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North Korea

Country

Member state of the United Nations. The UN lists it as "Democratic People's Republic of Korea".[1]

Capital
Population
26,571,036 in 2025[3]
Land area
120,410 km²[4]
Total area
120,540 km²[5] land and water
Official languages
Currency
Land borders
People's Republic of China, Russia, South Korea[10]
Coast
Yes[10]
Continent
Official name
  • 조선민주주의인민공화국[11]

Parts of North Korea

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Through time

Population over time[3]
1960202526.6M

11,722,953 in 1960, 26,571,036 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
196011,722,953
196111,990,713
196212,262,882
196312,567,057
196412,889,770
196513,219,369
196613,569,094
196713,958,350
196814,365,596
196914,767,615
197015,172,775
197115,572,457
197215,975,069
197316,350,367
197416,673,121
197516,971,055
197617,243,450
197717,492,798
197817,735,995
197917,983,470
198018,236,786
198118,501,295
198218,776,357
198319,054,034
198419,335,043
198519,620,388
198619,910,855
198720,205,483
198820,503,161
198920,804,367
199021,112,137
199121,428,638
199221,750,911
199322,073,352
199422,393,975
199522,669,304
199622,895,746
199723,110,830
199823,311,564
199923,497,599
200023,665,910
200123,815,358
200223,943,973
200324,090,380
200424,254,943
200524,396,433
200624,524,507
200724,646,383
200824,764,618
200924,878,332
201024,987,258
201125,097,874
201225,211,728
201325,329,451
201425,451,262
201525,575,350
201625,698,326
201725,817,709
201825,931,147
201926,037,632
202026,136,312
202126,232,534
202226,328,845
202326,418,204
202426,498,823
202526,571,036

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
KP[12]
ISO alpha-3
PRK[13]
ISO numeric
408[14]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: North Korea (Q423), capital: Pyongyang (revision 2564777688) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  5. Wikidata: North Korea (Q423), area (revision 2564777688) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  6. Wikidata: North Korea (Q423), official language: North Korean standard language (revision 2564777688) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  7. Wikidata: North Korea (Q423), official language: Korean (revision 2564777688) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  8. Wikidata: North Korea (Q423), currency: North Korean won (revision 2564777688) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  9. Wikidata: North Korea (Q423), continent: Asia (revision 2564777688) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  10. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  11. Wikidata: North Korea (Q423), official name (revision 2564777688) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  12. Wikidata: North Korea (Q423), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2564777688) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  13. Wikidata: North Korea (Q423), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2564777688) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  14. Wikidata: North Korea (Q423), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2564777688) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

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