The main goal of cholesterol-lowering treatment is to lower your LDL level enough to reduce your risk of developing heart disease or having a heart attack. The higher your risk, the lower your LDL goal will be. To find your LDL goal, see the boxes below for your risk category.
COUNTRY OVERVIEW. LOCATION AND SIZE. North Korea is in eastern Asia and occupies the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. It borders China to the north, Russia to the far northeast, the Sea of Japan / East Sea to the east, South Korea to the south, and the Korean Bay and Yellow Sea to the west. The country covers an area of 120,549 square kilometers (46,543 square miles), making it slightly smaller than the state of Mississippi.
North Korea Population (1950 - 2017) Yearly Population Growth Rate (%) The current population of North Korea is 25,379,244 as of Sunday, April 16, 2017, based on the latest United Nations estimates. North Korea population is equivalent to 0.34% of the total world population. North Korea ranks number 52 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population. The population density in North Korea is 211 per Km2 (546 people per mi2). The total land area is 120,387 Km2 (46,482 sq. miles) 61.2 % of the population is urban (15,557,359 people in 2017) The median age in North Korea is 34.1 years.