Land area in North Korea

The land area of North Korea was 120,410 km² in 2024.

Measure: Land area Unit: Square kilometres Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
North Korea, 2024 120,410 Square kilometres
Change from 2023 0% 2023: 120,410 km²
World, 2023 129,763,686 km² Official aggregate Not the same period as North Korea (2024).
Position in 2024 98th of 214 See the full ranking

Land area in North Korea over time

View
Places
2 selected
North Korea World ×

Square kilometres. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Land area (square kilometres), 2000 to 2024
Period North KoreaWorld
2024 120,410 km² –
2023 120,410 km² 129,763,686 km²
2022 120,410 km² 129,762,631 km²
2021 120,410 km² 129,799,508 km²
2020 120,410 km² 129,961,173 km²
2019 120,410 km² 129,949,120 km²
2018 120,410 km² 129,946,802 km²
2017 120,410 km² 129,943,980 km²
2016 120,410 km² 129,949,309 km²
2015 120,410 km² 129,936,952 km²
2014 120,410 km² 129,931,363 km²
2013 120,410 km² 129,933,831 km²
2012 120,410 km² 129,935,604 km²
2011 120,410 km² 127,435,590 km²
2010 120,410 km² 127,434,580 km²
2009 120,410 km² 127,432,203 km²
2008 120,410 km² 127,433,762 km²
2007 120,410 km² 127,449,643 km²
2006 120,410 km² 127,449,870 km²
2005 120,410 km² 127,350,082 km²
2004 120,410 km² 127,347,330 km²
2003 120,410 km² 127,200,488 km²
2002 120,410 km² 127,193,662 km²
2001 120,410 km² 127,195,859 km²
2000 120,410 km² 127,197,039 km²

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 120,410 km², the figure has changed by 0%.
  • Among the 214 countries with data for 2024, North Korea has the 98th highest value.

More for North Korea

All statistics for North Korea

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAOSTAT)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.LND.TOTL.K2 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2024 for North Korea
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAOSTAT)