VERBACARD GEOGRAPHY — ASIA
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NORTH KOREA
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
KP · PRK
FOUNDED 1948
ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST ISOLATED NATIONS
POPULATION
26.5M
AREA
120,538 km²
CAPITAL
Pyongyang
CURRENCY
KPW
GDP / CAPITA
$1,700
TERRITORY
HIGHEST POINT
Paektu Mountain, 2,744 m
LOWEST POINT
Sea of Japan, 0 m
COASTLINE
2,495 km
LAND BORDERS
1,673 km, 3 countries
TERRAIN
Mostly mountainous with narrow valleys; coastal plains in the west.
POSITION
CAPITAL COORDINATES
39.02°N, 125.75°E
TIME ZONE
KST, UTC+9 — no daylight saving
NEIGHBORS
China
South Korea
Russia
GOVERNMENT & SOCIETY
GOVERNMENT
One-party totalitarian state
RELIGION
Predominantly non-religious / state-atheist
LIFE EXPECTANCY
74 years
HDI
— not published
LANGUAGES
KoreanOFFICIAL
ECONOMY
KEY INDUSTRIES
Military-related manufacturing
Mining (coal, iron ore)
Textiles
Metal processing
TOP EXPORTS
Minerals
Textiles
Metallurgical products
TOP IMPORTS
Petroleum products
Machinery
Foodstuffs
LAND USE
Agricultural, 23%
Forest, 46%
Other, 31%
POPULATION, 1970–2024
14.4M
1970
17.3M
1980
20.1M
1990
22.9M
2000
24.4M
2010
25.8M
2020
26.2M
2024
SOURCES: WORLD BANK · CIA WORLD FACTBOOK · NATURAL EARTH · ISO 4217
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