| 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 |
21,687,550 (July 2000 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 |
67.76 male, 73.86 female (2000 est.) |
| Government Type |
authoritarian socialist; one-man dictatorship |
| Currency |
1 North Korean won (Wn) = 100 chon |
| GDP (per capita) |
$1,000 (1999 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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