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North Korea Thematic Maps

Country (long form)	Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Capital	P'yongyang
Total Area	46,540.75 sq mi 120,540.00 sq km (slightly smaller than Mississippi)
Population	21,968,228 (July 2001 est.)
Estimated Population in 2050	26,388,317
Languages	Korean
Literacy	99.0% total, 99.0% male, 99% female (1990 est.)
Religions	traditionally Buddhist and Confucianist, some Christian and syncretic Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way)
Life Expectancy	68.04 male, 74.15 female (2001 est.)
Government Type	authoritarian socialist; one-man dictatorship
Currency	1 North Korean won (Wn) = 100 chon
GDP (per capita)	$1,000 (2000 est.)
Industry	military products; machine building, electric power, chemicals; mining (coal, iron ore, magnesite, graphite, copper, zinc, lead, and precious metals), metallurgy; textiles, food processing; tourism
Agriculture	rice, corn, potatoes, soybeans, pulses; cattle, pigs, pork, eggs
Arable Land	14%
Natural Resources	coal, lead, tungsten, zinc, graphite, magnesite, iron ore, copper, gold, pyrites, salt, fluorspar, hydropower