Side by side

Japan vs Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)

Japan and Korea (Democratic People's Republic of) are compared here on capital city, currency, country calling code, ISO codes, population, area, languages and driving side, using the same source fields for both so every row is like for like.

First country

Second country

Japan

JPN · +81

VS

Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)

PRK · +850

Every field, side by side

Numeric rows carry a proportional bar. The larger figure is marked.

Official name

日本

북한

Capital

Tokyo

Pyongyang

Country calling code

+81

+850

ISO alpha-2

JP

KP

ISO alpha-3

JPN

PRK

Currency

Japanese yen

North Korean won

Currency code

JPY

KPW

Population

125,836,021larger

25,778,815

Area

377,930 km²larger

120,538 km²

Continent

Asia

Region

Eastern Asia

Languages

Japanese

Korean

Time zone

UTC+09:00

Land borders

0

3

Internet domain

.jp

.kp

Drives on the

left

right

Centre point

36, 138

40, 127

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