International Rankings of Korea, North 2014, country comparisons

Communications
Ranked Data	Value	Rank	Date of Info
Internet hosts	8	226	2012
Telephones - main lines in use	1,180,000	70	2011
Telephones - mobile cellular	1,700,000	148	2012
Economy
Budget expenditures	$3,300,000,000	129	2007 est.
Budget revenues	$3,200,000,000	124	2007 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) % of GDP	-0.40	54	2007 est.
Debt - external	$12,500,000,000	94	2012 est.
Exports	$4,707,000,000	115	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture(%)	23.30	38	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry(%)	42.90	29	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - services(%)	33.80	201	2012 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	$28,000,000,000	98	2009 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	$1,800	196	2011 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	$40,000,000,000	103	2012 est.
GDP - real growth rate (%)	0.80	166	2012 est.
Imports	$4,330,000,000	137	2012 est.
Labor force	12,200,000	42	2012 est.
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture (%)	35.00	68	2008 est.
Labor force - by occupation - services (%)	65.00	69	2008 est.
Taxes and other revenues	11.4	205	2007 est.
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	65,960,000	52	2011 est.
Crude Oil - exports	0	205	2010 est.
Crude Oil - imports	6,540	78	2012 est.
Crude Oil - production	87	124	2012 est.
Crude Oil - proved reserves	0	205	1 Jan 2013 est.
Electricity - consumption(kWh)	17,620,000,000	71	2010 est.
Electricity - exports (kWh)	0	210	2012 est.
Electricity - from fossil fuels	47.4	160	2011 est.
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	52.6	40	2011 est.
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	0.0	202	2011 est.
Electricity - from other renewable sources	0.0	209	2011 est.
Electricity - imports (kWh)	0	212	2012 est.
Electricity - installed generating capacity	9,500,000	59	2011 est.
Electricity - production (kWh)	21,040,000,000	72	2010 est.
Electricity Consumption per capita (kWh)	712.77	148	NA
Natural gas - consumption (cu m)	0	209	2011 est.
Natural gas - exports (cu m)	0	204	2011 est.
Natural gas - imports (cu m)	0	211	2011 est.
Natural gas - production (cu m)	0	213	2011 est.
Natural gas - proved reserves (cu m)	0	208	1 Jan 2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - consumption	15,070	143	2012 est.
Refined petroleum products - exports	0	207	2012 est.
Refined petroleum products - imports	5,787	146	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - production	6,965	107	2010 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	2,495	54	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point (m)	2744	89	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point (m)	0	220	NA
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - per capita (cu km/yr)	360.6	83	2005
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - total (cu km/yr)	8.66	53	2005
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 (%)	19.08	57	2011
Land use - other (%)	79.22	180	2011
Land use - permanent crops (%)	1.70	97	2011
Population density - Persons per sq km*	205.31	59	Jul 2014 est.
Total Area - sq km	120,538.00	99	NA
Total renewable water resources (cu km)	77.15	78	2011
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	2,650,143	62	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	2,726,275	64	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years (%)	21.70	142	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female	2,005,987	56	2013 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male	2,059,388	56	2013 est.
Age structure 15-24 years(%)	16.40	140	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female	5,415,744	47	2013 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male	5,411,221	46	2013 est.
Age structure 25-54 years(%)	43.80	60	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female	1,108,156	40	2013 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male	988,922	44	2013 est.
Age structure 55-64 years(%)	8.50	98	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female	1,556,208	36	2013 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male	798,363	46	2013 est.
Age structure 65 years and over (%)	9.50	81	2014 est.
Birth Rate(births/1,000 population)	14.49	138	2014 est.
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	20.60	31	2009
Contraceptive prevalence rate (%)	68.60	51	2002
Death Rate(deaths/1,000 population)	9.15	65	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio (number of working-age people (ages 15-64) per one elderly person (ages 65+))	0	193	201
Drinking water source - Improved - rural	96.9	70	NA
Drinking water source - Improved - total	98.1	69	NA
Drinking water source - Improved - urban	98.9	84	NA
Drinking water source - UnImproved - rural	3.1	132	2011 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - total	1.9	140	2011 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - urban	1.1	125	2011 est.
Hospital bed density	13.20	3	2002
Infant mortality rate - female (deaths/1,000 live births)	22.44	74	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - male (deaths/1,000 live births)	28.10	75	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - total (deaths/1,000 live births)	25.34	76	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - female (years)	73.55	150	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - male (years)	65.65	158	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - total (years)	69.51	155	2014 est.
Literacy - female (%)	100.00	8	2008 est.
Literacy - male (%)	100.00	8	2008 est.
Literacy - total (%)	100.00	8	2008 est.
Maternal mortality rate	81.00	83	2010
Median age - female (years)	34.80	77	2014 est.
Median age - male (years)	31.60	89	2014 est.
Median age - total (years)	33.20	82	2014 est.
Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)	-0.04	111	2014 est.
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	3.90	173	2008
Physicians density	3.29	35	2003
Population	24,720,407	50	Jul 2014 est.
Population growth rate (%)	0.53	149	2014 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	72.5	112	NA
Sanitation facility access - Rural UnImproved (% of population)	27.5	87	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	81.8	113	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total UnImproved (% of population)	18.2	90	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	87.9	108	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban UnImproved (% of population)	12.1	95	NA
Sex ratio - 0-14 years(male(s)/female)	1.03	174	2013 est
Sex ratio - 15-24 years(male(s)/female)	1.03	146	2013 est
Sex ratio - 25-54 years(male(s)/female)	1.00	127	2013 est
Sex ratio - 55-64 years(male(s)/female)	0.89	160	2013 est
Sex ratio - 65 years and over (male(s)/female)	0.51	223	2014 est
Sex ratio - at birth (male(s)/female)	1.05	154	2014 est
Sex ratio - total population (male(s)/female)	0.94	200	2014 est
Suffrage	17.00	214	NA
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	1.99	131	2014 est.
Urbanization - rate of urbanization (%)	0.63	174	2011
Urbanization - urban population (%)	60.3	110	2011
Transportation
Airports	82	67	2013
Airports - with paved runways - total	39	53	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	43	66	2013
Heliports	23.00	13	2013
Merchant marine (ships)	158	37	2010
Pipelines (km)	6	124	2013
Railways (km)	5,242	33	2009
Roadways (km)	25,554	100	2006
Waterways (km)	2,250	39	2011

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