🇰🇵Korea, Dem. People's Rep.

Pyongyang

Asia

Low income

PRK

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Population

26.6M

0.3%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

1.78

births/woman

Life Expectancy

73.7y

GDP / capita

—

Pop. Growth

0.27%

Net Migration

-2.8K

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

GDP over time

Current US$

No data available

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in Korea, Dem. People's Rep. by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇨🇳China29.8K(61.8%)

+15%

🇰🇷Korea, Rep.5.6K(11.6%)

+15%

🇵🇭

Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

No data available

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male13.2MTotal 26.6M13.4MFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

No data available

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

Net migration over time

Net migrants per year (immigrants − emigrants)

Source: World Bank

Foreign-born population over time

Immigrant / diaspora population living in the country

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Foreign-born share over time

Foreign-born residents as % of the population

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

🇧🇷Brazil2.9K(6.0%)

+15%

🇮🇩Indonesia1.5K(3.1%)

+14%

🇺🇸United States1.1K(2.2%)

+14%

🇻🇳Viet Nam780(1.6%)

+14%

🇹🇭Thailand584(1.2%)

+14%

🇵🇪Peru543(1.1%)

+15%

🇮🇳India377(0.8%)

+14%

🇨🇦Canada343(0.7%)

+14%

🇬🇧United Kingdom315(0.7%)

+14%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Where the Korea, Dem. People's Rep. diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in Korea, Dem. People's Rep. who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇯🇵Japan23.7K(51.1%)

+2%

🇨🇳China9.6K(20.8%)

+116%

🇦🇷Argentina5.4K(11.7%)

+9%

🇲🇱Mali2.3K(5.0%)

+62%

🇰🇬Kyrgyz Republic1.7K(3.7%)

−16%

🇬🇳Guinea1.1K(2.5%)

🇲🇳Mongolia718(1.5%)

+40%

🇩🇰Denmark328(0.7%)

−4%

🇷🇺Russian Federation172(0.4%)

−98%

🇬🇦Gabon171(0.4%)

+63%

🇿🇦South Africa161(0.3%)

−83%

🇹🇯Tajikistan154(0.3%)

−3%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024