Japan vs North Korea
Japan vs North Korea: Internet users
Internet users: 85.5% in Japan in 2024 and 0% in North Korea in 2004, by ITU estimates. In 2004 the value was higher in Japan, by 62.4 percentage points.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Japan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Japan | North Korea | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 85.5 | – | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 85 | – | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 84.9 | – | 67 |
| 2021 | 82.9 | – | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 90.2 | – | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 92.7 | – | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 88.8 | – | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 91.7 | – | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 93.2 | – | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 91.1 | – | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 89.1 | – | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 88.2 | – | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 79.5 | – | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 79.1 | – | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 78.2 | – | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 78 | – | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 75.4 | – | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 74.3 | – | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 68.7 | – | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 66.9 | – | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 62.4 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 48.4 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 46.6 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 38.5 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 30 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 21.4 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 13.4 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 9.2 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4.4 | – | – |
| 1995 | 1.6 | – | – |
| 1994 | 0.8 | – | – |
| 1993 | 0.4 | – | – |
| 1992 | 0.1 | – | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – | – |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Japan vs North Korea
Health
- Life expectancyJapan: 84.7 years in 2023North Korea: 73.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityJapan: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024North Korea: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityJapan: 1.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023North Korea: 14.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterJapan: 98.7% in 2022North Korea: 66.5% in 2022
- DepressionJapan: 3.34% in 2017North Korea: 3.09% in 2017
- Suicide rateJapan: 15.7 per 100,000 people in 2017North Korea: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationJapan: 124 million people in 2023North Korea: 26.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthJapan: -0.48% a year in 2023North Korea: 0.32% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateJapan: 1.21 births per woman in 2023North Korea: 1.78 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationJapan: 92.3% in 2025North Korea: 64.2% in 2025
- Median ageJapan: 49 years in 2023North Korea: 36.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overJapan: 29.6% in 2023North Korea: 12% in 2023
- Net migration rateJapan: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023North Korea: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending per personJapan: $504 in 2025North Korea: $62 in 2018
- Armed forces personnelJapan: 261,000 people in 2020North Korea: 1.47 million people in 2020
- National powerJapan: 2.47% of world capability in 2022North Korea: 1.41% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersJapan: 0.38% of the labour force in 2020North Korea: 8.62% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsJapan: 1.72 billion TIV in 2025North Korea: 1 million TIV in 2010
- Arms exportsJapan: 28 million TIV in 2025North Korea: 44 million TIV in 2025