North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and senior Chinese Communist Party official Liu Yunshan at the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea. Reuters/KCNA KCNA North Korea is back in the headlines amid rising geopolitical risk.

It's unclear what the Hermit Kingdom will do next, or how other countries might respond.

However, Business Insider put together some statistics and facts that lend perspective on the country.