NORTH KOREA
Population
Population
Population
North Korea has a population of 26,300,000 (2024). The population density is about 220 inhabitants per square kilometre.
- The natural population growth rate is 0.4%. (2024)
- Birth rate per 1,000 inhabitants is 13.2 (2024)
- Death rate per 1000 inhabitants is 9.2 (2024)
- Life expectancy is 73.5 years. (men 70.2 and women 77 years (2024)
Population composition:
The population is racially extremely homogeneous and consists of Koreans. There is a very small Chinese community and some ethnic Japanese.
Language
Korean is spoken in North Korea.
Religion
North Korea has traditionally had followers of Buddhism, Shamanism, Chondoism and Christianity. In the practice of the communist regime, there is little room for the practice of these religions.
Sources
Elmar Landeninformatie
CIA - World Factbook
BBC - Country Profiles
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