North Korea

Metrics

1. population
   26M
   56 of 176
   REST Countries · UN data
2. area
   121K km²
   101 of 176
   REST Countries
3. population density
   215 /km²
   29 of 176
   zuhd — derived from population and area
4. life expectancy
   73.6 yr
   89 of 175
   World Bank · latest available
5. co₂ per capita
   2.5 t
   88 of 163
   World Bank · Climate Watch
6. urbanization
   64%
   83 of 168
   World Bank · UN DESA
7. fertility rate
   1.8
   98 of 168
   World Bank · UN DESA
8. foreign-born share
   0.2%
   161 of 167
   World Bank · UN DESA
9. scientific articles / yr
   269
   112 of 168
   NSF / World Bank
10. youth unemployment
    8%
    45 of 166
    ILO via World Bank
11. adult literacy
    100%
    5 of 109
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
12. democracy (v-dem)
    0.01
    163 of 163
    V-Dem via Our World in Data
13. cpi (clean gov)
    15
    154 of 164
    Transparency International via Our World in Data
14. press freedom
    81.3
    162 of 163
    RSF via Our World in Data