North Korea
North Korea
Capital Pyongyang
120,538 km² · 26,571,036 people (2025) · North Korean won
About eighty percent mountain or upland. Paektu on the Chinese border is 2,744 m and holds Heaven Lake, a caldera lake roughly 4 km across and over 200 m deep, formed by an eruption around AD 946 that was one of the largest of the last two thousand years.
The facts
- Capital
- Pyongyang
- Area
- 120,538 km² — 46,540 sq mi
- Population
- 26,571,036 (2025)
- Density
- 220.4 people per km²
- Currency
- North Korean won (KPW, ₩)
- Official language
- Korean
- Time zone
- UTC+09:00
- Calling code
- +850
- Drives on the
- right
- ISO codes
- KP · PRK
- Continent
- Asia
How it compares
- By area
- 98 of 200
- By population
- 56 of 200
Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.
Countries of a similar size
| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Greece | 131,957 | 10,413,962 |
| Nicaragua | 130,370 | 7,007,502 |
| North Korea ← | 120,538 | 26,571,036 |
| Malawi | 118,484 | 22,216,120 |
| Eritrea | 117,600 | 3,607,003 |
Common questions
- What is the capital of North Korea?
- Pyongyang
- What currency does North Korea use?
- The North Korean won (KPW).
- How big is North Korea?
- 120,538 km², or 46,540 square miles — 98 of 200 by area.
- Which side of the road does North Korea drive on?
- The right.
Related pages
Sources
- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (Public domain (US Government))
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (CC BY 4.0)