People (Korea  North)
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     Population:
         22,227,303 (July 1992), growth rate 1.9% (1992)
     Birth rate:
         24 births/1,000 population (1992)
     Death rate:
         6 deaths/1,000 population (1992)
     Net migration rate:
         0 migrants/1,000 population (1992)
     Infant mortality rate:
         30 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)
     Life expectancy at birth:
         66 years male, 72 years female (1992)
     Total fertility rate:
         2.4 children born/woman (1992)
     Nationality:
         noun - Korean(s);adjective - Korean
     Ethnic divisions:
         racially homogeneous
     Religions:
         Buddhism and Confucianism; some Christianity and syncretic Chondogyo;
         autonomous religious activities now almost nonexistent; government-sponsored
         religious groups exist to provide illusion of religious freedom
     Languages:
         Korean
     Literacy:
         99%, (male 99%, female 99%); note - presumed to be virtually universal among
         population under age 60
     Labor force:
         9,615,000; agricultural 36%, nonagricultural 64%; shortage of skilled and
         unskilled labor (mid-1987 est.)
     Organized labor:
         1,600,000 members; single-trade union system coordinated by the General
         Federation of Trade Unions of Korea under the Central Committee