.0 years 2023 85th of 228
- Population aged 65+ 12.7 % 2025 76th of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 18.6 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 77th of 214
- Children under 15 18.9 % 2025 131st of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 73.7 years 2024 117th of 214
- Life expectancy, women 75.9 years 2024 128th of 214
- Life expectancy, men 71.6 years 2024 108th of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 4.3 years 2024 139th of 214
- Infant mortality 13.3 per 1,000 births 2024 93rd of 195
- Under-5 mortality 16.7 per 1,000 births 2024 88th of 195
- Maternal mortality 67 per 100,000 births 2023 79th of 193
- Physicians 3.63 per 1,000 people 2017 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Hospital beds 12.8 per 1,000 people 2018 2nd of 150
- Measles immunization 99 % 2024 1st of 191
- Undernourishment 47.0 % 2018 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Tobacco use 15.6 % 2024 101st of 165
- Calorie supply 1,981 kcal per day 2018 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Meat supply 13.8 kg per person per year 2018 not ranked – no value for 2023
Economy
Education and society
Technology and infrastructure
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 66.2 Mt CO₂ 2024 50th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 2.5 t CO₂ 2024 105th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 2.36 t CO₂ 2024 123rd of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 5.5 Gt CO₂ 2024 39th of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 3.4 t CO₂e 2024 111th of 201
- Forest area 64.1 % of land 2024 24th of 208
- Water stress 28 % 2022 58th of 176
- Arable land 19.1 % of land 2024 57th of 205
- Renewable energy 14.7 % of final energy 2021 125th of 210
- Renewable electricity 63.4 % of electricity 2024 50th of 193
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 34.1 % of electricity 2024 27th of 193
- Electricity from wind 0.0 % of electricity 2024 108th of 193
- Electricity from solar 0.6 % of electricity 2024 141st of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 341 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 120th of 193
- Electricity generation per person 1,023 kWh 2024 130th of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 21.8 µg/m³ 2023 75th of 199
North Korea on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldKorean · official languageSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldNorth Korean won (KPW)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC+9Source: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType C, F · 220 V · 50 Hz
- National dishes of the world2 national dishes
- Plants of the world5 characteristic plants
- Castles map1 castleSource: Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- Volcano & earthquake map1 volcanoSource: Smithsonian GVP (Smithsonian Terms of Use)
- UFO sightings map1 UFO or unexplained case