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Korea, North People:
Population:
22,912,177 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 24.2% (male:2,816,844; female:2,735,478)
15-64 years: 67.9% (male:7,668,581; female:7,883,267)
65 years and over: 7.9% (male:625,819; female:1,182,188) (2005)
Median age:
total: 31.74 years
male: 30.47 years
female: 33 years (2005)
Population growth rate:
0.9% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
16.09 births
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
7.05 deaths
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.53 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 24.04 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 25.77 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 22.23 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 71.37 years (2005 est.)
male: 68.65 years
female: 74.22 years
Total fertility rate:
2.15 children born/woman (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS — adult prevalence rate:
NA
HIV/AIDS — people living with HIV/AIDS:
NA
HIV/AIDS — deaths:
NA
Nationality:
noun: Korean(s)
adjective: Korean
Ethnic groups:
racially homogeneous; Chinese , Japanese
Religions:
Buddhist and Confucianist, Christian and syncretic Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way)
note: Autonomous religious activities now almost nonexistent; government-sponsored religious groups exist to provide illusion of religious freedom
Languages:
Korean
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99%
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