Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
Korea, Dem. People's Rep. in numbers — 10 World Bank indicators, each linking to its complete year-by-year history.
Korea, Dem. People's Rep. recorded Population: 26.57 million (2025), ranking 56 of 217 worldwide; Life expectancy: 73.7 (2024), ranking 119 of 217 worldwide. The year in brackets is the reference year for that figure.
Measured across each series' full span, Electricity access shows the largest increase (+136%) and Population growth the largest decrease (-88%). Every indicator below links to its complete year-by-year series.
Across the measures below it sits below the world median on slightly more than half. Measured against the median of every economy covered here, 4 of 10 comparable series are higher and 5 are lower.
Its population of 26.57 million (2025) makes it a mid-sized population by the standards of this dataset.
All 10 series on this page carry a value for 2023 or later.
Indicators
| Indicator | Latest | Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 26,571,036 | 2025 | +126.7% |
| Population growth | 0.27% | 2025 | -87.9% |
| Urban population | 64.19% | 2025 | +58.1% |
| Life expectancy | 73.74 | 2024 | +32.1% |
| Infant mortality | 13.3 | 2024 | -83.7% |
| CO2 per capita | 2.5 | 2024 | -50.1% |
| Labor participation | 82.15% | 2025 | +0.8% |
| Unemployment | 3.55% | 2025 | +24.6% |
| Forest area | 49.55% | 2023 | -13.7% |
| Electricity access | 61.4% | 2024 | +136.2% |