Side by side

Korea (Democratic People's Republic of) vs Korea (Republic of)

Korea (Democratic People's Republic of) and Korea (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

Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)

PRK · +850

VS

Korea (Republic of)

KOR · +82

Every field, side by side

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

Official name

북한

대한민국

Capital

Pyongyang

Seoul

Country calling code

+850

+82

ISO alpha-2

KP

KR

ISO alpha-3

PRK

KOR

Currency

North Korean won

South Korean won

Currency code

KPW

KRW

Population

25,778,815

51,780,579larger

Area

120,538 km²larger

100,210 km²

Continent

Asia

Region

Eastern Asia

Languages

Korean

Time zone

UTC+09:00

Land borders

3

1

Internet domain

.kp

.kr

Drives on the

right

Centre point

40, 127

37, 127.5

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