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Democratic People's Republic of Korea | |
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| Capital and largest city | Pyongyang |
| Official languages | Korean |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | |
| Ethnic groups | Korean |
| Demonym(s) | North Korean, Korean |
| Government | Juche unitary single-party state under a totalitarian regime |
| Kim Il-sung | |
| Kim Jong-un | |
| Choe Ryong-hae | |
• Premier | Choe Yong-rim |
| Legislature | Supreme People's Assembly |
| Establishment | |
| March 1, 1919 | |
| August 15, 1945 | |
• Formal declaration | September 9, 1948 |
| Area | |
• Total | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (98th) |
• Water (%) | 4.19 |
| Population | |
• 2009 estimate | 24,051,218 (51st) |
• 2008 census | 24,052,231 |
• Density | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (55th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2008 estimate |
• Total | $40 billion (94th) |
• Per capita | $1,900 (2009 est.) (154th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2009 estimate |
• Total | $28.2 billion (88th) |
• Per capita | $1,244 (139th) |
| Currency | North Korean won (₩) (KPW) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Pyongyang Time) |
| Date format | yy, yyyy년 mm월 dd일 yy, yyyy/mm/dd (CE–1911, CE) |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | 850 |
| ISO 3166 code | KP |
| Internet TLD | .kp |
a. Died 1994, named "Eternal President" in 1998. A 2009 constitutional amendment implicitly referred to Kim Jong-il as the "Supreme Leader", as well as the "Chairman of the National Defence Commission". In 2011 Kim Jong-Un was named as the new "Supreme Leader of the party, state and army" | |
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