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 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: 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: Urban Population: % of Total Population data was reported at 61.678 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 61.471 % for 2016. North Korea KP: Urban Population: % of Total Population data is updated yearly, averaging 58.162 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 61.678 % in 2017 and a record low of 40.195 % in 1960. North Korea KP: Urban Population: % 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.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.; ; United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.; Weighted average;

North Korea KP: Rural Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters: % of Total Population data was reported at 2.955 % in 2010. This records a decrease from the previous number of 2.961 % for 2000. North Korea KP: Rural Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters: % of Total Population data is updated yearly, averaging 2.955 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2010, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.961 % in 2000 and a record low of 2.888 % in 1990. North Korea KP: Rural 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. Rural 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: Urban Population Growth data was reported at 0.817 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.809 % for 2016. North Korea KP: Urban Population Growth data is updated yearly, averaging 1.675 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8.062 % in 1969 and a record low of 0.673 % in 2008. North Korea KP: Urban Population Growth 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. Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.; Weighted average;

North Korea KP: Rural Population Growth data was reported at -0.058 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of -0.009 % for 2016. North Korea KP: Rural Population Growth data is updated yearly, averaging 0.756 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.630 % in 1971 and a record low of -2.688 % in 1970. North Korea KP: Rural Population Growth 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. Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.; Weighted average;

North Korea KP: Fertility Rate: Total: Births per Woman data was reported at 1.910 Ratio in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.921 Ratio for 2015. North Korea KP: Fertility Rate: Total: Births per Woman data is updated yearly, averaging 2.369 Ratio from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2016, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.579 Ratio in 1960 and a record low of 1.910 Ratio in 2016. North Korea KP: Fertility Rate: Total: Births per Woman 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: Health Statistics. Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.; ; (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; Relevance to gender indicator: it can indicate the status of women within households and a woman’s decision about the number and spacing of children.