Population: 45,082,880 (July 1994 est.)

Population growth rate: 1.04% (1994 est.)

Birth rate: 15.7 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate: 6.17 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Net migration rate: 0.91 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 21.7 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 70.59 years
male: 67.39 years
female: 73.98 years (1994 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.65 children born/woman (1994 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Korean(s)
adjective: Korean

Ethnic divisions: homogeneous (except for about 20,000 Chinese)

Religions: Christianity 48.6%, Buddhism 47.4%, Confucianism 3%, pervasive folk religion (shamanism), Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way) 0.2%

Languages: Korean, English widely taught in high school

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
total population: 96%
male: 99%
female: 99%
Labor force: 20 million
by occupation: services and other 52%, mining and manufacturing 27%, agriculture, fishing, forestry 21% (1991)

NOTE: The information regarding Korea, South on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Korea, South People 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Korea, South People 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.