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Country (long form) Republic of Korea
Capital Seoul
Total Area 38,023.34 sq mi
98,480.00 sq km
(slightly larger than Indiana)
Population 47,904,370 (July 2001 est.)
Estimated Population in 2050 51,147,663
Languages Korean, English widely taught in junior high and high school
Literacy 98.0% total, 99.3% male, 96.7% female (1995 est.)
Religions Christian 49%, Buddhist 47%, Confucianist 3%, Shamanist, Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way), and other 1%
Life Expectancy 70.97 male, 78.74 female (2001 est.)
Government Type republic
Currency 1 South Korean won (W) = 100 chun (theoretical)
GDP (per capita) $16,100 (2000 est.)
Industry electronics, automobile production, chemicals, shipbuilding, steel, textiles, clothing, footwear, food processing
Agriculture rice, root crops, barley, vegetables, fruit; cattle, pigs, chickens, milk, eggs; fish
Arable Land 19%
Natural Resources coal, tungsten, graphite, molybdenum, lead, hydropower potential

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