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North Korea vs USA
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Satellites in Orbit

operational
USA
8,500 satellites
North Korea
2 satellites
has 4250× the satellites of

Astronauts Flown

people to space
USA
360 people to space
North Korea
never flown anyone

R&D Spending

% of GDP
USA
3.45% of GDP
North Korea
No data

Patents Filed

per year
USA
262.24K patents / yr
North Korea
6.94K patents / yr
files 38× the patents of
The verdict
satellites USA
astronauts USA
patents USA
3 — 0
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North Korea vs USA — Space & Science

One of these has astronauts. The other has none. Every figure here comes from the same public datasets behind the full comparison — World Bank, IMF, UN and national statistics offices.

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