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Geography

Area

comparison ranking: total 99

Area - comparative

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<p>slightly larger than Virginia; slightly smaller than Mississippi</p>

People and Society

Languages

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Age structure

2024 population pyramid:
This is the population pyramid for North Korea. A population pyramid illustrates the age and sex structure of a country's population and may provide insights about political and social stability, as well as economic development. The population is distributed along the horizontal axis, with males shown on the left and females on the right. The male and female populations are broken down into 5-year age groups represented as horizontal bars along the vertical axis, with the youngest age groups at the bottom and the oldest at the top. The shape of the population pyramid gradually evolves over time based on fertility, mortality, and international migration trends. <br/><br/>For additional information, please see the entry for Population pyramid on the Definitions and Notes page.

Median age

comparison ranking: total 94

Population growth rate

comparison ranking: 158

Birth rate

comparison ranking: 130

Death rate

comparison ranking: 55

Net migration rate

comparison ranking: 91

Maternal mortality ratio

comparison ranking: 81

Infant mortality rate

comparison ranking: total 89

Total fertility rate

comparison ranking: 138

Tobacco use

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Environment

Government

Economy

Real GDP per capita

comparison ranking: 217

Labor force

comparison ranking: 38

Unemployment rate

comparison ranking: 37

Energy

Communications

Transportation

Airports

comparison ranking: 66

Heliports

comparison ranking: 82

Merchant marine

comparison ranking: total 63

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