Editing Demographics of North Korea (section)

==CIA World Factbook demographic statistics==
[[File:North Korea Population 1950-2021 Forecast 2022-2032 UN World Population Prospects 2022.svg|thumb|350px|[[Population]], [[fertility rate]] and [[net reproduction rate]], United Nations estimates]]
The following demographic statistics are from the ''[[CIA World Factbook]]'', unless otherwise indicated:<ref name="CIA 2016"/>

'''Population''':<ref name="CIA 2016"/> 25,115,311 (July 2016 est.)
[[File:Поло-возрастная структура КНДР 31.12.1993.png|thumb|right|300px|[[Population pyramid]] of North Korea as of the 1st National Census on December 31, 1993]]
'''Age structure'''<ref name="CIA 2016"/><br>
''0–14 years:''
20.97% (male 2,678,638/female 2,588,744)
<br />''15–24 years:''
15.88% (male 2,009,360/female 1,977,942)
<br />''25–54 years:''
44.22% (male 5,567,682/female 5,537,077)
<br />''55–64 years:''
9.19% (male 1,090,739/female 1,218,406)
<br />''65 years and over:''
9.74% (male 840,003/female 1,606,720) (2016 est.)

'''Population growth rate'''<ref name="CIA 2016"/><br>
1.02% (1991 est.)<br>
0.31% (1996 est.)<br>
0.87% (2006 est.)<br>
0.42% (2009 est.)<br>
0.53% (2016 est.)

'''Birth rate'''<ref name="CIA 2016"/><br>
20.01 births/1,000 population (1991 est.)<br>
17.58 births/1,000 population (1996 est.)<br>
14.61 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)<br>
14.61 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)<br>
14.60 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)

'''Death rate'''<ref name="CIA 2016"/><br>
8.94 deaths/1,000 population (1991 est.)<br>
9.52 deaths/1,000 population (1996 est.)<br>
7.29 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)<br>
7.29 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)<br>
9.30 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)

'''Net migration rate''':<ref name="CIA 2016"/>
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.)

'''Sex ratio'''<ref name="CIA 2016"/><br>
''at birth:''
1.05 male(s)/female
<br>''0–14 years:''
1.03 male(s)/female
<br>''15–24 years:''
1.02 male(s)/female
<br>''25–54 years:''
1.01 male(s)/female
<br>''55–64 years:''
0.9 male(s)/female
<br>''65 years and over:''
0.53 male(s)/female
<br>''total population:''
0.94 male(s)/female (2016 est.)

'''Infant mortality rate'''<ref name="CIA 2016"/><br>
total: 22.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.)

[[File:Life expectancy by WBG -North Korea -diff.png|thumb|Life expectancy in North Korea]]
[[File:Life expectancy in North Korea and South Korea.svg|thumb|Comparison of life expectancy in North Korea and South Korea]]
'''Life expectancy at birth'''<ref name="CIA 2016"/><br>
''total population:''
70.4 years
<br>''male:''
66.6 years
<br>''female:''
74.5 years (2016 est.)

'''Total fertility rate'''<ref name="CIA 2016"/><br>
2.09 children born/woman (2006 est.)<br>
1.94 children born/woman (2010 est.)<br>
1.96 children born/woman (2016 est.)<br>
1.91 children born/woman (2021 est.)

'''Nationality'''<ref name="CIA 2016"/><br>
''noun:'' Korean(s)<br>
''adjective:'' Korean

'''Ethnic groups'''<ref name="CIA 2016"/><br>
racially homogeneous: [[Koreans]]; small [[Overseas Chinese|Chinese]] community, a few [[ethnic Russians]], [[Japanese diaspora|ethnic Japanese]], [[Singaporeans]], [[Thai people|ethnic Thai]], [[Indian people|Indian]], [[African diaspora|African]], [[Americans]] and [[Việt Kiều|ethnic Vietnamese]]

'''Religion''':<ref name="CIA 2016"/>
no statistics available; predominantly [[Korean Buddhism|Buddhism]], [[Korean shamanism|Shamanism]], [[Confucianism]], and [[Cheondoism]] (see "[[religion in North Korea]]")

'''Language''':<ref name="CIA 2016"/> [[Korean language|Korean]]

'''Literacy'''<ref name="CIA 2016"/><br>
''definition:''
age 15 and over can read and write Korean using the Korean script [[Hangul]]
<br>''total population:'' 100%
<br>''male:'' 100%
<br>''female:'' 100% (2015 est.)