International Rankings of Korea, North 2015, country comparisons

Communications
Ranked Data	Value	Rank	Date of Info
Internet hosts	8	223	2012
Telephones - main lines in use	1,180,000	70	2011
Telephones - mobile cellular	1,700,000	145	2012
Economy
Budget expenditures	$3,300,000,000	130	2007 est.
Budget revenues	$3,200,000,000	123	2007 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) % of GDP	-0.40	39	2007 est.
Debt - external	$3,000,000,000	134	2012 est.
Exports	$3,954,000,000	121	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture(%)	23.40	34	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry(%)	47.20	21	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - services(%)	29.40	174	2012 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	$28,000,000,000	103	2009 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	$1,800	157	2011 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	$40,000,000,000	106	2012 est.
GDP - real growth rate (%)	1.30	65	2012 est.
Imports	$4,828,000,000	131	2012 est.
Industrial production growth rate (%)	0.50	68	2013 est.
Labor force	12,600,000	42	2012 est.
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture (%)	35.00	42	2008 est.
Labor force - by occupation - services (%)	65.00	53	2008 est.
Taxes and other revenues	11.4	170	2007 est.
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	65,960,000	51	2011 est.
Crude Oil - exports	0	75	2010 est.
Crude Oil - imports	10,500	76	2012 est.
Crude Oil - production	0	128	2012 est.
Crude Oil - proved reserves	0	93	1 Jan 2013 est.
Electricity - consumption(kWh)	17,620,000,000	73	2010 est.
Electricity - exports (kWh)	0	91	2012 est.
Electricity - from fossil fuels	47.4	103	2011 est.
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	52.6	38	2011 est.
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	0.0	31	2011 est.
Electricity - from other renewable sources	0.0	72	2011 est.
Electricity - imports (kWh)	0	109	2012 est.
Electricity - installed generating capacity	9,500,000	60	2011 est.
Electricity - production (kWh)	21,040,000,000	73	2010 est.
Electricity Consumption per capita (kWh)	709.01	150	NA
Natural gas - consumption (cu m)	1	109	2011 est.
Natural gas - exports (cu m)	0	54	2011 est.
Natural gas - imports (cu m)	0	76	2011 est.
Natural gas - production (cu m)	0	95	2011 est.
Natural gas - proved reserves (cu m)	0	99	1 Jan 2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - consumption	15,000	143	2012 est.
Refined petroleum products - exports	0	125	2012 est.
Refined petroleum products - imports	4,000	160	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - production	6,965	106	2010 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	2,495	53	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point (m)	2744	83	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point (m)	0	35	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	96	NA
Land use - arable land (%)	19.08	57	2011
Land use - other (%)	79.22	139	2011
Land use - permanent crops (%)	1.70	92	2011
Population density - Persons per sq km*	206.40	60	Jul 2014 est.
Total Area - sq km	120,538.00	99	NA
Total renewable water resources (cu km)	77.15	76	2011
Water Area - sq km	130	134	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	2,628,456	63	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	2,709,580	64	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years (%)	21.50	110	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female	1,997,413	55	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male	2,041,861	55	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years(%)	16.30	59	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female	5,456,850	47	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male	5,465,889	46	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years(%)	44.00	36	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female	1,127,455	41	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male	1,007,667	44	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years(%)	8.60	54	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female	1,590,281	36	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male	826,175	45	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over (%)	9.50	59	2014 est.
Birth Rate(births/1,000 population)	14.51	134	2014 est.
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	18.80	31	2009
Contraceptive prevalence rate (%)	68.60	39	2002
Death Rate(deaths/1,000 population)	9.18	60	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio (%)	13.80	53	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	7.20	95	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio (%)	44.90	127	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio (%)	31.10	117	2014 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - rural	96.9	24	2012 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - total	98.1	18	2012 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - urban	98.9	12	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - rural	3.1	109	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - total	1.9	107	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - urban	1.1	84	2012 est.
Hospital bed density	13.20	3	2002
Infant mortality rate - female (deaths/1,000 live births)	21.68	73	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - male (deaths/1,000 live births)	27.18	74	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - total (deaths/1,000 live births)	24.50	75	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - female (years)	73.86	147	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - male (years)	65.96	147	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - total (years)	69.81	143	2014 est.
Literacy - female (%)	100.00	1	2008 est.
Literacy - male (%)	100.00	1	2008 est.
Literacy - total (%)	100.00	1	2008 est.
Maternal mortality rate	81.00	52	2010
Median age - female (years)	35.00	54	2014 est.
Median age - male (years)	31.80	70	2014 est.
Median age - total (years)	33.40	58	2014 est.
Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)	-0.04	76	2014 est.
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	3.90	133	2008
Physicians density	3.29	30	2003
Population	24,851,627	50	Jul 2014 est.
Population growth rate (%)	0.53	120	2014 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	72.5	73	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural UnImproved (% of population)	27.5	82	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	81.8	63	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Total UnImproved (% of population)	18.2	86	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	87.9	53	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Urban UnImproved (% of population)	12.1	86	NA
Sex ratio - 0-14 years(male(s)/female)	1.03	14	2014 est
Sex ratio - 15-24 years(male(s)/female)	1.02	21	2014 est
Sex ratio - 25-54 years(male(s)/female)	1.00	26	2014 est
Sex ratio - 55-64 years(male(s)/female)	0.94	25	2014 est
Sex ratio - 65 years and over (male(s)/female)	0.51	56	2014 est
Sex ratio - at birth (male(s)/female)	1.05	11	2014 est
Sex ratio - total population (male(s)/female)	0.94	28	2014 est
Suffrage	17.00	5	NA
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	1.98	100	2014 est.
Urbanization - rate of urbanization (%)	0.63	139	2011
Urbanization - urban population (%)	60.3	89	2010-15 est.
Transportation
Airports	82	62	2013
Airports - with paved runways - total	39	44	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	43	60	2013
Heliports	23.00	10	2013
Merchant marine (ships)	158	37	2010
Pipelines (km)	6	123	2013
Railways (km)	5,242	33	2009
Roadways (km)	25,554	100	2006
Waterways (km)	2,250	36	2011

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