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North Korea
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40° N / 127° ETHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Pyongyang
- Population
- 26,498,823 2024
- Area
- 120,538 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- Korean
- Currency
- North Korean won (KPW)
- Geography
- Coastal country
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · North Korea
North Korea (Korean: 조선 Chosŏn), officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea or DPRK (조선민주주의인민공화국, Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk), is the world's most isolated country and has usually been referred to as the "Hermit Kingdom".
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-09-24. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- Eastern Asia
- Calling code
- +850
- Internet domain
- .kp
- Land border codes
- CHN, KOR, RUS
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the right side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .kp. Source ↗
- The source lists monday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.