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North Korea AI Report

Date: October 20, 2025

North Korea is a mid-size country with 0.3% of the world's population. North Korea is a communist, republic country. It has 2 world heritage sites.

North Korea is the 56^th ranked country in population and 97^th ranked in area out of 195 countries in the world. Please keep the country rank in perspective, for the highlights below.

Doctors (Per 10,000)

Total Military Force

The Average Literacy Rate (%) of 195 countries in the world is 86. North Korea is the 1^st highest ranked country out of 195 countries. This indicates that there is a better educational infrastructure in this country as compared to other countries.

The Average Doctors (Per 10,000) of 195 countries in the world is 7. North Korea is the 1^st highest ranked country out of 195 countries. This implies better investment in healthcare infrastructure or may also indicate a higher population in this country

The Average Total Military Force of 195 countries in the world is 358,465. North Korea is the 1^st highest ranked country out of 195 countries. This implies that the country is facing higher threats compared to other countries or may imply that the size or population of the country is higher.

North Korea is the 19^th highest ranked in Employment in Agriculture out of all the 195 countries.This implies that a significant portion of population is living in rural areas or simply imply that the country is developing

Wheat prod.

Enrolment in primary edu.

Pharmacists (Per 10,000)

The Average Formal Jobs of 195 countries in the world is 10,605,934. North Korea is the 106^th worst ranked country out of 195 countries. This may indicate that the country is not highly urbanised or indicate that the unemployment rate is high compared to other countries

North Korea is the 113^th worst ranked in Wheat prod. out of all the 195 countries.This is indicative of less focus on the production of wheat, or scarcity of fertile land, or higher industrialisation as compared to other countries.

The Average Enrolment in primary edu. of 195 countries in the world is 9,629,078. North Korea is the 119^th worst ranked country out of 195 countries. This may take into context a lower country population, or imply that lesser people in this country pursue primary education when compared to other countries.

The Average Pharmacists (Per 10,000) of 195 countries in the world is 4. North Korea is the 122^nd worst ranked country out of 195 countries. This may indicate worse healthcare infrastructure investment by the country or may indicate lower population.

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Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Literacy Rate (%)	% People	86	1	1129
Below World Average
1	Enrolment in Primary Edu./ Total Literate Pop %.	% People	36	162	1231
2	Enrolment in Primary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	27	157	1235
3	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Literate Pop.	% People	28	110	1233
4	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu/Total Literate Pop. %.	% People	9	111	1235
5	# Students per teacher in Primary edu.	Ratio	260	107	1230
6	# Students per teacher in secondary edu.	Ratio	57	105	1233
7	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu./ Total Pop. %.	% People	9	103	1232
8	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	23	81	1232
9	Enrolment in primary edu.	# People	9,629,078	77	1233
10	Teachers as a % of Enrolment	% People	41	65	1233
11	Teachers in primary edu.	# People	357,113	58	1235
12	# Total Students (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	38,831,325	56	1235
13	Enrolment in secondary edu.	# People	9,727,510	49	1233
14	Total Literate Pop.	# People	34,678,001	48	1233
15	Enrolment in tertiary edu.(all programmes)	# People	4,618,191	46	1233
16	Teachers in secondary edu.	# People	659,923	46	1230
17	# Total Teachers (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	2,858,694	38	1231
18	Teachers in tertiary edu.	# People	297,976	29	1231
19	# Students per teacher in tertiary edu.	Ratio	58	10	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Doctors (Per 10,000)	People Per 10,000	7	1	1130
2	Total No. of Doctors	# People	78,648	28	1130
Below World Average
1	Dentist (per 10,000)	People per 10000	31	108	1233
2	Life Expectancy at Birth, both sexes	Age	73	98	1235
3	Pharmacists (Per 10,000)	People Per 10,000	4	74	1234
4	#Dentists	# People	13,328	70	1230
5	Dentist to doctor ratio	Ratio	3	39	1231
6	Total No. of Pharmacists	# People	19,528	38	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Total Military Force	# People	358,465	1	1126
2	Military Force/Total World Military Force %.	% People	0	1	1126
3	Military Force/Total Pop. %	% People	1	1	1125

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Tree density.	Density	9	1	1130
2	Tree density .	Density	8	1	1126
Below World Average
1	Chicken Meat Production (% of Total Chicken Meat Production)	Percent	0	129	1235
2	Cow Milk Production (% of Total Cow Milk Production)	Percent	0	126	1232
3	Chicken Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	588,164	134	1234
4	Cow Milk Production (in tonnes)	Weight	3,855,383	126	1232
5	Number of Cows	Count	8,697,624	121	1230
6	Cow Beef Production (% of Total Cow Beef Production)	Percent	0	112	1232
7	Cow Beef Production (in tonnes)	Weight	320,761	117	1233
8	Wheat Produced /Total Wheat Produced. %.	Weight	0	79	1232
9	Wheat prod.	Tons	6,698,590	83	1230
10	Barley Produced/Total Barley Produced.%	Weight	1	71	1234
11	Onion prod.	Tons	773,539	72	1230
12	Onion Produced/Total Onion Produced %	Weight	0	68	1232
13	Barley prod.	Tons	1,576,534	71	1232
14	Country forest area / Global Forest area %		0	66	1230
15	Forest Area.	Area	21,142,892	69	1232
16	Number of Trees	Count	15,642,617,148	60	1231
17	Potatoes prod.	Tons	2,538,925	57	1231
18	Potatoes Produced /Total Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	55	1230
19	Goat Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	46,111	49	1230
20	Goat Meat Production (% of Total Goat Meat Production)	Percent	0	48	1230
21	Cotton Production (in 1000 480 lb. Bales)	Weight	1,707	41	1235
22	Cotton Production (% of Total Cotton Production)	Percent	1	40	1231
23	Soyabean Produced/Total Soyabean Produced %	Weight	1	30	1232
24	Soyabean prod.	Tons	3,684,006	30	1233
25	Rice prod.	Tons	5,090,580	28	1235
26	Rice Produced/Total Rice Produced.%	Weight	0	28	1230
27	Iron Production (in 1000 metric tons)	Weight	33,258	24	1232
28	Iron Production (% of Total Iron Production)	Percent	2	24	1235
29	Sweet Potatoes Produced/Total Sweet Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	21	1230
30	Sweet Potatoes prod.	Tons	895,180	21	1235
31	Apple Production (in tonnes)	Weight	1,044,287	20	1235
32	Apple Production (% of Total Apple Production)	Percent	1	19	1230
33	Coal Production (in 1000 metric tons)	Weight	121,850	17	1234
34	Coal Production (% of Total Coal Production)	Percent	1	17	1230
35	Flourite prod.	Tons	231,501	15	1234
36	Flourite Produced/Total Flourite Produced %	Weight	4	15	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Korean	# People	407,376	2	1129
2	Korean as a % of total Korean speakers	% People	0	2	1128
Below World Average
1	Standard Chinese	# People	6,821,357	22	1232
2	Mandarin Chinese	# People	123,282	14	1235
3	Mandarin Chinese as a % of total Mandarin Chinese speakers	% People	0	14	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Total Labour Force/Total Pop.	% People	43	4	1128
2	Employment in Agriculture /Total Pop. %.	% People	9	4	1127
3	Employment in Agriculture	# People	5,314,003	19	1127
4	Employment in Agri. / Total Labour Force % .	% People	23	26	1125
5	Employment in Agriculture/Total Labour force %.	% People	23	26	1126
6	Employment in Services /Total pop.%.	% People	25	82	1127
Below World Average
1	Wage & Salaried Workers / Total Labour Force %	% People	58	170	1235
2	Non-Agri Labour force/Total Labour force %.	% People	76	151	1233
3	Employment in Services / Total Labour Force %.	% People	56	145	1230
4	Employment in services/Total Labour force %.	% People	56	145	1231
5	Formal Jobs	# People	10,605,934	90	1230
6	Employment in Services	# People	10,251,634	44	1232
7	Non-Agricultural Labour Force	# People	15,067,127	44	1235
8	Total Labour Force (2021)	# People	20,409,734	37	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Buddhist Pop./Total Pop.%.	% People	3	15	1128
Below World Average
1	Islamic Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	22	184	1235
2	Islamic Population	# People	9,936,734	150	1235
3	World Heritage Sites	Count	7	111	1232
4	# Olympic Medals	Count	157	43	1232
5	Silver Medal	Count	3	31	1233
6	Total Medals	Count	12	35	1235
7	Bronze Medal	Count	4	22	1230
8	Buddhist Population	# People	1,911,974	15	1233
9	Buddhist Pop./Total Buddhist Pop. %	% People	0	15	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	# Cities>300000	# Cities	7	31	1125
2	# Cities>300000	# Cities	8	33	1125
3	# Cities>100000	# Cities	23	35	1128
4	# Cities>100000	# Cities	21	35	1125
5	Urban Population / Total Population % .	% People	60	94	1130
6	Pop. without Electricity access	# People	3,455,508	16	1126
7	Pop. without Electricity Access / Total Pop.%	% People	14	30	1129
Below World Average
1	Pop. with access to Electricity (%)	% People	86	166	1230
2	# Cities>1M	# Cities	2	46	1234
3	Rural Pop. /Total Pop. %	% People	40	102	1234
4	1M+ Cities Ratio ( 1M+ Cities/ # Cities> 100000)		0	94	1233
5	# Cities>1M	# Cities	1	39	1234
6	Rural Pop.	# People	18,013,759	54	1230
7	# Cities>500000	# Cities	5	47	1231
8	Urban Population (2021)	# People	23,726,053	48	1230
9	# Cities>500000	# Cities	4	42	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Gender Ratio	Ratio of female per male, Country total female/ Country total male	1	71	1128
2	Female % of Total Pop.	% People	50	85	1126
Below World Average
1	Population Growth Rate (%)	% People	0	141	1234
2	Male % of Total Pop.	% People	50	111	1234
3	Births	# People (In Thousands)	681	68	1234
4	Total Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	42,003	56	1231
5	Male Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	21,226	56	1234
6	Female Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	20,993	56	1233
7	Density ( Pop/Land Area Ratio)	Density	265	46	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below World Average
1	# Phone Numbers /Total Pop. %	Percent	101	191	1235
2	# Mobile phone numbers	Count	40,393,496	129	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below World Average
1	FDI (millions USD)	Amount	3,115	161	1233

Language

Official Language:
1. Korean : 25,743,446
2. Standard Chinese : 51,398

Mother Tongue : Korean

Literacy Rate (%) : 100

Basic Details

Country Capital	:	Pyongyang
GDP Per Capita	:	0
GDP Per Capita Rank	:	188^th/195
Life Expectancy	:	73
Unemployment Rate	:	0
Number of Internet Users	:	0
Internet Users Rank	:	195^th/195
Area	:	120,410
Area Rank	:	97^th/195
Total Population	:	26,571
Total Population Rank	:	56^th/195

Continent: Asia

Cities with > 100K popln: 27

Sr.	City	Total City Population (2023)
1	Anju	255,060
2	Chongjin	709,514
3	Chongju	201,519
4	Haeju	290,328
5	Hamhung	816,488
6	Hoeryong	163,064
7	Huichon	178,680
8	Hyesan	204,706
9	Kaechon	339,513
10	Kaesong	327,615
11	Kanggye	267,701
12	Kimchaek	220,216
13	Kusong	208,743
14	Manpo	124,077
15	Munchon	130,557
16	Nampo	389,123
17	Pyongsong	302,120
18	Pyongyang	3,458,124
19	Rason	209,274
20	Sariwon	326,978
21	Sinpo	162,320
22	Sinuiju	381,686
23	Songrim	136,825
24	Sunchon	315,823
25	Tokchon	251,873
26	Tanchon	367,452
27	Wonsan	385,723