North Korea KP: Population: Total data was reported at 25,490,965.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 25,368,620.000 Person for 2016. North Korea KP: Population: Total data is updated yearly, averaging 19,851,039.000 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 25,490,965.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 11,424,176.000 Person in 1960. North Korea KP: Population: Total data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s North Korea – Table KP.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.; ; (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (5) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database, and (6) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme.; Sum; Relevance to gender indicator: disaggregating the population composition by gender will help a country in projecting its demand for social services on a gender basis.

DPR Korea administrative level 0 (country), 1 (province, special city), and 2 (county, city, special city) 2008 population statistics

REFERENCE YEAR: 2008

These population statistics tables are suitable for database or GIS linkage to the DPR Korea administrative level 0-2 boundaries. Note, however the caveat below that two administrative level 2 features in the COD-AB do not have corresponding records in the COD-PS table.

North Korea KP: Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters: % of Total Population data was reported at 5.132 % in 2010. This records an increase from the previous number of 5.128 % for 2000. North Korea KP: Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters: % of Total Population data is updated yearly, averaging 5.132 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2010, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5.229 % in 1990 and a record low of 5.128 % in 2000. North Korea KP: Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters: % of Total Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s North Korea – Table KP.World Bank: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Population below 5m is the percentage of the total population living in areas where the elevation is 5 meters or less.; ; Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University. 2013. Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/lecz-urban-rural-population-land-area-estimates-v2.; Weighted Average;

North Korea KP: Population: Female: Ages 35-39: % of Female Population data was reported at 6.039 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 5.924 % for 2016. North Korea KP: Population: Female: Ages 35-39: % of Female Population data is updated yearly, averaging 6.934 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 9.416 % in 2007 and a record low of 4.414 % in 1989. North Korea KP: Population: Female: Ages 35-39: % of Female Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s North Korea – Table KP.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Female population between the ages 35 to 39 as a percentage of the total female population.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; ;

This Excel spreadsheet was extracted from the DPRK population Census of 2008.

North Korea KP: Population: as % of Total: Aged 65 and Above data was reported at 9.491 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 9.647 % for 2016. North Korea KP: Population: as % of Total: Aged 65 and Above data is updated yearly, averaging 4.201 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 9.697 % in 2015 and a record low of 3.163 % in 1971. North Korea KP: Population: as % of Total: Aged 65 and Above data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s North Korea – Table KP.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population ages 65 and above as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; Weighted average;

This spatial dataset of settlements is a national dataset of 643 villages, towns and cities and suburbs across DPR Korea. The attribute information includes the location name (in local Korean script concatenated with the English translation), OSM id, and the associated province and county administrative name and code. This dataset is also referred to as the village or population point dataset and can be complemented by the WFP dataset.

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North Korea KP: Urban Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 meters: % of Total Population data was reported at 2.176 % in 2010. This records an increase from the previous number of 2.166 % for 2000. North Korea KP: Urban Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 meters: % of Total Population data is updated yearly, averaging 2.176 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2010, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.341 % in 1990 and a record low of 2.166 % in 2000. North Korea KP: Urban Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 meters: % of Total Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s North Korea – Table KP.World Bank: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Urban population below 5m is the percentage of the total population, living in areas where the elevation is 5 meters or less.; ; Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University. 2013. Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/lecz-urban-rural-population-land-area-estimates-v2.; Weighted Average;

North Korea KP: Population: Female: Ages 65-69: % of Female Population data was reported at 3.336 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 3.719 % for 2016. North Korea KP: Population: Female: Ages 65-69: % of Female Population data is updated yearly, averaging 2.282 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.234 % in 2013 and a record low of 1.729 % in 1978. North Korea KP: Population: Female: Ages 65-69: % of Female Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s North Korea – Table KP.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Female population between the ages 65 to 69 as a percentage of the total female population.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; ;

North Korea KP: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Young data was reported at 29.499 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 30.036 % for 2016. North Korea KP: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Young data is updated yearly, averaging 41.401 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 77.454 % in 1971 and a record low of 29.499 % in 2017. North Korea KP: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Young data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s North Korea – Table KP.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; Weighted average;

North Korea KP: Population: as % of Total: Male: Aged 0-14 data was reported at 21.542 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 21.803 % for 2016. North Korea KP: Population: as % of Total: Male: Aged 0-14 data is updated yearly, averaging 29.534 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 45.089 % in 1971 and a record low of 21.542 % in 2017. North Korea KP: Population: as % of Total: Male: Aged 0-14 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s North Korea – Table KP.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Male population between the ages 0 to 14 as a percentage of the total male population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; Weighted average;

North Korea KP: Population: Male: Ages 60-64: % of Male Population data was reported at 3.818 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 3.171 % for 2016. North Korea KP: Population: Male: Ages 60-64: % of Male Population data is updated yearly, averaging 1.840 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.167 % in 2005 and a record low of 1.592 % in 1969. North Korea KP: Population: Male: Ages 60-64: % of Male Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s North Korea – Table KP.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Male population between the ages 60 to 64 as a percentage of the total male population.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; ;

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North Korea KP: Population: Male: Ages 80 and Above: % of Male Population data was reported at 0.594 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.518 % for 2016. North Korea KP: Population: Male: Ages 80 and Above: % of Male Population data is updated yearly, averaging 0.170 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.594 % in 2017 and a record low of 0.099 % in 1970. North Korea KP: Population: Male: Ages 80 and Above: % of Male Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s North Korea – Table KP.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Male population between the ages 80 and above as a percentage of the total male population.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; ;

North Korea KP: Birth Rate: Crude: per 1000 People data was reported at 13.834 Ratio in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 13.873 Ratio for 2015. North Korea KP: Birth Rate: Crude: per 1000 People data is updated yearly, averaging 20.651 Ratio from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2016, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 37.774 Ratio in 1968 and a record low of 13.834 Ratio in 2016. North Korea KP: Birth Rate: Crude: per 1000 People data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s North Korea – Table KP.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.; ; (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (5) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database, and (6) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme.; Weighted average;

North Korea KP: Population Density: People per Square Km data was reported at 211.701 Person/sq km in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 210.685 Person/sq km for 2016. North Korea KP: Population Density: People per Square Km data is updated yearly, averaging 166.047 Person/sq km from Dec 1961 (Median) to 2017, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 211.701 Person/sq km in 2017 and a record low of 96.882 Person/sq km in 1961. North Korea KP: Population Density: People per Square Km data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s North Korea – Table KP.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.; ; Food and Agriculture Organization and World Bank population estimates.; Weighted average;

North Korea KP: Population: Male: Ages 40-44: % of Male Population data was reported at 7.778 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 8.425 % for 2016. North Korea KP: Population: Male: Ages 40-44: % of Male Population data is updated yearly, averaging 6.386 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 9.559 % in 2012 and a record low of 3.602 % in 1968. North Korea KP: Population: Male: Ages 40-44: % of Male Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s North Korea – Table KP.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Male population between the ages 40 to 44 as a percentage of the total male population.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; ;

North Korea Population: Ages 0-14: % of Total Population data was reported at 18.980 % in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 19.020 % for 2022. North Korea Population: Ages 0-14: % of Total Population data is updated yearly, averaging 23.200 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2023, with 34 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 26.510 % in 1990 and a record low of 18.980 % in 2023. North Korea Population: Ages 0-14: % of Total Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s North Korea – Table KP.OECD.GGI: Social: Demography: Non OECD Member: Annual.

North Korea KP: Completeness of Birth Registration: Male data was reported at 100.000 % in 2009. North Korea KP: Completeness of Birth Registration: Male data is updated yearly, averaging 100.000 % from Dec 2009 (Median) to 2009, with 1 observations. North Korea KP: Completeness of Birth Registration: Male data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s North Korea – Table KP.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Completeness of birth registration is the percentage of children under age 5 whose births were registered at the time of the survey. The numerator of completeness of birth registration includes children whose birth certificate was seen by the interviewer or whose mother or caretaker says the birth has been registered.; ; UNICEF's State of the World's Children based mostly on household surveys and ministry of health data.; ;