© GeoNova Publishing, Inc. Asia | World Country (long form) Democratic People's Republic of Korea Capital P'yongyang Total Area 46,540.75 sq mi 120,540.00 sq km (slightly smaller than Mississippi) Population 21,968,228 (July 2001 est.) Estimated Population in 2050 26,388,317 Languages Korean Literacy 99.0% total, 99.0% male, 99% female (1990 est.) Religions traditionally Buddhist and Confucianist, some Christian and syncretic Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way) Life Expectancy 68.04 male, 74.15 female (2001 est.) Government Type authoritarian socialist; one-man dictatorship Currency 1 North Korean won (Wn) = 100 chon GDP (per capita) $1,000 (2000 est.) Industry military products; machine building, electric power, chemicals; mining (coal, iron ore, magnesite, graphite, copper, zinc, lead, and precious metals), metallurgy; textiles, food processing; tourism Agriculture rice, corn, potatoes, soybeans, pulses; cattle, pigs, pork, eggs Arable Land 14% Natural Resources coal, lead, tungsten, zinc, graphite, magnesite, iron ore, copper, gold, pyrites, salt, fluorspar, hydropower Also available from this page: China Russia South Korea