NORTH KOREA NORTH KOREA REGION ASIA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE SEPTEMBER 9 1948 DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION 1948 POPULATION 21386109 1999 EST AREA 47399 SQ MI CAPITAL P'YONGYANG FORM OF GOVERNMENT COMMUNIST NATURAL RESOURCES COAL LEAD ZINC GRAPHITE MAGNESITE TUNGSTEN COPPER IRON ORE GOLD PYRITES SALT FLUORSPAR HYDROELECTRIC POWER MAIN INDUSTRIES TEXTILES MACHINERY ARMAMENTS CHEMICALS FOOD PROCESSING ELECTRIC POWER MINING AGRICULTURE RICE POTATOES CORN SOYBEANS CATTLE PIGS CURRENCY WON GDP 21.8 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 1000 1998 EST LANGUAGES KOREAN RELIGIONS BUDDHISM CONFUCIANISM CHRISTIANITY CHONDOGYO LITERACY RATE 99 LIFE EXPECTANCY 67 YEARS MALE 73 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 21 PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 7 PER 1000 POPULATION
