Demography of the North Korea

The Korean population is very homogeneous, in North as in the South of the peninsula currently divided into two States. At the time of the end of the Japanese domination in 1945, the Korean peninsula had 30 million inhabitants, 9 million in North Korea, 21 million in the South.

Evolution of the population

Structure of the population

Twice less densément populated than the South Korea, the North Korea is handicapped by a mountainous relief; the population concentrates on the coasts and in the south of the country.

The capital Pyongyang gathers a tenth of the national population.

Birthrate

Mortality

Migration and cultural composition

Within important the Korean Diaspora (presents in particular in China, in the United States, in Canada and Kazakhstan), more than one third of some 600 000 Koreans of Japan are citizens of the democratic Popular republic of Korea. It are gathered within the general association of the Koreans residing at Japan, generally indicated by its acronym Chongryon (Japanese name: Chôsen Soren), which can also be spelled Chongryun.

Between 1959 and 1962,93 000 Koreans of the Japan came to settle in North Korea, sometimes accompanied by a Japanese spouse. The North Korea thus counts a small Japanese community estimated at 1 800 people. Moreover, a Chinese community of 50 000 people is present in North Korea, as well as a minority of origin Vietnamese. Other communities, numerically less important, of Russian origin and States of Europe of the east, correspond to the installation in North Korea of former students, then amenable to the people's democracies.

Until: 300000 Koreans of North would hide in China and approximately a thousand per annum arrives to South Korea. The defector of more than 450 Koreans of the north arrived at Seoul on July 27th, 2004 with was the result of a kidnapping planned and a crime of obvious terrorism according to the authorities of North.

Other social indicators

The rate of acute Malnutrition was established to 16% at the end of the Années 1990, after the Famine. It is estimated today (2005) at 7%. The chronic rate of malnutrition is him passed 62% to 37%. However, 40% of the children present delays of growth.

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