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North Korea AI Report

Date: July 26, 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.

Total Military Force

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

North Korea is the 1^st highest ranked in Total Military Force out of all the 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

North Korea is the 28^th highest ranked in Total No. of Doctors out of all the 195 countries.This implies better healthcare infrastructure investment by the country or higher level of health awareness among the people.

Wheat prod.

Enrolment in primary edu.

Pharmacists (Per 10,000)

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

Out of 195 countries in the world, North Korea is the 113^th worst ranked in Wheat prod. . 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.

Out of 195 countries in the world, North Korea is the 122^nd worst ranked in Pharmacists (Per 10,000) . 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 than World Average-
1	Literacy Rate (%)	% People	86	1	1126
Below than World Average-
1	Enrolment in Primary Edu./ Total Literate Pop %.	% People	36	162	1231
2	Enrolment in Primary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	27	157	1230
3	# Students per teacher in tertiary edu.	Ratio	58	113	1231
4	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Literate Pop.	% People	28	110	1232
5	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu/Total Literate Pop. %.	% People	9	111	1234
6	# Students per teacher in Primary edu.	Ratio	260	107	1231
7	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu./ Total Pop. %.	% People	9	103	1234
8	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	23	81	1232
9	Enrolment in primary edu.	# People	9,629,078	77	1234
10	# Students per teacher in secondary edu.	Ratio	57	65	1233
11	Teachers as a % of Enrolment	% People	41	65	1232
12	Teachers in primary edu.	# People	357,113	58	1231
13	# Total Students (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	38,831,325	56	1234
14	Enrolment in secondary edu.	# People	9,727,510	49	1234
15	Total Literate Pop.	# People	34,678,001	48	1232
16	Enrolment in tertiary edu.(all programmes)	# People	4,618,191	46	1235
17	Teachers in secondary edu.	# People	659,923	46	1231
18	# Total Teachers (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	2,895,876	38	1230
19	Teachers in tertiary edu.	# People	297,976	29	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Total Military Force	# People	358,465	1	1130
2	Military Force/Total World Military Force %.	% People	0	1	1126
3	Military Force/Total Pop. %	% People	1	1	1130

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Korean	# People	407,376	2	1126
2	Korean as a % of total Korean speakers	% People	0	2	1130
Below than World Average-
1	Standard Chinese	# People	6,821,357	22	1235
2	Mandarin Chinese as a % of total Mandarin Chinese speakers	% People	0	14	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Total Labour Force/Total Pop.	% People	43	4	1126
2	Employment in Agriculture /Total Pop. %.	% People	9	4	1130
3	Employment in Agriculture	# People	5,314,003	19	1125
4	Employment in Agri. / Total Labour Force % .	% People	23	26	1125
5	Employment in Agriculture/Total Labour force %.	% People	23	26	1127
6	Employment in Services /Total pop.%.	% People	25	82	1125
Below than World Average-
1	Wage & Salaried Workers / Total Labour Force %	% People	58	170	1234
2	Non-Agri Labour force/Total Labour force %.	% People	76	151	1234
3	Employment in Services / Total Labour Force %.	% People	56	145	1232
4	Employment in services/Total Labour force %.	% People	56	145	1232
5	Formal Jobs	# People	10,605,934	90	1234
6	Employment in Services	# People	10,251,634	44	1230
7	Non-Agricultural Labour Force	# People	15,067,127	44	1235
8	Total Labour Force (2021)	# People	20,409,734	37	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Buddhist Pop./Total Pop.%.	% People	3	15	1128
Below than World Average-
1	Islamic Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	22	184	1232
2	Islamic Population	# People	9,936,734	150	1235
3	World Heritage Sites	Count	7	111	1233
4	# Olympic Medals	Count	157	43	1233
5	Silver Medal	Count	3	31	1235
6	Total Medals	Count	12	35	1230
7	Bronze Medal	Count	4	22	1231
8	Buddhist Population	# People	1,911,974	15	1232
9	Buddhist Pop./Total Buddhist Pop. %	% People	0	15	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Total No. of Doctors	# People	78,648	28	1126
2	Doctors (Per 10,000)	People Per 10,000	21	35	1125
3	Life Expectancy at Birth, both sexes	Age	73	95	1126
Below than World Average-
1	Dentist (per 10,000)	People per 10000	31	108	1234
2	Pharmacists (Per 10,000)	People Per 10,000	4	74	1231
3	#Dentists	# People	13,328	70	1235
4	Dentist to doctor ratio	Ratio	3	39	1231
5	Total No. of Pharmacists	# People	19,528	38	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	# Cities>300000	# Cities	7	31	1129
2	# Cities>300000	# Cities	8	33	1125
3	# Cities>100000	# Cities	23	35	1126
4	# Cities>100000	# Cities	21	35	1128
5	Urban Population / Total Population % .	% People	60	94	1127
6	Pop. without Electricity access	# People	3,455,508	16	1125
7	Pop. without Electricity Access / Total Pop.%	% People	14	30	1126
Below than World Average-
1	Pop. with access to Electricity (%)	% People	86	166	1232
2	# Cities>1M	# Cities	2	46	1233
3	Rural Pop. /Total Pop. %	% People	40	102	1235
4	1M+ Cities Ratio ( 1M+ Cities/ # Cities> 100000)		0	94	1235
5	# Cities>1M	# Cities	1	39	1230
6	Rural Pop.	# People	18,013,759	54	1234
7	# Cities>500000	# Cities	5	47	1234
8	Urban Population (2021)	# People	23,726,053	48	1235
9	# Cities>500000	# Cities	4	42	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Tree density.	Density	22,685	36	1128
Below than World Average-
1	Chicken Meat Production (% of Total Chicken Meat Production)	Percent	0	129	1232
2	Cow Milk Production (% of Total Cow Milk Production)	Percent	0	126	1232
3	Chicken Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	588,164	134	1233
4	Cow Milk Production (in tonnes)	Weight	3,855,383	126	1230
5	Number of Cows	Count	8,697,624	121	1230
6	Cows (% of Total Cows)	Percent	0	121	1232
7	Cow Beef Production (% of Total Cow Beef Production)	Percent	0	112	1231
8	Cow Beef Production (in tonnes)	Weight	320,761	117	1232
9	Tree density .	Density	828	91	1232
10	Wheat Produced /Total Wheat Produced. %.	Weight	0	79	1232
11	Wheat prod.	Tons	6,698,590	83	1232
12	Barley Produced/Total Barley Produced.%	Weight	1	71	1232
13	Onion prod.	Tons	773,539	72	1231
14	Onion Produced/Total Onion Produced %	Weight	0	68	1235
15	Barley prod.	Tons	1,576,534	71	1233
16	Country forest area / Global Forest area %		0	66	1230
17	Forest Area.	Area	21,142,892	69	1235
18	Number of Trees	Count	15,642,617,148	60	1234
19	Potatoes prod.	Tons	2,538,925	57	1230
20	Potatoes Produced /Total Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	55	1230
21	Goat Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	46,111	49	1230
22	Goat Meat Production (% of Total Goat Meat Production)	Percent	0	48	1234
23	Cotton Production (in 1000 480 lb. Bales)	Weight	1,707	41	1230
24	Cotton Production (% of Total Cotton Production)	Percent	1	40	1234
25	Soyabean Produced/Total Soyabean Produced %	Weight	1	30	1235
26	Soyabean prod.	Tons	3,684,006	30	1230
27	Rice prod.	Tons	6,981,685	28	1233
28	Rice Produced/Total Rice Produced.%	Weight	0	28	1235
29	Iron Production (in 1000 metric tons)	Weight	33,258	24	1233
30	Iron Production (% of Total Iron Production)	Percent	2	24	1232
31	Sweet Potatoes Produced/Total Sweet Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	21	1235
32	Sweet Potatoes prod.	Tons	895,180	21	1233
33	Apple Production (in tonnes)	Weight	1,044,287	20	1235
34	Apple Production (% of Total Apple Production)	Percent	1	19	1230
35	Coal Production (in 1000 metric tons)	Weight	121,850	17	1231
36	Coal Production (% of Total Coal Production)	Percent	1	17	1233
37	Flourite prod.	Tons	231,501	15	1230
38	Flourite Produced/Total Flourite Produced %	Weight	4	15	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Female % of Total Pop.	% People	50	82	1129
Below than World Average-
1	Gender Ratio	Ratio of female per male, Country total female/ Country total male	1	44	1232
2	Population Growth Rate (%)	% People	0	141	1233
3	Male % of Total Pop.	% People	50	110	1234
4	Births	# People (In Thousands)	681	68	1232
5	Total Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	42,003	56	1233
6	Male Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	21,226	56	1232
7	Female Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	20,993	56	1232
8	Density ( Pop/Land Area Ratio)	Density	312	46	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	# Phone Numbers /Total Pop. %	Percent	101	191	1233
2	# Mobile phone numbers	Count	40,393,496	129	1232

LANGUAGES

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

Mother Tongue : Korean

Literacy Rate (%) : 100

Details

Country Capital	:	Pyongyang
GDP Per capita	:	0
GDP Per Capita Rank	:	188^th/195
Life Expectancy	:	74
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