North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea)

    Religious Affiliation
    Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
    Total Population
    25,610,672 1
    Urban
    61.90% 1
    Rural
    38.10% 1
    Immigrants as % of Population
    0.2% 2
    Homicides
    4.41 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3
    Level of Public Corruption
    174 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
    Fertility Rate
    1.97 births per adult woman 6
    Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
    2.50% 6
    Life Expectancy at Birth
    71 years 6
    Adult Literacy Rate
    100.00% 6
    Internet Users
    0% 6
    • 1 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision, Online Edition.
    • 2 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2015 revision.
    • 3 United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, Homicide Statistics 2015.
    • 4 Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index 2016.
    • 5 World Economic Forum, The Global Gender Gap Report, 2016.
    • 6 UNICEF, State of the World's Children, 2016.