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The population density is 199.54 inhabitants per square kilometre, and the 2014 estimated life expectancy is 69.81 years. In 1980, the population rose at a near consistent, but low, rate (0.84% from the two censuses). Since 2000, North Korea's birth rate has exceeded its death rate; the natural growth is positive.
With an active duty army consisting of 4.9% of its population, North Korea maintains the fourth largest active military force in the world behind China, India and the United States. [205] About 20 percent of men aged 17–54 serve in the regular armed forces, [205] and approximately one in every 25 citizens is an enlisted soldier. [206] [207]
List of countries and inhabited territories by total population. United Nations Country Population (1 July 2022) ... North Korea: 26,329,845: 26,418,204 +0.34%:
All of the 172 countries listed here, especially those with the highest number of total soldiers such as the two Koreas and Vietnam, include a large number of paramilitaries, civilians and policemen in their reserve personnel. Some countries, such as Italy and Japan, have only volunteers in their armed forces. Other countries, such as Mauritius ...
This is a list of Asian countries and dependencies by population in Asia, total projected population from the United Nations [1] ... North Korea: 0.5%: 26,160,822:
This is because the Total Fertility Rate stayed constant at about 1.9 births/woman between 2008 and 2018, slightly below the replacement rate of 2.1. In 2019, North Korea reportedly told the UN that it planned to hold a census that year, but without UN funding.
The 2008 North Korean census ( 2008년 조선민주주의인민공화국 인구일제조사) was the second North Korea national census. The reference day used for the census was October 1, 2008. This census conducted by the Central Bureau of Statistics from 1 to 15 October 2008 throughout the DPRK. The census was taken by house-to-house ...
Usually, statistical affairs in North Korea are run by the Bureau, but some statistics such as those pertaining to the total population and mortality, are done by a separate organization called the Population Division, which was founded in 1993 in time for the 1993 census. [3]