| | | World Atlas: Asia > North Korea |  |  |
|   | 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.) | Labor Force (by occupation)
agricultural 36%, nonagricultural 64% | 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 | Arable Land
14% | Exports
minerals, metallurgical products, manufactures (including armaments); agricultural and fishery products | Imports
petroleum, coking coal, machinery and equipment; consumer goods, grain | Natural Resources
coal, lead, tungsten, zinc, graphite, magnesite, iron ore, copper, gold, pyrites, salt, fluorspar, hydropower | Current Environmental Issues
localized air pollution attributable to inadequate industrial controls; water pollution; inadequate supplies of potable water | Telephones (main lines in use)
1.1 million (1995) | Telephones (mobile cellular)
0 (1999) | Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
N/A | | (U.S. Government sources) | | |
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