Country scorecard
North Korea
Asia · 26M people
ALPS
1.01
languages per person
#214 of 235 most multilingual
GLCI
1%
globally connected
Largely monolingual — the average person here speaks 1.0 languages.
Most connected partners
Where a random person from North Korea is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.
What people speak
Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.
- Korean99%
- English2%
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