Nationality:
noun: Korean(s)
adjective:
Korean
Ethnic groups:
racially homogeneous; there is a small Chinese community and a few ethnic Japanese
Languages:
Korean
Religions:
traditionally Buddhist and Confucianist, some Christian and syncretic Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way)
note:
autonomous religious activities now almost nonexistent; government-sponsored religious groups exist to provide illusion of religious freedom
Population: Age structure:
Dependency ratios:
Median age:
Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Urbanization:
Major urban areas - population: Sex ratio:
Maternal mortality rate: Infant mortality rate:
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: Contraceptive prevalence rate: Physicians density: Hospital bed density: Drinking water source:
Sanitation facility access:
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS - deaths: Obesity - adult prevalence rate: Children under the age of 5 years underweight: Education expenditures: Literacy:
24,851,627 (July 2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 50
[see also: Population country ranks ]
0-14 years:
21.5% (male 2,709,580/female 2,628,456)
15-24 years:
16.3% (male 2,041,861/female 1,997,413)
25-54 years:
44% (male 5,465,889/female 5,456,850)
55-64 years:
8.6% (male 1,007,667/female 1,127,455)
65 years and over:
9.5% (male 826,175/female 1,590,281) (2014 est.)
population pyramid:
total dependency ratio:
44.9 %
youth dependency ratio:
31.1 %
elderly dependency ratio:
13.8 %
potential support ratio:
7.2 (2014 est.)
total:
33.4 years
male:
31.8 years
female:
35 years (2014 est.)
0.53% (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 153
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
14.51 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 138
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
9.18 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 64
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
-0.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 111
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
urban population:
60.3% of total population (2011)
rate of urbanization:
0.63% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
PYONGYANG (capital) 2.843 million (2011)
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years:
1.03 male(s)/female
15-24 years:
1.02 male(s)/female
25-54 years:
1 male(s)/female
55-64 years:
0.94 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.51 male(s)/female
total population:
0.94 male(s)/female (2014 est.)
81 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 82
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
total:
24.5 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 75
male:
27.18 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
21.68 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)
total population:
69.81 years
country comparison to the world: 154
male:
65.96 years
female:
73.86 years (2014 est.)
1.98 children born/woman (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 129
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
68.6% (2002)
[see also: Contraceptive prevalence rate country ranks ]
3.29 physicians/1,000 population (2003)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
13.2 beds/1,000 population (2002)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
improved:
urban: 98.9% of population
rural: 96.9% of population
total: 98.1% of population
unimproved:
urban: 1.1% of population
rural: 3.1% of population
total: 1.9% of population (2012 est.)
improved:
urban: 87.9% of population
rural: 72.5% of population
total: 81.8% of population
unimproved:
urban: 12.1% of population
rural: 27.5% of population
total: 18.2% of population (2012 est.)
NA
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
NA
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
NA
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
3.9% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 173
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
18.8% (2009)
country comparison to the world: 34
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]
NA
[see also: Education expenditures - percent of GDP country ranks ]
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
100%
male:
100%
female:
100% (2008 est.)