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GeographyLocation: Eastern Asia, northern half of the Korean peninsula bordering the Korea Bay and the Sea of Japan, between China and Russia
Area: Land boundaries: total 1,673 km, China 1,416 km, South Korea 238 km, Russia 19 km Coastline: 2,495 km
PeoplePopulation: 23,486,550 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 1.78% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 23.31 births/1,000 population Death rate: 5.47 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 26.8 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 2.34 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: racially homogeneous Religions: Buddhism and Confucianism, some Christianity and syncretic Chondogyo Languages: Korean
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write Korean (1990 est.)
Government
Names:
Type: Communist state; Stalinist dictatorship Capital: P'yongyang Independence: 9 September 1948 Constitution: adopted 1948, completely revised 27 December 1972, revised again inApril 1992
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $21.3 billion National product real growth rate: 0% National product per capita: $920 Inflation rate (consumer prices): Unemployment rate:
Electricity:
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| The Mother Nature was kind to Olympic athletes and spectators. The average high temperature during the Games was 89 degrees with an average low of 72 degrees. Highest temperature registered (20 July) - 99 degrees. Lowest high temperature registered is 79 degrees (28 July). |