[napscoordinator]

I wonder if North Korea is just waiting. Yes. I know they throw up their arms and yell war from time to time. But if South Korea ends up with a very small population whereas North Korea maintains, it’d be easier to take South Korea.

[Cronos]

North Korea's population is stunted by high malnutrition.

Parameter	North Korea	South Korea
Population in 2022	26 million	52 million
Population in 1960	11 million	25 million
Life expectancy	73 years	83 years
birth rate	1.81	0.81

It would take North Korea centuries to overtake the south - and they are impoverished and starved.