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Property	Type	Value	Unit	Rank	Empirical method	Date	Comparison
Birth rate	Population property	14.58	Per 1000 Inhabitants	141	Estimation	2010	Birth rate
Death rate	Population property	10.60	Per 1000 Inhabitants	50	Estimation	2010	Death rate
Infant Mortality Rate	Health property	50.15	Per 1000 Live Births	51	Estimation	2010	Infant Mortality Rate
Life Expectancy at Birth	Population property	64.13	Years	170	Estimation	2010	Life Expectancy at Birth
Net Migration Rate	Population property	-0.09	Per 1000 Inhabitants	94	Estimation	2010	Net Migration Rate
Population growth rate	Population property	0.39	Percent	163	Estimation	2010	Population growth rate
Total Fertility Rate	Population property	1.94	Born per Woman	135	Estimation	2010	Total Fertility Rate
Electricity production	Economic property	20900	Gigawatt hour	70	Estimation		Electricity production
Natural gas consumption	Economic property	0	1 Mil. Cubic metre	170	Estimation		Natural gas consumption
Natural gas production	Economic property	0	1 Mil. Cubic metre	174	Estimation		Natural gas production
GDP growth rate	Economic property	3.70	Percent	47	Estimation		GDP growth rate
GDP - per capita (PPP)	Economic property	1900	Dollar	188	Estimation		GDP - per capita (PPP)
GDP	Economic property	40000	Million dollar	96	Estimation		GDP
Oil consumption	Economic property	16	1000 Barrel per day	131	Estimation		Oil consumption
Oil production	Economic property	0.121	1000 Barrel per day	110	Estimation		Oil production
Area	Geo property	120538	Square kilometer	98			Area
Population size	Population property	22757275		50			Population size

Organisation / Group	Aim
ASEAN Regional Forum	to foster constructive dialogue and consultation on political and security issues of common interest and concern
Food and Agriculture Organization	to raise living standards and increase availability of agricultural products;a UN specialized agency
Group of 77	to promote economic cooperation among developing countries;name persists in spite of increased membership
International Civil Aviation Organization	to promote international cooperation in civil aviation;a UN specialized agency
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement	to promote worldwide humanitarian aid through the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in wartime, and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS;formerly League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies or LORCS) in peacetime
International Fund for Agricultural Development	to promote agricultural development;a UN specialized agency
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies	to organize, coordinate, and direct international relief actions;to promote humanitarian activities;to represent and encourage the development of National Societies;to bring help to victims of armed conflicts, refugees, and displaced people;to reduce the vulnerability of people through development programs
International Hydrographic Organization	to train hydrographic surveyors and nautical cartographers to achieve standardization in nautical charts and electronic chart displays;to provide advice on nautical cartography and hydrography;to develop the sciences in the field of hydrography and techniques used for descriptive oceanography
International Maritime Organization	to deal with international maritime affairs;a UN specialized agency
International Olympic Committee	to promote the Olympic ideals and administer the Olympic games: 2012 Summer Olympics in London, UK;2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia
Inter-Parliamentary Union	fosters contacts among parliamentarians, considers and expresses views of international interest and concern with the purpose of bringing about action by parliaments and parliamentarians, contributes to the defense and promotion of human rights, contributes to better knowledge of representative institutions
International Organization for Standardization	to promote the development of international standards with a view to facilitating international exchange of goods and services and to developing cooperation in the sphere of intellectual, scientific, technological and economic activity
International Telecommunications Satellites Organization	to act as a watchdog over Intelsat, Ltd., a private company, to make sure it provides on a global and non-discriminatory basis public telecommunication services
International Telecommunication Union	to deal with world telecommunications issues;a UN specialized agency
Nonaligned Movement	to establish political and military cooperation apart from the traditional East or West blocs
United Nations	to maintain international peace and security and to promote cooperation involving economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian problems
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development	to promote international trade
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization	to promote cooperation in education, science, and culture
United Nations Industrial Development Organization	UN specialized agency that promotes industrial development especially among the members
World Tourism Organization	to promote tourism as a means of contributing to economic development, international understanding, and peace
Universal Postal Union	to promote international postal cooperation;a UN specialized agency
World Federation of Trade Unions	to promote the trade union movement
World Health Organization	to deal with health matters worldwide;a UN specialized agency
World Intellectual Property Organization	to furnish protection for literary, artistic, and scientific works;a UN specialized agency
World Meteorological Organization	to sponsor meteorological cooperation;a UN specialized agency

Names (5)

North Korea : Name
Democratic People's Republic of Korea : Longname
Choson : Name
- Local
Choson-minjujuui-inmin-konghwaguk : Longname
- Local
DPRK : Abbreviation

Description

An independent kingdom for much of its long history, Korea was occupied by Japan beginning in 1905 following the Russo-Japanese War. Five years later, Japan formally annexed the entire peninsula. Following World War II, Korea was split with the northern half coming under Soviet-sponsored Communist control. After failing in the Korean War (1950-53) to conquer the US-backed Republic of Korea (ROK) in the southern portion by force, North Korea (DPRK), under its founder President KIM Il Sung, adopted a policy of ostensible diplomatic and economic "self-reliance" as a check against outside influence. The DPRK demonized the US as the ultimate threat to its social system through state-funded propaganda, and molded political, economic, and military policies around the core ideological objective of eventual unification of Korea under Pyongyang's control. KIM's son, the current ruler KIM Jong Il, was officially designated as his father's successor in 1980, assuming a growing political and managerial role until the elder KIM's death in 1994. After decades of economic mismanagement and resource misallocation, the DPRK since the mid-1990s has relied heavily on international aid to feed its population. North Korea's history of regional military provocations, proliferation of military-related items, long-range missile development, WMD programs including tests of nuclear devices in 2006 and 2009, and massive conventional armed forces are of major concern to the international community.