DPRK Statistics
Statistics (Sourced from a third party)
| Population
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23,301,725 (July 2007 est.) |
| Age structure:
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0-14 years: 23.3% (male 2,758,826/female 2,679,093)
15-64 years: 68.1% (male 7,852,282/female 8,024,429)
65 years and over: 8.5% (male 709,599/female 1,277,496) (2007 est.) |
| Natural resources:
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coal, lead, tungsten, zinc, graphite, magnesite, iron ore, copper, gold, pyrites, salt, fluorspar, hydropower
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| Economy - overview:
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The DPRK, one of the world's most centrally planned and isolated economies, faces desperate economic conditions. Industrial capital stock is nearly beyond repair as a result of years of underinvestment and spare parts shortages. Industrial and power output have declined in parallel. The nation has suffered its 12th year of food shortages because of a lack of arable land, collective farming, weather-related problems, and chronic shortages of fertilizer and fuel. Massive international food aid deliveries have allowed the regime to escape mass starvation since 1995-96, but the population remains the victim of prolonged malnutrition and deteriorating living conditions. Large-scale military spending eats up resources needed for investment and civilian consumption. In 2003, heightened political tensions with key donor countries and general donor fatigue threatened the flow of desperately needed food aid and fuel aid as well. Black market prices continued to rise following the increase in official prices and wages in the summer of 2002, leaving some vulnerable groups, such as the elderly and unemployed, less able to buy goods. The regime, however, relaxed restrictions on farmers' market activities in spring 2003, leading to an expansion of market activity. |
| GDP:
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purchasing power parity - $40 billion (2006 est.) |
| GDP - real growth rate:
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1.6% (2006 est.) |
| GDP - per capita:
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purchasing power parity - $1,800 (2006 est.) |
| GDP - composition by sector:
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agriculture: 30%
industry: 34%
services: 36% (2002 est.) |
| Population below poverty line:
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NA |
| Household income or consumption by percentage share:
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lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA |
| Inflation rate (consumer prices):
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NA (2003 est.) |
| Labor force:
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9.6 million |
| Labor force - by occupation:
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agricultural 36%, nonagricultural 64% |
| Unemployment rate:
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NA (2003) |
| Agriculture - products:
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rice, corn, potatoes, soybeans, pulses; cattle, pigs, pork, eggs |
| Industries:
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military products; machine building, electric power, chemicals; mining (coal, iron ore, magnesite, graphite, copper, zinc, lead, and precious metals), metallurgy; textiles, food processing; tourism |
| Electricity - production:
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22.19 billion kWh (2005) |
| Electricity - consumption:
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18.57 billion kWh (2005) |
| Oil - consumption:
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25,000 bbl/day (2004 est.) |
| Oil - exports:
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NA (2001) |
| Oil - imports:
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NA (2001) |
| Exports:
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$1.34 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.) |
| Exports - commodities:
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minerals, metallurgical products, manufactures (including armaments); textiles and fishery products |
| Exports - partners:
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South Korea 24%, China 35%, Thailand 9%, Japan 9% (2005) |
| Imports:
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$2.72 billion c.i.f. (2005 est.) |
| Imports - commodities:
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petroleum, coking coal, machinery and equipment; textiles, grain |
| Imports - partners:
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China 42%, Thailand 8%, South Korea 28%, Russia 9% (2005) |
| Currency:
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DPRK won (KPW) |
| Currency code:
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KPW |
| Exchange rates:
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official: DPRK won per US dollar - 141 (2006); market: DPRK won per US dollar - 2,500-3,000 (December 2006) |
| Fiscal year:
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calendar year |
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