!!!North Korea: People & Society
||Population|25,115,311 (July 2016 est.)
||Nationality|''noun'': Korean(s) \\ ''adjective'': Korean \\ 
||Ethnic groups|racially homogeneous; there is a small Chinese community and a few ethnic Japanese
||Languages|Korean
||Religions|traditionally Buddhist and Confucianist, some Christian and syncretic Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way) \\ ''__note__'': autonomous religious activities now almost nonexistent; government-sponsored religious groups exist to provide illusion of religious freedom \\ 
||Age structure|''0-14 years'': 20.97% (male 2,678,638/female 2,588,744) \\ ''15-24 years'': 15.88% (male 2,009,360/female 1,977,942) \\ ''25-54 years'': 44.22% (male 5,567,682/female 5,537,077) \\ ''55-64 years'': 9.19% (male 1,090,739/female 1,218,406) \\ ''65 years and over'': 9.74% (male 840,003/female 1,606,720) (2016 est.) \\ 
||Dependency ratios|''total dependency ratio'': 44.3% \\ ''youth dependency ratio'': 30.5% \\ ''elderly dependency ratio'': 13.8% \\ ''potential support ratio'': 7.3% (2015 est.) \\ 
||Median age|''total'': 33.8 years \\ ''male'': 32.3 years \\ ''female'': 35.4 years (2016 est.) \\ 
||Population growth rate|0.53% (2016 est.)
||Birth rate|14.6 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)
||Death rate|9.3 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)
||Net migration rate|0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.)
||Urbanization|''urban population'': 60.9% of total population (2015) \\ ''rate of urbanization'': 0.75% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) \\ 
||Major urban areas - population|PYONGYANG (capital) 2.863 million (2015)
||Sex ratio|''at birth'': 1.05 male(s)/female \\ ''0-14 years'': 1.03 male(s)/female \\ ''15-24 years'': 1.02 male(s)/female \\ ''25-54 years'': 1.01 male(s)/female \\ ''55-64 years'': 0.9 male(s)/female \\ ''65 years and over'': 0.53 male(s)/female \\ ''total population'': 0.94 male(s)/female (2016 est.) \\ 
||Maternal mortality rate|82 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
||Infant mortality rate|''total'': 22.9 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''male'': 25.4 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''female'': 20.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) \\ 
||Life expectancy at birth|''total population'': 70.4 years \\ ''male'': 66.6 years \\ ''female'': 74.5 years (2016 est.) \\ 
||Total fertility rate|1.96 children born/woman (2016 est.)
||Contraceptive prevalence rate|70.6% \\ ''__note__'': percent of women aged 20-49 (2010) \\ 
||Hospital bed density|13.2 beds/1,000 population (2012)
||Drinking water source|''improved'':  \\ urban: 99.9% of population \\ rural: 99.4% of population \\ total: 99.7% of population \\ ''unimproved'':  \\ urban: 0.1% of population \\ rural: 0.6% of population \\ total: 0.3% of population (2015 est.) \\ 
||Sanitation facility access|''improved'':  \\ urban: 87.9% of population \\ rural: 72.5% of population \\ total: 81.9% of population \\ ''unimproved'':  \\ urban: 12.1% of population \\ rural: 27.5% of population \\ total: 18.1% of population (2015 est.) \\ 
||HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate|NA
||HIV/AIDS - deaths|NA
||Obesity - adult prevalence rate|2.5% (2014)
||Children under the age of 5 years underweight|15.2% (2012)
||Education expenditures|NA
||Literacy|''definition'': age 15 and over can read and write \\ ''total population'': 100% \\ ''male'': 100% \\ ''female'': 100% (2015 est.) \\ 
||School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)|''total'': 12 years \\ ''male'': 12 years \\ ''female'': 12 years (2009) \\