North Korea
Asia · Eastern Asia
Key facts
- Capital
- Pyongyang
- Region
- Asia
- Subregion
- Eastern Asia
- Population (2025)
- 26.6 million (26,571,036) · rank 56 of 193
- Area (2023)
- 120,540 km² · rank 99 of 193
- People per km²
- 220 (calculated from the two figures above)
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (2025, 2023), CC BY 4.0. data.worldbank.org
Test yourself
The first question is always North Korea, then four more countries of the same region.
Unfolding the map…
Neighbours on the map
Countries whose outline shares a border with North Korea in the map data: 3.
- China capitals 810 km apart
- Russia capitals 6,410 km apart
- South Korea capitals 200 km apart
Based on the Natural Earth 1:110m outlines. The 29 states drawn as dots are not counted as neighbours.
The flag
Flags with a similar colour layout, used as wrong options on Hard: Eswatini, Cambodia, Suriname, Morocco.
In the quizzes
The levels on which North Korea is asked in each selection:
In four languages
| Country | Capital | |
|---|---|---|
| English | North Korea | Pyongyang |
| Italiano | Corea del Nord | Pyongyang |
| Magyar | Észak-Korea | Phenjan |
| Suomi | Pohjois-Korea | Pjongjang |