| People | South Korea |
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Population:
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48,754,657 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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504 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 83% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 0.6% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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SEOUL (capital) 9.778 million; Busan (Pusan) 3.439 million; Incheon (Inch'on) 2.572 million; Daegu (Taegu) 2.458 million; Daejon (Taejon) 1.497 million (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 15.7% (male 3,980,541/female 3,650,631)
15-64 years: 72.9% (male 18,151,023/female 17,400,809)
65 years and over: 11.4% (male 2,259,621/female 3,312,032) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 38.4 years
male: 37 years
female: 39.8 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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0.23% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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8.55 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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6.26 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.069 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 (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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18 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 4.16 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.37 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.93 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 79.05 years
male: 75.84 years
female: 82.49 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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1.23 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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6.5% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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1.967 physicians/1,000 population (2008) |
Hospital bed density:
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12.28 beds/1,000 population (2008) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 88% of population
total: 98% of population
unimproved:
urban: 0% of population
rural: 12% of population
total: 2% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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less than 0.1% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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9,500 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 500 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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void |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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3.2% (2001) |
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: 16 years (2008) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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4.2% of GDP (2007) |
People - note:
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void |
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