| People | South Korea |
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Population:
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48,508,972 (July 2009 est.) |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 81% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 0.6% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.) |
Population density:
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495 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 16.8% (male 4,278,581/female 3,887,516)
15-64 years: 72.3% (male 17,897,053/female 17,196,840)
65 years and over: 10.8% (male 2,104,589/female 3,144,393) (2009 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 37.3 years
male: 36 years
female: 38.5 years (2009 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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0.266% (2009 est.) |
Birth rate:
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8.93 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Death rate:
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5.73 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-0.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.1 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.67 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2009 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 4.26 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.49 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.02 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 78.72 years
male: 75.45 years
female: 82.22 years (2009 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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1.21 children born/woman (2009 est.) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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less than 0.1% (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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13,000 (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 500 (2007 est.) |
Nationality:
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noun: Korean(s)
adjective: Korean |
Ethnic groups:
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homogeneous (except for about 20,000 Chinese) |
Religions:
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Christian 26.3% (Protestant 19.7%, Roman Catholic 6.6%), Buddhist 23.2%, other or unknown 1.3%, none 49.3% (1995 census) |
Languages:
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Korean, English widely taught in junior high and high school |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.9%
male: 99.2%
female: 96.6% (2002) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 17 years
male: 18 years
female: 15 years (2007) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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4.6% of GDP (2004) |
People - note:
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void |
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