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North Korea: area, population and density
North Korea has 120,410 sq km of land and a 2025 population estimate of 26,571,036; calculated population density is 221 people/km².
Sources: World Bank — Land area · 2023 · World Bank — Population, total · 2025.
North Korea ranks 97th of 196 by land area, 56th by population and 50th by calculated population density among the the supported country set. Density uses the displayed population divided by land area converted to square kilometres.
- Land area
- 120,410 sq kmWorld Bank — Land area · 2023
- Population
- 26,571,036World Bank — Population, total · 2025
- Calculated density
- 221 people/km²Population ÷ land area in km²
Reading the figures
North Korea in the country comparison set
North Korea has 120,410 sq km of land area and a population value of 26,571,036 for 2025. In the 196-profile supported country set, it is 97th by land area, 56th by population, and 50th by calculated density.
Density is calculated from the two values above; it is not presented as an independent statistic. World Bank population and land-area series can refer to different years, so both years remain visible.
Country outline: Natural Earth Admin 0 at 1:10m. The drawing is fitted to this profile panel; use a comparison page for a shared-area scale.
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