Key facts
Capital:Pyongyang
Location:Eastern Asia, northern half of the Korean Peninsula bordering the Korea Bay and the Sea of Japan, between China and South Korea
Currency:North Korean won (KPW)
Area:120,538 sq km
Population:25,831,360 (July 2021 est.)
Languages:Korean
Religion:traditionally Buddhist and Confucianist, some Christian and syncretic Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way)
TimeZone:UTC+9
Tel Code:+850
