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North Korea

East & Southeast Asia

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

📍 Essential Info

CapitalPyongyang

TimezoneUTC+9 (14 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

Population26.4M

Governmentdictatorship, single-party communist state

Driving SideRight

Electrical PlugsVaries

Internet Code.kp

GDP per Capita$600

LocationEastern Asia, northern half of the Korean Peninsula bordering the Korea Bay and the Sea of Japan, between China and South Korea

Size Comparisonslightly larger than Virginia; slightly smaller than Mississippi

Climatetemperate, with rainfall concentrated in summer; long, bitter winters

Terrainmostly hills and mountains separated by deep, narrow valleys; wide coastal plains in west, discontinuous in east

Ethnic Groupsracially homogeneous; there is a small Chinese community and a few ethnic Japanese

Religionstraditionally Buddhist and Confucian, some Christian and syncretic Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way)

Median Age36.2 years

Life Expectancy73.5 years

National HolidayFounding of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), 9 September (1948)

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Data sourced from the CIA World Factbook