NORTH KOREA DEMOGRAPHICS: URBAN-RURAL POPULATION DISTRIBUTION

By NIGRITIAN CHIEF OF THE FREE WORLD

General Characteristics of Agricultural, Industrial, and Information Age Urban-Rural Demographic Distributions

• Agricultural Age Urban-Rural Population Distributio:

  Rural populations: the majority of people lived in rural communities working on the land.

• Industrial Age Urban-Rural Population Distributio:

  Urban populations: in countries undergoing the industrial revolution, people moved to cities to work in factories. In developing South countries today, many people are moving to cities seeking (but not always finding) jobs and access to modern life, resulting in unmanageable cities and slums in many cases.

• Information Age Urban-Rural Population Distribution:

  Option for some to live in countryside, in an "electronic cottage," and be connected to work via electronic communications (computers, modem, and telephone lines); many people prefer to work at a central office some days, and at home other days, however.

Information/Data on North Korea Urban-Rural Population Distribution

Conclusions on North Korea (Whether Primarily Agricultural, Industrial, or Information Age Re: Urban-Rural Population Distribution)

Traditional Bibliographic Sources on North Korea Urban-Rural Population Distribution

• CIA WORLD FACTBOOK
• CULTURGRAM '96 NORTH KOREA
• NORTH KOREA a country study., FEDERAL RESEARCH DIVISION LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. Edited by Andrea Matles Savada