(DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA)
(WIPO code: KP) (last revised March 2024)
DPR of Korea
General Information
Area
122,370 sq. km.
Population
26,072,217 (2023).
Capital
Pyongyang, with 3.158 million inhabitants (2023).
Official Language
Korean.
Currency
Won.
Economy
Industrial development is concentrated on heavy industry: electricity, metallurgy, machine building and chemicals, plus textiles and food processing.