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North Korea

North Korea's best placing is 18th of 133 for railways by area.

Best placing: #18Railways by area
Top 10 placings: 0 / 15
Population: 26.6 million
Land area: 120,410 km²

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Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking North Korea is.

Railways by area

#18 of 133

61.75 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Railways

#29 of 135

7,435 km of railway

9th in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Forest by area

#48 of 194

49.6 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Population by area

#48 of 194

220.67 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

Population

#56 of 195

26,571,036 people

21st in Asia · World Bank · 2025

Coastline

#44 of 151

2,495 km of coastline

11th in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Airports

#66 of 193

81 airports

14th in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Forest

#70 of 194

59,664 km² of forest

16th in Asia · World Bank · 2023

Railways per person

#52 of 134

279.82 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Airports by area

#76 of 191

6.73 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Rainfall

#88 of 179

1,054 mm of precipitation per year

19th in Asia · World Bank · 2022

Land area

#97 of 194

120,410 km² of land

29th in Asia · World Bank · 2023

Forest per person

#104 of 194

0.0022 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Airports per person

#122 of 192

3.05 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Land area per person

#147 of 194

0.005 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

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