Country (long form) |
Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
Capital |
P'yongyang |
Total Area |
46,540.75 sq mi 120,540.00 sq km (slightly smaller than Mississippi) |
Population |
21,968,228 (July 2001 est.) |
Estimated Population in 2050 |
26,388,317 |
Languages |
Korean |
Literacy |
99.0% total, 99.0% male, 99% female (1990 est.) |
Religions |
traditionally Buddhist and Confucianist, some Christian and syncretic Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way) |
Life Expectancy |
68.04 male, 74.15 female (2001 est.) |
Government Type |
authoritarian socialist; one-man dictatorship |
Currency |
1 North Korean won (Wn) = 100 chon |
GDP (per capita) |
$1,000 (2000 est.) |
Industry |
military products; machine building, electric power, chemicals; mining (coal, iron ore, magnesite, graphite, copper, zinc, lead, and precious metals), metallurgy; textiles, food processing; tourism |
Agriculture |
rice, corn, potatoes, soybeans, pulses; cattle, pigs, pork, eggs
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Arable Land |
14% |
Natural Resources |
coal, lead, tungsten, zinc, graphite, magnesite, iron ore, copper, gold, pyrites, salt, fluorspar, hydropower |
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