South Korea Facts and Figures
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Country Name: |
Republic of Korea |
Government: |
Republic |
Capital: |
Seoul |
Land: |
98,190 sq km |
Natural Resources: |
Coal, tungsten, graphite, molybdenum, lead, hydropower potential |
Population: |
49,044,790 (July 2007 est.) |
Median Age: |
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35.8 years (2007 est.) |
Population Growth Rate: |
0.394% (2007 est.) |
Birth Rate: |
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9.93 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Adult Literacy: |
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97.9% |
GDP (Purchasing Power Parity):
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$1.196 trillion (2006 est.) |
GDP (Official Exchange Rate): |
$897.4 billion (2006 est.) |
GDP – Real Growth Rate: |
5% (2006 est.) |
GDP – Per Capita (PPP): |
$24,500 (2006 est.) |
GDP – Composition by Sector: |
agriculture: 3.2% |
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industry: 39.6% |
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services: 57.2% (2006 est.) |
Labor Force: |
23.98 million (2006 est.) |
Labor Force by Occupation: |
agriculture: 6.4%
industry: 26.4%
services: 67.2% (2006 est.) |
Unemployment Rate: |
3.3% (December 2006 est.) |
Industrial Production Growth Rate: |
8% (2006 est.) |
Electricity Production: |
366.2 billion kWh (2005) |
Electricity Consumption: |
352.5 billion kWh (2005) |
Oil Production: |
7,378 bbl/day (2004) |
Oil Consumption: |
2.149 million bbl/day (2004) |
Natural Gas Production: |
498.7 million cu m (2005 est.) |
Natural Gas Consumption: |
29.17 billion cu m (2005 est.) |
Exports: |
$331.8 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.) |
Imports: |
$302.6 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.) |
Telephone Lines: |
26.866 million (2006) |
Cellular Telephones: |
40.197 million (2006) |
Radio Broadcast Stations: |
AM 61, FM 150, shortwave 2 (2005) |
TV Broadcast Stations: |
43 (59 cable operators, 190 relay cable operators) |
Internet Hosts: |
315,537 (2007) |
Internet Users: |
34.12 million (2006) |
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