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: Median age: Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Urbanization: Sex ratio: Maternal mortality rate: Infant mortality rate: Life expectancy at birth: Total fertility rate: Health expenditures: Physicians density: Hospital bed density: Sanitation facility access: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS - deaths: Children under the age of 5 years underweight: Education expenditures: Literacy:
NOTE: 1) The information regarding Korea, North on this page is re-published from the 2013 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Korea, North People 2013 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Korea, North People 2013 should be addressed to the CIA.
24,589,122 (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 49
[see also: Population country ranks ]
0-14 years: 22% (male 2,742,874/female 2,672,199)
[see also: Age structure 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years:
16.5% (male 2,060,206/female 1,998,436)
25-54 years:
44% (male 5,402,999/female 5,416,701)
55-64 years:
8.2% (male 942,529/female 1,064,570)
65 years and over:
9.3% (male 768,703/female 1,519,905) (2012 est.)
total: 33 years
[see also: Median age - total country ranks ]
male:
31.4 years
female:
34.7 years (2012 est.)
0.535% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 149
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
14.51 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 137
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
9.12 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 65
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
-0.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 116
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
urban population: 60% of total population (2010)
[see also: Urbanization - urban population country ranks ]
rate of urbanization:
0.6% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - at birth country ranks ]
under 15 years:
1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.51 male(s)/female
total population:
0.94 male(s)/female (2011 est.)
81 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 82
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
total: 26.21 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 76
male:
29.05 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
23.24 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)
total population: 69.2 years
country comparison to the world: 152
male:
65.34 years
female:
73.24 years (2012 est.)
2.01 children born/woman (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 130
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
2% of GDP (2009)
country comparison to the world: 189
[see also: Health expenditures 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:
unimproved:
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 ]
20.6% (2004)
country comparison to the world: 33
[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:
99%
male:
99%
female:
99% (1991 est.)
2) The rank that you see is the CIA reported rank, which may habe the following issues:
a) They assign increasing rank number, alphabetically for countries with the same value of the ranked item, whereas we assign them the same rank.
b) The CIA sometimes assignes counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order
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