Demographics of North Korea - CIA World Factbook Demographic Statistics

CIA World Factbook Demographic Statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.

Population: 22,665,345 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure 0–14 years: 21.3% (male 2,440,439/female 2,376,557)
15–64 years: 69.4% (male 7,776,889/female 7,945,399)
65 years and over: 9.4% (male 820,504/female 1,305,557) (2009 est.)

Population growth rate 1.02% (1991 est.)
0.31% (1996 est.)
0.87% (2006 est.)
0.42% (2009 est.)

Birth rate 20.01 births/1,000 population (1991 est.)
17.58 births/1,000 population (1996 est.)
14.61 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)
14.61 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Death rate 8.94 deaths/1,000 population (1991 est.)
9.52 deaths/1,000 population (1996 est.)
7.29 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
7.29 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate -0.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Sex ratio at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15–64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.63 male(s)/female
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate total: 51.34 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth total population: 63.81 years
male: 61.23 years
female: 66.53 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate 2.09 children born/woman (2006 est.)
1.94 children born/woman (2010 est.)

Nationality: noun: Korean(s) adjective: Korean

Ethnic groups racially homogeneous: Koreans; small Chinese community, a few ethnic Japanese and ethnic Vietnamese

Religion traditionally Korean shamanist, Buddhist(54%) and Confucianist, some Christian and syncretic Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way)

Language: Korean

Literacy definition: age 15 and over can read and write Korean using the Korean script Hangul
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99%

• Figures from CIA World Factbook as of 2009