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 · 3 8 June 2026 Xi Visits Kim to Reassert Ties economy 7 June 2026 Pyongyang Rejects Denuclearization Goal politics 4 June 2026 Kim Doubles Fissile Output politics