Eastern Asia
North Korea
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Core facts
- Capital
- Pyongyang
- Population
- 25,950,000
- Area
- 120,538 km^2
- Country code
- PRK
- Flag emoji
- 🇰🇵
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Population density
- 215.3 per km^2
- Calling code
- +850
Culture and society
- Languages
- Korean
- Religions
- Islam (27.0%), Hinduism (25.0%), Unaffiliated (21.0%), Buddhism (12.0%), Christianity (7.0%), Folk religions (6.0%), Other religions (2.0%)
- Native names
- 조선
- Demonyms (EN)
- North Korean / North Korean
- Start of week
- monday
- Driving side
- right
- Timezones
- UTC+09:00
- Alternative spellings
- KP, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DPRK, 조선민주주의인민공화국, Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk, Korea, Democratic People's Republic of, 북한, 북조선
Geography and map
- Continents
- Asia
- Coordinates
- 40.00, 127.00
- Landlocked
- No
- Borders
- CHN, KOR, RUS
- Border countries count
- 3
Economy and identity
- Currencies
- North Korean won (₩)
- Top-level domain
- .kp
- FIFA code
- PRK
- Capital coordinates
- 39.02, 125.75
- Postal code format
- ###-###
- Gini index
- N/A
- Coat of arms
