LANGUAGE FACTS:
| National or official language: |
Korean
|
| Other spoken languages: |
|
| Literacy: |
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.9%
male: 99.2%
female: 96.6% (2002) |
THE PEOPLE:
| Population: |
48,598,175 (July 2004 est.) |
| Structure: |
0-14 years: 20.4% (male 5,223,344; female 4,681,594)
15-64 years: 71.4% (male 17,625,302; female 17,072,029)
65 years and over: 8.2% (male 1,597,085; female 2,398,821) (2004 est.) |
| Ethnic groups: |
homogeneous (except for about 20,000 Chinese) |
| Religions: |
no affiliation 46%, Christian 26%, Buddhist 26%, Confucians 1%, other 1% |
ECONOMICS:
Currency: South Korean won (KRW)
| Major exports 2002 |
% of total |
Major imports 2002 |
% of total |
| Electrical & electronic products |
35.2 |
Electrical & electronic machinery |
23.8 |
| Passenger cars |
9.0 |
Crude petroleum |
12.9 |
| Machinery & equipment |
8.3 |
Machinery & equipment |
12.1 |
| Electrical & electronic products |
7.6 |
Electrical & electronic machinery |
8.1 |
| Leading markets 2002 |
% of total |
Leading suppliers 2002 |
% of total |
| China |
18.1 |
Japan |
20.3 |
| US |
17.7 |
US |
13.9 |
| Japan |
8.9 |
China |
12.3 |
| Hong Kong |
7.6 |
Saudi Arabia |
5.2 |
|
| GDP (US$ bn; market exchange rate) |
605.0 |
Real GDP growth |
6.3 |
| GDP (US$ bn; PPP) |
990.5 |
Real domestic demand growth |
6.4 |
| GDP per head (US$; market exchange rate) |
12,620 |
Inflation |
2.7 |
| GDP per head (US$; purchasing power parity) |
20,670 |
FDI inflows/GDP |
1.2 |
THE COUNTRY
| Government type: |
republic |
| Capital: |
Seoul |
| Independence: |
15 August 1945 (from Japan) |
| National holiday: |
Liberation Day, 15 August (1945) |
| Legal system: |
combines elements of continental European civil law systems, Anglo-American law, and Chinese classical thought |
| Suffrage: |
20 years of age; universal |
For more information visit:
Ethnologue - Language background on KOREA
Country trivias - KOREA
Economics - KOREA
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