EASTERN ASIA 🇰🇵 North Korea KP Pyongyang · pop. 26M · Korean · North Korean won Metrics population 26M 56 of 176 REST Countries · UN data area 121K km² 101 of 176 REST Countries life expectancy 73.6 yr 89 of 175 World Bank · latest available Recent coverage · 2 16 July 2026 China Presses North Korea Ties politics 13 July 2026 North Korea’s Borrowed Boom economy