Side by side

Korea (Democratic People's Republic of) vs Japan

Korea (Democratic People's Republic of) and Japan 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

Japan

JPN · +81

Every field, side by side

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

Official name

북한

日本

Capital

Pyongyang

Tokyo

Country calling code

+850

+81

ISO alpha-2

KP

JP

ISO alpha-3

PRK

JPN

Currency

North Korean won

Japanese yen

Currency code

KPW

JPY

Population

25,778,815

125,836,021larger

Area

120,538 km²

377,930 km²larger

Continent

Asia

Region

Eastern Asia

Languages

Korean

Japanese

Time zone

UTC+09:00

Land borders

3

0

Internet domain

.kp

.jp

Drives on the

right

left

Centre point

40, 127

36, 138

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