| People | South Korea |
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Population:
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49,232,844 (July 2008 est.) |
Population density:
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502 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 17.7% (male 4,579,018/female 4,157,631)
15-64 years: 72.3% (male 18,150,771/female 17,464,610)
65 years and over: 9.9% (male 1,997,032/female 2,883,782) (2008 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 36.4 years
male: 35.3 years
female: 37.4 years (2008 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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0.371% (2008 est.) |
Birth rate:
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9.83 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Death rate:
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6.12 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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NA |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.08 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.1 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.69 male(s)/female
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2008 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 5.94 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 6.33 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 77.42 years
male: 74 years
female: 81.1 years (2008 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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1.29 children born/woman (2008 est.) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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less than 0.1% (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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8,300 (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 200 (2003 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) |
People - note:
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void |
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