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Korea, Dem. People's Rep.

Country
10 indicators

Geographic Profile

Full Name

the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Capital

N/A

ISO

KP / PRK

Land Area

N/A

Languages

N/A

Life expectancy at birth, total (years)

77.06

Not enough historical data

Population growth (annual %)

0.3

Not enough historical data

Average Mean Temperature (°C)

8.56

Not enough historical data

Population, total

25.79M

Not enough historical data

Population density (people per sq. km of land area)

219.4

Not enough historical data

Physicians (per 1,000 people)

3.67

Not enough historical data

Environment

IndicatorLatest ValueYear

Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)

A measure of annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the agriculture, energy, waste, and industrial sectors, excluding LULUCF.. The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the Global Warming Potential (GWP) factors of IPCC's 5th Assessment Report (AR5).

64.272023

Number of Hot Days (Tmax>30C)

The number of days with daily maximum temperature >= 30°C that occurred during the aggregation period.

13.972023

Development

IndicatorLatest ValueYear

Electric power consumption (kWh per capita)

Electric power consumption measures the production of power plants and combined heat and power plants less transmission, distribution, and transformation losses and own use by heat and power plants.

829.772022

Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)

Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.

182023