North Korea, year by year

Every index this site holds for North Korea, in time order: 8 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth69.2 → 73.7 (+4.6)

Urban population60 → 64 (+4)

Births per woman1.87 → 1.78 (-0.09)

Renewable share of energy9 → 15 (+5)

Access to electricity26 → 61 (+35)

Infant mortality26 → 13 (-13)

CO2 emissions per person3.3 → 2.5 (-0.8)

Forest area53 → 50 (-3)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series has its own window).

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 8 series · 7 values marked for checking

Year	Life expectancy at birthyears	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land
1990	70.5	—	2.39	7	—	32	6.3	57.4
1991	70.7	59	2.35	8	—	33	5.9	57.0
1992	71.0	59	2.29	8	—	33	5.2	56.6
1993	70.8	59	2.22	8	—	33	4.7	56.3
1994	70.5	59	2.18	9	—	33	4.3	55.9
1995	60.8	59	2.15	10	—	64	3.9	55.5
1996	60.8	59	2.09	10	—	63	3.5	55.1
1997	60.9	59	2.03	10	—	62	3.3	54.8
1998	60.9	59	1.99	10	—	61	2.7	54.4
1999	60.9	59	1.97	9	—	60	2.9	54.0
2000	60.9	59	1.94	9	—	59	3.1	53.6
2001	60.9	59	1.94	9	—	59	3.2	53.4
2002	60.9	60	1.92	9	—	58	3.1	53.3
2003	69.4	60	1.91	9	—	27	3.1	53.1
2004	69.3	60	1.90	9	—	27	3.2	52.9
2005	69.2	60	1.87	9	—	26	3.3	52.7
2006	69.1	60	1.94	9	—	26	3.3	52.5
2007	69.0	60	1.94	11	—	26	2.8	52.4
2008	69.3	60	1.97	10	—	25	3.0	52.2
2009	69.7	60	1.91	10	26	24	2.9	52.0
2010	70.3	60	1.89	11	29	23	2.8	51.8
2011	70.8	60	1.88	15	31	22	2.0	51.7
2012	71.3	61	1.88	15	34	21	1.9	51.5
2013	71.9	61	1.88	21	36	19	1.5	51.3
2014	72.5	61	1.87	19	38	18	1.6	51.1
2015	72.8	61	1.86	23	40	17	1.3	51.0
2016	73.0	62	1.86	24	42	17	1.4	50.8
2017	73.0	62	1.85	10	44	15	2.9	50.6
2018	73.0	62	1.83	12	46	15	2.6	50.4
2019	72.9	62	1.83	10	48	14	2.8	50.3
2020	72.8	63	1.82	11	51	14	2.6	50.1
2021	73.4	63	1.81	15	53	14	2.2	49.9
2022	73.6	63	1.80	—	55	14	2.3	49.7
2023	73.6	64	1.78	—	58	15	2.5	49.5
2024	73.7	64	1.78	—	61	13	2.5	—
2025	—	64	—	—	—	—	—	—
Profile shows	73.7	64	1.78	15	—	—	2.5	49.6

Sources: Life expectancy at birth — World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Urban population — World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman — World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy — World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity — World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality — World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person — World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area — World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: none do on this page.

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