Side by side

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

Korea (Republic of) 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

Korea (Republic of)

KOR · +82

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

대한민국

북한

Capital

Seoul

Pyongyang

Country calling code

+82

+850

ISO alpha-2

KR

KP

ISO alpha-3

KOR

PRK

Currency

South Korean won

North Korean won

Currency code

KRW

KPW

Population

51,780,579larger

25,778,815

Area

100,210 km²

120,538 km²larger

Continent

Asia

Region

Eastern Asia

Languages

Korean

Time zone

UTC+09:00

Land borders

1

3

Internet domain

.kr

.kp

Drives on the

right

Centre point

37, 127.5

40, 127

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