In the 1960s, GDP per capita was comparable with levels in the poorest countries in the world. The population of South Korea is projected at 51,305,186 or 51.305 million as of July 1, 2021. PARK Chung-hee took over leadership of the country in a 1961 coup. The population of South Korea in 2020 was 51,844,690, a 0.08% increase from 2019. And in fact reached a new all-time. As of 1 January 2022, the population of Republic of Korea was estimated to be 51,744,647 people. )note: data are in 2017 dollars, 2.04% (2019 est. Those 25 to . Surveys taken show that seeking a new job or a job transfer were the major reasons that new immigrants gave for moving. (male 3,766,138/female 4,888,799), total dependency ratio: 39.5youth dependency ratio: 17.5elderly dependency ratio: 22potential support ratio: 4.5 (2020 est. Female. miles). )2.6% of GDP (2021)2.6% of GDP (2020)2.7% of GDP (2019) (approximately $58.1 billion)2.5% of GDP (2018) (approximately $55.8 billion), approximately 555,000 active duty personnel (420,000 Army; 70,000 Navy, including about 30,000 Marines; 65,000 Air Force) (2022), the South Korean military is equipped with a mix of domestically-produced and imported weapons systems; South Korea has a robust defense industry and production includes armored fighting vehicles, artillery, aircraft, and naval ships; since 2010, the top foreign weapons supplier has been the US, and some domestically-produced systems are built under US license (2022), 18-35 years of age for compulsory military service for all men; minimum conscript service obligation varies by service - 18 months (Army, Marines), 20 months (Navy), 21 months (Air Force); 18-26 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women (2022)note 1: women, in service since 1950, are able to serve in all branches, including as officers, and in 2020 comprised about 7.5% of the active duty militarynote 2: in 2022, about 330,000 of the military's active personnel were conscripts; the military brings on over 200,000 conscripts each year, 250 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 280 South Sudan (UNMISS); 170 United Arab Emirates; note - since 2009, South Korea has kept a naval flotilla with approximately 300 personnel in the waters off of the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula (2022), the 1953 US-South Korea Mutual Defense Treaty is a cornerstone of South Koreas security; the Treaty committed the US to provide assistance in the event of an attack, particularly from North Korea; in addition, the Treaty gave the US permission to station land, air, and sea forces in and about the territory of South Korea as determined by mutual agreement; as of 2022, the US maintained approximately 28,000 military personnel in the country, the South Korean military has assisted the US in conflicts in Afghanistan (5,000 troops; 2001-2014), Iraq (20,000 troops; 2003-2008), and Vietnam (325,000 troops; 1964-1973)South Korea has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US; MNNA is a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation; while MNNA status provides military and economic privileges, it does not entail any security commitmentsin 2016, South Korea concluded an agreement with the EU for participation in EU Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP) missions and operations, such as the EU Naval Force Somalia Operation Atalanta, which protects maritime shipping and conducts counter-piracy operations off the coast of East Africa, South Korea has been engaged with NATO through dialogue and security cooperation since 2005 and is considered by NATO to be a global partner; it has participated in NATO-led missions and exercises, including leading an integrated civilian-military reconstruction team in Afghanistan as part of the NATO-ledInternational Security Assistance Force, 2010-2013; it has also cooperated with NATO in countering the threat of piracy in the Gulf of Aden by providing naval vessels as escorts, in addition to the invasion of South Korea and the subsequent Korean War (1950-53), North Korea from the 1960s to the 1980s launched a considerable number of limited military and subversive actions against South Korea using special forces and terrorist tactics; including aggressive skirmishes along the DMZ, overt attempts to assassinate South Korean leaders, kidnappings, the bombing of an airliner, and a failed effort in 1968 to foment an insurrection and conduct a guerrilla war in the South with more than 100 seaborne commandos; from the 1990s until 2010, the North lost two submarines and a semi-submersible boat attempting to insert infiltrators into the South (1996, 1998) and provoked several engagements in the Northwest Islands area along the disputed Northern Limit Line (NLL), including naval skirmishes between patrol boats in 1999 and 2002, the torpedoing and sinking of a South Korean corvette, the Cheonan, in 2010, and the bombardment of a South Korean Marine Corps installation on Yeonpyeong Island, also in 2010; since 2010, further minor incidents continue to occur periodically along the DMZ, where both the North and the South Korean militaries maintain large numbers of troopsin 2018, North Korea and South Korea signed a tension reduction agreement known as the Comprehensive Military Agreement (CMA), which established land, sea, and air buffer zones along the DMZ and the NLL; 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The current population of South Korea in 2022 is 51,815,810, a 0.03% decline from 2021. Data tables, maps, charts, and live population clock. South Korea hosted the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in February 2018, in which North Korea also participated. Figures from the census show that the population of Ulsan increased eighteen times, with an increase of 521,300 inhabitants from 1960 to 1985. President Joe Biden won in 2020 by about 34,000 votes. ), total subscriptions: 70,513,676 (2020 est. )tide and wave: 0.7% of total installed capacity (2020 est. Eastern Asia, southern half of the Korean Peninsula bordering the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea, total: 99,720 sq kmland: 96,920 sq kmwater: 2,800 sq km, slightly smaller than Pennsylvania; slightly larger than Indiana, total: 237 kmborder countries (1): North Korea 237 km, territorial sea: 12 nm; between 3 nm and 12 nm in the Korea Straitcontiguous zone: 24 nmexclusive economic zone: 200 nmcontinental shelf: not specified, temperate, with rainfall heavier in summer than winter; cold winters, mostly hills and mountains; wide coastal plains in west and south, highest point: Halla-san 1,950 mlowest point: Sea of Japan 0 mmean elevation: 282 m, coal, tungsten, graphite, molybdenum, lead, hydropower potential, agricultural land: 18.1% (2018 est. ), conventional long form: Republic of Koreaconventional short form: South Korealocal long form: Taehan-min'guklocal short form: Han'gukabbreviation: ROKetymology: derived from the Chinese name for Goryeo, which was the Korean dynasty that united the peninsula in the 10th century A.D.; the South Korean name "Han'guk" derives from the long form, "Taehan-min'guk," which is itself a derivation from "Daehan-je'guk," which means "the Great Empire of the Han"; "Han" refers to the "Sam'han" or the "Three Han Kingdoms" (Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla from the Three Kingdoms Era, 1st-7th centuries A.D.), name: Seoul; note - Sejong, located some 120 km (75 mi) south of Seoul, serves as an administrative capital for segments of the South Korean Governmentgeographic coordinates: 37 33 N, 126 59 Etime difference: UTC+9 (14 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)etymology: the name originates from the Korean word meaning "capital city" and which is believed to be derived from Seorabeol, the name of the capital of the ancient Korean Kingdom of Silla, 9 provinces (do, singular and plural), 6 metropolitan cities (gwangyeoksi, singular and plural), 1 special city (teugbyeolsi), and 1 special self-governing city (teukbyeoljachisi), provinces: Chungcheongbuk-do (North Chungcheong), Chungcheongnam-do (South Chungcheong), Gangwon-do, Gyeongsangbuk-do (North Gyeongsang), Gyeonggi-do, Gyeongsangnam-do (South Gyeongsang), Jeju-do (Jeju), Jeollabuk-do (North Jeolla), Jeollanam-do (South Jeolla), metropolitan cities: Busan (Pusan), Daegu (Taegu), Daejeon (Taejon), Gwangju (Kwangju), Incheon (Inch'on), Ulsan, history: several previous; latest passed by National Assembly 12 October 1987, approved in referendum 28 October 1987, effective 25 February 1988amendments: proposed by the president or by majority support of the National Assembly membership; passage requires at least two-thirds majority vote by the Assembly membership, approval in a referendum by more than one half of the votes by more than one half of eligible voters, and promulgation by the president; amended several times, last in 1987, mixed legal system combining European civil law, Anglo-American law, and Chinese classical thought, has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction, citizenship by birth: nocitizenship by descent only: at least one parent must be a citizen of South Koreadual citizenship recognized: noresidency requirement for naturalization: 5 years, 18 years of age; universal; note - the voting age was lowered from 19 to 18 beginning with the 2020 national election, chief of state: President YOON Suk Yeol (since 10 May 2022); the president is both chief of state and head of government; Prime Minister HAN Deok-Soo (since 21 May 2022) serves as the principal executive assistant to the president, similar to the role of a vice presidenthead of government: President YOON Suk Yeol (since 10 May 2022)cabinet: State Council appointed by the president on the prime minister's recommendationelections/appointments: president directly elected by simple majority popular vote for a single 5-year term; election last held on 9 March 2022 (next to be held March 2027); prime minister appointed by president with consent of National Assemblyelection results: 2022: YOON Suk-yeol (PPP) 48.56%, LEE Jae-myung (DP) 47.83% (note - voter turnout 77.1%)2017: MOON Jae-in (DP) 41.09%, HONG joon-pyo (Liberty Korea Party) 24.04%, AHN Cheol-soo (PP) 21.42%, description: unicameral National Assembly or Kuk Hoe (300 seats statutory, current 295; 253 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 47 directly elected in a single national constituency by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)elections: last held on 15 April 2020 (next to be held on 10 April 2024)election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - DP/Together Citizens Party 180, United Future Party (now PPP) 103, JP 6, ODP 3, PP 3, independent 5; composition as of April 2022 - men 240, women 55, percent of women 18.6%, highest court(s): Supreme Court (consists of a chief justice and 13 justices); Constitutional Court (consists of a court head and 8 justices)judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court chief justice appointed by the president with the consent of the National Assembly; other justices appointed by the president upon the recommendation of the chief justice and consent of the National Assembly; position of the chief justice is a 6-year nonrenewable term; other justices serve 6-year renewable terms; Constitutional Court justices appointed - 3 by the president, 3 by the National Assembly, and 3 by the Supreme Court chief justice; court head serves until retirement at age 70, while other justices serve 6-year renewable terms with mandatory retirement at age 65subordinate courts: High Courts; District Courts; Branch Courts (organized under the District Courts); specialized courts for family and administrative issues, Basic Income Party [SHIN Ji-hye]Democratic Party or DP [LEE Jae-myung] (renamed from Minjoo Party of Korea or MPK in October 2016; formerly New Politics Alliance for Democracy or NPAD, which was a merger of the Democratic Party or DP (formerly DUP) [KIM Han-gil] and the New Political Vision Party or NPVP [AHN Cheol-soo] in March 2014; includes the former Open Democratic Party [CHOI Kong-wook], which merged with the DP in January 2022; also includes the Together Citizens' Party or Platform Party [WOO Hee-jong, CHOI Bae-geun], which merged with the DP in May 2022)Justice Party or JP [YEO Young-kug]People Power Party or PPP [LEE Jun-seok] (renamed from United Future Party in September 2020, formerly Liberty Korea Party)People's Party or PP [AHN Cheol-soo]Transition Korea [CHO Jung-hun]note: the Democratic (Minjoo) Party is South Koreas largest party and its main progressive party; the People Power Party (PPP) is a conservative grouping and is South Koreas second-largest party; the PPP and its predecessor parties have controlled the National Assembly for all but nine of the 33 years since the 1987 Constitution went into effect, ADB, AfDB (nonregional member), APEC, Arctic Council (observer), ARF, ASEAN (dialogue partner), Australia Group, BIS, CD, CICA, CP, EAS, EBRD, FAO, FATF, G-20, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAIA (observer), MIGA, MINURSO, MINUSTAH, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE (partner), Pacific Alliance (observer), Paris Club (associate), PCA, PIF (partner), SAARC (observer), SICA (observer), UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNMOGIP, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC, chief of mission: Ambassador (Appointed) CHO Tae-yong (since 11 June 2022)chancery: 2450 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008telephone: [1] (202) 939-5600FAX: [1] (202) 797-0595email address and website: generalusa@mofa.go.krhttps://overseas.mofa.go.kr/us-en/index.doconsulate(s) general: Anchorage (AK), Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas (TX), Hagatna (Guam), Honolulu, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington DC, chief of mission: Ambassador Philip S. GOLDBERG (since 29 July 2022)embassy: 188 Sejong-daero, Jongno-gu, Seoulmailing address: 9600 Seoul Place, Washington, DC 20521-9600telephone: [82] (2) 397-4114FAX: [82] (2) 397-4101email address and website: seoulinfoACS@state.govhttps://kr.usembassy.gov/consulate(s): Busan, white with a red (top) and blue yin-yang symbol in the center; there is a different black trigram from the ancient I Ching (Book of Changes) in each corner of the white field; the South Korean national flag is called Taegukki; white is a traditional Korean color and represents peace and purity; the blue section represents the negative cosmic forces of the yin, while the red symbolizes the opposite positive forces of the yang; each trigram (kwae) denotes one of the four universal elements, which together express the principle of movement and harmony, taegeuk (yin yang symbol), Hibiscus syriacus (Rose of Sharon), Siberian tiger; national colors: red, white, blue, black, name: "Aegukga" (Patriotic Song)lyrics/music: YUN Ch'i-Ho or AN Ch'ang-Ho/AHN Eaktaynote: adopted 1948, well-known by 1910; both North Korea's and South Korea's anthems share the same name and have a vaguely similar melody but have different lyrics, total World Heritage Sites: 15 (13 cultural, 2 natural)selected World Heritage Site locales: Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes (n); Changdeokgung Palace Complex (c); Jongmyo Shrine (c); Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple (c); Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites (c); Gyeongju Historic Areas (c); Namhansanseong (c); Baekje Historic Areas (c); Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries in Korea (c); Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty (c). and two years old per the third way of counting one's age in South Korea. These policies also led to the emergence of family-owned chaebol conglomerates such as Daewoo, Hyundai, and Samsung, which retained their dominant positions even as the government loosened its grip on the economy amid the political changes of the 1980s and 1990s. Approximately 19.9% of all adults in the country smoke, leading to health problems and death. Korean and English are the only two languages noted as used in South Korea, and in addition, the ethnicity is listed as homogenous - meaning the population is over 99% Korean in ethnic background. In 2013, the government's expenditure on healthcare was 7.17% of the country's GDP. )1.9% (2017 est. South Korea's population growth rate has slowed significantly, decreasing from 0.1% to 0.09% from 2019 to 2020. Korea became the object of intense imperialistic rivalry between the Chinese (its traditional benefactor), Japanese, and Russian empires in the latter half of the 19th and early 20th centuries. While the number of Koreans 55 and older has increased from 11 million in 2011 to 16.7 million in 2020. Initially, the patient will have a dry, persistent cough, a fever, chest pain, malaise, and occasional joint pain. Please check your download folder. Today historical and projected population growth rate immigration median age. note: data are in current year dollars$607.54 billion (2019 est.) )wine: 0.15 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est. )male: 35.7% (2020 est. )municipal solid waste recycled annually: 10,567,006 tons (2014 est. If you use our datasets on your site or blog, we ask that you provide attribution via a link back to this page. )$41,900 (2018 est. The concentration of factories in urban areas and the use of coal for heating during the severe winter months resulted in dangerous levels of air and water pollution, issues that still remain today. )wind: 0.6% of total installed capacity (2020 est. )imports: 123.784 million metric tons (2020 est. note: data are in current year dollars$660.51 billion (2019 est.) )3.16% (2017 est. In India, it's projected to be 2026 . Over the subsequent centuries, three main kingdoms - Kogoryo, Paekche, and Silla - were established on the Peninsula. By the 5th century A.D., Kogoryo emerged as the most powerful, with control over much of the Peninsula, as well as part of Manchuria (modern-day northeast China). However, Silla allied with the Chinese to create the first unified Korean state in the late 7th century (688). Following the collapse of Silla in the 9th century, Korea was unified under the Koryo (Goryeo; 918-1392) and the Chosen (Joseon; 1392-1910) dynasties. United Nations projections are also included through the year 2100. )services: 58.3% (2017 est. )expenditures: 335.8 billion (2017 est. ), air pollution in large cities; acid rain; water pollution from the discharge of sewage and industrial effluents; drift net fishing; solid waste disposal; transboundary air pollution from China, party to: Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whalingsigned, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements, particulate matter emissions: 24.57 micrograms per cubic meter (2016 est. South Korea is one of the planets most densely populated countries with a density of 503 people per square kilometer, or 1,302 people per square mile. Moon Jae-in of the liberal Democratic Party (DP), also known as the Minjoo Party, won a 2017 snap presidential election following the impeachment of former president Park Geun-hye. Growth gradually moderated in the 1990s as the economy matured, but remained strong enough to propel South Korea into the ranks of the advanced economies of the OECD by 1997. )other: 18% (2018 est. )exports: 0 cubic meters (2019 est. Web The total population in North Korea was estimated at 259 million people in 2021 according to the latest census figures and . note: data are in current year dollars$649.23 billion (2018 est.) President PARK Geun-hye, daughter of former South Korean President PARK Chung-hee, took office in February 2013 as South Korea's first female leader. Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. North Korea's population growth rate has slowed to 0.44% per year. For many young South Koreans, dating is too expensive, or too dangerous That. Demographics of Republic of Korea 2021. In contrast, Kwangjus population did not even increase three times from 1960 to 1985. The impeachment was upheld in March 2017, triggering an early presidential election in May 2017 won by MOON Jae-in. ), 9.976 million SEOUL (capital), 3.468 million Busan, 2.834 million Incheon, 2.185 million Daegu (Taegu), 1.573 million Daejon (Taejon), 1.526 million Gwangju (Kwangju) (2022), at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female15-24 years: 1.09 male(s)/female25-54 years: 1.11 male(s)/female55-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female65 years and over: 0.6 male(s)/femaletotal population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2022 est. After emerging from the 1950-53 war with North Korea, South Korea emerged as one of the 20th centurys most remarkable economic success stories, becoming a developed, globally connected, high-technology society within decades. It is also bordered by the East . The total population in South Korea was estimated at 51.7 million people in 2021, according to the latest census figures and projections from Trading Economics. )1.4% (2018 est. This is an increase of 0.48 % (249,238 people) compared to population of 51,495,409 the year before. In the late 1980s, squatter areas which contained one-story shacks still existed in different parts of Seoul. They are likely to think they just have a cold. ), respiratory diseases: Covid-19 (see note) (2020)note: a novel coronavirus is causing an outbreak of respiratory illness (COVID-19) in South Korea; as of 18 August 2022, South Korea has reported a total of 21,861,296 cases of COVID-19 or 42,640.22 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with a total of 25,813 cumulative deaths or a rate of 50.34 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 17 August 2022, 87.01% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, total: 7.74 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est. ), number of registered air carriers: 14 (2020)inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 424annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 88,157,579 (2018)annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 11,929,560,000 (2018) mt-km, total: 71over 3,047 m: 42,438 to 3,047 m: 191,524 to 2,437 m: 12914 to 1,523 m: 13under 914 m: 23 (2021), total: 40914 to 1,523 m: 2under 914 m: 38 (2021), 3,790 km gas, 16 km oil, 889 km refined products (2018), total: 3,979 km (2016)standard gauge: 3,979 km (2016) 1.435-m gauge (2,727 km electrified), total: 100,428 km (2016)paved: 92,795 km (2016) (includes 4,193 km of expressways)unpaved: 7,633 km (2016), 1,600 km (2011) (most navigable only by small craft), total: 1,904by type: bulk carrier 78, container ship 91, general cargo 360, oil tanker 184, other 1,191 (2021), major seaport(s): Busan, Incheon, Gunsan, Kwangyang, Mokpo, Pohang, Ulsan, Yeosucontainer port(s) (TEUs): Busan (21,992,001), Incheon (3,091,955), Kwangyang (2,378,337) (2019)LNG terminal(s) (import): Incheon, Kwangyang, Pyeongtaek, Samcheok, Tongyeong, Yeosu, Armed Forces of the Republic of Korea: Republic of Korea Army (ROKA), Navy (ROKN, includes Marine Corps, ROKMC), Air Force (ROKAF); Military reserves include Mobilization Reserve Forces (First Combat Forces) and Homeland Defense Forces (Regional Combat Forces); Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries: Korea Coast Guard (2022)note: in January 2022, the South Korean military announced the formation of a space branch under its Joint Chiefs of Staff to coordinate the development of space and space-enabled capabilities across the Army, Navy and Air Force, 2.6% of GDP (2022 est. 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