This country comparison is a concise, tabular overview of numerous data from our respective country pages for France and North Korea. There, we provide many explanations and details per country that go far beyond this comparison.
General information
| France | North Korea | |
|---|---|---|
| Region: | Western Europe | East Asia |
| Area: | 549,087 km² | 120,540 km² |
| National language: | French | Korean |
| Government form: | Semi-presidential republic | People's republic (communist one-party system) |
| Independent since: | 843 AD | 1948 AD |
| Capital: | Paris | Pyongyang |
Population
Details for France and North Korea| France | North Korea | |
|---|---|---|
| Population: | 67,750,000 | 25,972,000 |
| Inhabitants/km²: | 123.4 | 215.5 |
| Life expectancy males: | Ø 79 years | Ø 71 years |
| Life expectancy females: | Ø 85 years | Ø 76 years |
| Average age: | Ø 41.7 years | Ø 34.6 years |
| Birth rate: | 10.90 ‰ | 13.33 ‰ |
| Death rate: | 9.90 ‰ | 9.08 ‰ |
| Migrationrate: | 1.06 ‰ | -0.04 ‰ |
Economy
| France | North Korea | |
|---|---|---|
| Currency: | euro (1 EUR = 100 Cent) | North Korean won (1 KPW =100 Chon) |
| Unemployment rate: | 8.1 % | 2.6 % |
| Corruption index: | 28 (good) | 83 (very bad) |
| FRA: total | per 1000 inh. | PRK: total | per 1000 inh. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exported goods: | 920,864 M US$ | 13.59 M US$ | 222 M US$ | 0.01 M US$ |
| Imported goods: | 957,717 M US$ | 14.14 M US$ | 2,320 M US$ | 0.09 M US$ |
Infrastructure
Details for France and North Korea| FRA: total | per 1000 inh. | PRK: total | per 1000 inh. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roadways: | 1,053,215 km | 15.55 km | 25,554 km | 0.98 km |
| Railways: | 29,640 km | 0.44 km | 7,435 km | 0.29 km |
| Harbours: | 548 | 0.0081 | 264 | 0.0102 |
| Passenger airports: | 61 | 0.0009 | 5 | 0.0002 |
Energy balance
Details for France and North Korea| FRA: total | per 1000 inh. | PRK: total | per 1000 inh. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy consumption: | 450.80 bn kWh | 6.65 m kWh | 13.89 bn kWh | 534,808.59 kWh |
| Energy production: | 529.10 bn kWh | 7.81 m kWh | 16.57 bn kWh | 637,997.00 kWh |
| Energy export: | 61.41 bn kWh | 906,425.59 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh |
| Energy imports: | 19.90 bn kWh | 293,728.53 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh |
| CO2 emissions: | 300.52 m t | 4,435.74 t | 56.04 m t | 2,157.72 t |
Telecommunication
Details for France and North Korea| France | North Korea | |
|---|---|---|
| International dialing: | +33 | +850 |
| Internet domain: | .fr | .kp |
| FRA total | FRA per 1000 inh. | PRK total | PRK per 1000 inh. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landlines: | 37,759,000 | 557 | 1,180,000 | 45 |
| Mobile cellulars: | 72,751,000 | 1074 | 6,000,000 | 231 |
| Internet server: | 17,266,000 | 255 | 8 | 0 |
Healthcare system
Details for France and North Korea| France | North Korea | |
|---|---|---|
| Hospital beds per 1000 inh.: | 5.91 | 13.20 |
| Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 3.23 | 3.67 |
| Diabetes: | 4.8 % | 6.4 % |
| Tuberculosis: | 0.08 ‰ | 5.13 ‰ |
| Tuberculosis cure rate: | 37.0 % | 87.0 % |
| Smokers: | 33.4 % | 17.4 % |
Climate
We also provide a more detailed climate comparison of both countries.The data for each country can be found here: France and North Korea
| France | North Korea | |
|---|---|---|
| Daytime temperatures: | 16.9 °C | 15.3 °C |
| Nighttime temperatures: | 7.9 °C | 5.5 °C |
| Rel. humidity: | 78 % | 71 % |
| Rain days: | 8.9 | 6.0 |
| Sunshine hours per day: | 5.5 | 5.7 |
Native languages
| France | North Korea | |
|---|---|---|
| Korean: | n/a | 99.9 % |
| French: | 93.6 % | n/a |
| Arabic: | 2.5 % | n/a |
| Portuguese: | 1.2 % | n/a |
| Italian: | 0.4 % | n/a |
| Spanish: | 0.4 % | n/a |
| Turkish: | 0.4 % | n/a |
| Chinese: | n/a | 0.1 % |
| other: | 1.5 % | 0.0 % |
Religions
| France | North Korea | |
|---|---|---|
| Chuch'e: | n/a | 64.3 % |
| Christianity: | 64.0 % | 1.7 % |
| Nondenominational: | 24.0 % | n/a |
| Shamanism: | n/a | 16.0 % |
| Cheondogyo: | n/a | 13.5 % |
| Islam: | 8.0 % | n/a |
| Buddhism: | 0.6 % | 4.5 % |
| Jewry: | 0.7 % | n/a |
| other: | 2.7 % | 0.0 % |