International Rankings of Korea, North 2013, country comparisons

Communications
Ranked Data	Value	Rank	Date of Info
Internet hosts	8	227	2012
Telephones - main lines in use	1,180,000	72	2011
Telephones - mobile cellular	1,000,000	155	2011
Economy
Budget expenditures	$3,300,000,000	130	2007 est.
Budget revenues	$3,200,000,000	126	2007 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) % of GDP	-0.40	49	2007 est.
Debt - external	$12,500,000,000	87	2001 est.
Exports	$4,707,000,000	117	2011
GDP - composition by sector - agriculture(%)	23.10	40	2011 est.
GDP - composition by sector - industry(%)	47.50	17	2011 est.
GDP - composition by sector - services(%)	29.40	212	2011 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	$28,000,000,000	97	2009 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	$1,800	197	2011 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	$40,000,000,000	103	2011 est.
GDP - real growth rate(%)	0.80	170	2011 est.
Imports	$4,000,000,000	137	2011 est.
Labor force	12,200,000	44	2009 est.
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture(%)	35.00	70	2008 est.
Labor force - by occupation - services(%)	65.00	63	2008 est.
Taxes and other revenues	11.4	205	2007 est.
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	63,690,000	53	2010 est.
Crude Oil - exports	0	148	2009 est.
Crude Oil - imports	8,432	77	2009 est.
Crude Oil - production	0	166	2011 est.
Crude Oil - proved reserves	0	166	1 Jan 2012 est.
Electricity - consumption per capita (kWh)*	696.24	148	2009 est.
Electricity - consumption(kWh)	17,120,000,000	73	2009 est.
Electricity - exports(kWh)	0	167	2010 est.
Electricity - from fossil fuels	47.4	159	2009 est.
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	52.6	39	2009 est.
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	0.0	141	2009 est.
Electricity - from other renewable sources	0.0	166	2009 est.
Electricity - imports(kWh)	0	176	2010 est.
Electricity - installed generating capacity	9,500,000	58	2009 est.
Electricity - production(kWh)	20,450,000,000	71	2009 est.
Natural gas - consumption(cu m)	0	173	2010 est.
Natural gas - exports(cu m)	0	144	2010 est.
Natural gas - imports(cu m)	0	153	2010 est.
Natural gas - production(cu m)	0	166	2010 est.
Natural gas - proved reserves(cu m)	0	167	1 Jan 2012 est.
Refined petroleum products - consumption	15,070	145	2011 est.
Refined petroleum products - exports	0	173	2008 est.
Refined petroleum products - imports	7,967	137	2008 est.
Refined petroleum products - production	9,133	106	2008 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	2,495	54	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point(m)	2744	89	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point(m)	0	143	NA
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - per capita (cu km/yr)	401	74	NA
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - total (cu km/yr)	9.02	52	NA
Irrigated land(sq km)	14,600	35	2003
Land Area - sq km	120,408.00	98	NA
Land boundaries - km	1,672	97	NA
Land use - arable land(%)	22.40	44	2005
Land use - other(%)	75.94	172	2005
Land use - permanent crops(%)	1.66	99	2005
Population density - Persons per sq km*	204.22	59	Jul 2012 est.
Total Area - sq km	120,538.00	99	NA
Total renewable water resources(cu km)	77.10	79	1999
Water Area - sq km	130	142	NA
Military
Manpower available for military service - female	6,418,693	44	2010 est.
Manpower available for military service - male	6,515,279	47	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - female	5,230,137	45	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - male	4,836,567	47	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - female	204,553	54	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - male	207,737	54	2010 est.
Population
Age structure 0-14 years - female	2,672,199	62	2012 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	2,742,874	62	2012 est.
Age structure 0-14 years(%)	22.00	144	2012 est.
Age structure 15-24 years	16.5	140	2012 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female	1,998,436	56	2012 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male	2,060,206	56	2012 est.
Age structure 25-54 years	44	58	2012 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female	5,416,701	46	2012 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male	5,402,999	46	2012 est.
Age structure 55-64 years	8.2	99	2012 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female	1,064,570	41	2012 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male	942,529	44	2012 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female	1,519,905	36	2012 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male	768,703	46	2012 est.
Age structure 65 years and over(%)	9.30	81	2012 est.
Birth Rate(births/1,000 population)	14.51	137	2012 est.
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	20.60	33	2004
Death Rate(deaths/1,000 population)	9.12	65	Jul 2012 est.
Health expenditures	2.00	188	2009
Hospital bed density	13.20	2	2002
Infant mortality rate - female(deaths/1,000 live births)	23.24	74	2012 est.
Infant mortality rate - male(deaths/1,000 live births)	29.05	75	2012 est.
Infant mortality rate - total(deaths/1,000 live births)	26.21	76	2012 est.
Life expectancy at birth - female(years)	73.24	148	2012 est.
Life expectancy at birth - male(years)	65.34	158	2012 est.
Life expectancy at birth - total(years)	69.20	152	2012 est.
Literacy - female(%)	99.00	37	1991 est.
Literacy - male(%)	99.00	49	1991 est.
Literacy - total(%)	99.00	36	1991 est.
Maternal mortality rate	81.00	82	2010
Median age - female(years)	34.70	74	2012 est.
Median age - male(years)	31.40	86	2012 est.
Median age - total(years)	33.00	78	2012 est.
Net migration rate(migrant(s)/1,000 population)	-0.04	116	2012 est.
Physicians density	3.29	31	2003
Population	24,589,122	49	Jul 2012 est.
Population growth rate(%)	0.54	148	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	60	113	NA
Sanitation facility access - Rural UnImproved (% of population)	40	77	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	59	130	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total UnImproved (% of population)	41	65	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	58	148	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban UnImproved (% of population)	42	44	NA
Sex ratio - 65 years and over(male(s)/female)	0.51	222	2011 est
Sex ratio - at birth(male(s)/female)	1.05	131	2011 est
Sex ratio - total population(male(s)/female)	0.94	192	2011 est
Sex ratio - under 15 years(male(s)/female)	1.03	164	2011 est
Sex ratio 15-64 years(male(s)/female)	0.99	139	2011 est
Suffrage	17.00	211	NA
Total fertility rate(children born/woman)	2.01	131	2012 est.
Urbanization - rate of urbanization(%)	0.6	180	2010
Urbanization - urban population(%)	60	110	2010
Transportation
Airports	81	71	2012
Airports - with paved runways - total	39	53	2012
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	42	69	2012
Heliports	23.00	11	2012
Merchant marine(ships)	158	37	2010
Pipelines(km)	154	109	2010
Railways(km)	5,242	33	2009
Roadways(km)	25,554	101	2006
Waterways(km)	2,250	38	2011

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