Population
26.3M
Unitary communist state
Passport power
#189
8 visa-free destinations
Cities rated
9
Top: Pyongyang
Country overview
- Official name
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Capital
- Pyongyang
- Continent
- Asia / Eastern Asia
- Area
- 120,538 km²
- Population
- 26.3M
- Density
- 219.2/km²
- Government
- Unitary communist state
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Driving side
- Right
- TLD
- .kp
- Calling code
- +850
- Timezone
- UTC+09:00
Regions
Visa and travel
- Passport power rank
- #189 of 199
- Visa-free destinations
- 8
- Total accessible
- 37
Culture and society
- Languages
- Korean (í•œêµì–´)
- Religions
- No religion 73.0%, Atheist state 58.0%, Chondoism 13.0%, Shamanism 12.0%
- Currencies
- ₩ KPW — North Korean won
Key figures
- HDI
- 0.000
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 73.7 yrs
- Unemployment (2025)
- 3.6%
- Urban population (2025)
- 64.2%
- PM2.5 (2024)
- 21.2 µg/m³
- Political stability (2023)
- 30th pct