| Population :
| 22,697,553 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Age structure 0-14 % :
| 24,60%.
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| Age structure 0-14.m :
| 2 836 991.
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| Age structure 0-14.f :
| 2 755 127.
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| Age structure 15-64 % :
| 67,80%.
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| Age structure 15-64.m :
| 7 575 590.
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| Age structure 15-64.f :
| 7 812 878.
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| Age structure 65 % :
| 7,60%.
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| Age structure 65.m :
| 583 463.
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| Age structure 65.f :
| 1 133 504.
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| Age structure est :
| 2004 est..
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| Median age total :
| 31.4 years .
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| Median age male :
| 30.2 years .
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| Median age female :
| 32.6 years (2004 est.) .
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| Population growth rate :
| 0.98% (2004 est.) .
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| Population growth rate note :
| .
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| Birth rate :
| 16.77 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Death rate :
| 6.99 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Net migration rate :
| 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Sex ratio at birth :
| 1.05 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio under 15 :
| 1.03 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio 15-64 :
| 0.97 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio 65 :
| 0.52 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio total :
| 0.94 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Infant mortality rate male :
| 26.59 deaths/1,000 live births .
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| Infant mortality rate female :
| 23 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) .
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| Life expectancy at birth total :
| 71.08 years .
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| Life expectancy at birth male :
| 68.38 years .
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| Life Expectancy at birth female :
| 73.92 years (2004 est.) .
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| Total fertility rate :
| 2.2 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| hiv aids :
| NA .
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| hiv aids people :
| NA .
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| hiv aids deaths :
| NA .
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| Nationality noun :
| Korean(s) .
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| Nationality adjective :
| Korean .
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| Ethnic groups :
| racially homogeneous; there is a small Chinese community and a few ethnic Japanese .
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| Religions :
| traditionally Buddhist and Confucianist, some Christian and syncretic Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way) .
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| Languages :
| Korean .
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| Literacy definition :
| age 15 and over can read and write .
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| Literacy total :
| 99%.
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| Literacy male :
| 99%.
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| Literacy female :
| 99%.
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| Government type :
| Communist state one-man dictatorship .
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| Independence :
| 15 August 1945 (from Japan) .
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| National holiday :
| Founding of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), 9 September (1948) .
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| Suffrage :
| 17 years of age; universal .
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| Economy overview :
| North Korea, one of the world's most centrally planned and isolated economies, faces desperate economic conditions. Industrial capital stock is nearly beyond repair as a result of years of underinvestment and spare parts shortages. Industrial and power ou.
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| Population below poverty line :
| NA .
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| Labor force by occupation :
| agricultural 36%, nonagricultural 64% .
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| Agriculture products :
| rice, corn, potatoes, soybeans, pulses; cattle, pigs, pork, eggs .
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| Industries :
| military products; machine building, electric power, chemicals; mining (coal, iron ore, magnesite, graphite, copper, zinc, lead, and precious metals), metallurgy; textiles, food processing; tourism .
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| Exports commodities :
| minerals, metallurgical products, manufactures (including armaments); textiles and fishery products .
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| Exports partners :
| South Korea 28.5%, China 28.4%, Japan 24.7% (2002 est.) .
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| Imports commodities :
| Founding of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), 9 September (1948) .
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| Imports partners :
| Founding of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), 9 September (1948) .
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| Internet users :
| NA .
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| Hymne :
| 1. Donghae mulgwa Baekdusani mareugo daltorok
haneunimi bouhasa urinara manse
REFRAIN :
mugunghwa samcheolli hwaryeogangsan
Daehan saram Daehaneuro giri bojeonhase
2. Namsan wie jeo sonamu cheolgabeul dureundeut
baram seori bulbyeonhameun uri gisangilse
3. gaeul haneul gonghwalhande nopgo gureum eopsi
balgeun dareun uri gaseum ilpyeondansimilse
4. i gisanggwa i mameuro chungseongeul dahayeo
goerouna jeulgeouna nara saranghase
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Traduction en Anglais
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1. Until the East Sea's waves are dry, (and) Mt. Baektusan worn away,
God watch o'er our land forever ! Our Korea manse !
CHORUS :
Rose of Sharon, thousand miles of range and river land !
Guarded by her people, ever may Korea stand !
2. Like that Mt. Namsan armored pine, standing on duty still,
wind or frost, unchanging ever, be our resolute will.
3. In autumn's, arching evening sky,crystal, and cloudless blue,
Be the radiant moon our spirit, steadfast, single, and true.
4. With such a will, (and) such a spirit, loyalty, heart and hand,
Let us love, come grief, come gladness, this, our beloved land !.
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