The population of Pyongyang is 2.843 million.
The 4th most populous state is Houston, Texas. It's population is 2.195 million.
Source: CIA
The CIA defines literacy as "age 15 and over can read and write".
According to that definition, the literacy rate is 100%.
Source: CIA
According to Time, "Women are allowed to choose one of 14 styles; married women are instructed to keep their tresses short, while the single ladies are allowed let loose with longer, curlier locks."
Men are "prohibited from growing their hair longer than 5 cm — less than 2 inches — while older men can get away with up to 7 cm (3 inches)".
Source: Time
Kim Jong-il, father of current leader Kim Jong-un, reportedly spent £700,000 on Hennessy per year. That's roughly $1,200,000.
The average North Korean income is estimated to be between $1000-2000 per year. We used $1,500 in our calculation.
Source: BBC
Kim Jong-il was a "film buff" who reportedly owned 20,000 video tapes. His favorite are reported to have been Rambo, Friday the 13th, Godzilla and “The Eternal Bosom of Hot Love".
To simplify, we said that movies are on average 90 minutes long. That means that 20,000 tapes is about 137 years of movies.
Source: The Telegraph
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Source: FIFA
Pennsylvania is 46,055.24 square miles, which is 119,283 square km.
North Korea is 120,538 square km.
Source: CIA
19.08% of North Korea's land is arable. That's about 8879.83 square miles. New Jersey is 8722.58 square miles.
You can see the size comparison of New Jersey to Pennsylvania to the right.
Source: CIA
This height difference is attributed to the fact that 6 million North Koreans are in need of food, and one-third of children are chronically malnourished.
Source: USA Today
It is estimated that the North Korean army has approximately 1.190 million men in their army. The United States has approximately 1.369 million.
Source: Wikipedia
There are 6.515 million males available for military service and 6.418 million females available. Collectively, that's 12.933 million.
The population of Senegal is 13.3 million.
Source: CIA
There are a total of 25,554 km of roads in North Korea, but only 724 km are paved.
Source: CIA
The total roads are 25,554 km. The circumference of Mercury is 15,329 km.
The distance between Cleveland and New York is 463 miles. There are 724 km of paved roads in North Korea, which is approximately 450 miles.
Source: CIA
The CIA report states that 23.4% of North Korea's GDP is composed of agriculture. This includes rice, corn, potatoes, soybeans, pulses, cattle, pigs, pork, and eggs.
However, 6 million people are in need of food according to the World Food Programme.
Source: CIA
The richest man in the world is Carlos Slim Helú. His net worth is $79.9 billion.
North Korea's GDP is estimated to be $40 billion.
Source: CIA
Qatar's GDP per capita is $102,100. This is the highest GDP per capita.
North Korea's GDP per capita is $1,800.
Source: CIA
The Corruption Perceptions Index is released annually. In 2013 North Korea, Somalia, and Afghanistan were named the most corrupt nations.
A score between 0 (highly corrupt) and 100 (very clean) is given to 177 countries and territories. North Korea scored an 8.
Source: CPI 2013
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