North Korea

Geography

• Capital City: Pyongyang
• Major Cities/Seaports: Ch'ongjin, Haeju, Hungnam 
• Total area: roughly 74,900 miles (slightly smaller than Mississippi) 
• About 60% of the population is urban
• Sometimes known as the "Hermit Kingdom"

DEMOGRAPHICS

• Population: 24,720,407 citizens
• Religions: Irreligion- 52.4%, Buddism-16.7%, Protestantism- 12.3%
• Language(s): Korean
• Nationality: Korean
• Ethnicity: racially homogeneous; there is a small Chinese community and a few ethnic Japanese