Population: 43,347,231 (July 1989), growth rate 1.3% (1989)

Birth rate: 20 births/1,000 population (1989)

Death rate: 6 deaths/1,000 population (1989)

Net migration rate: - 1 migrants/1,000 population (1989)

Infant mortality rate: 24 deaths/1,000 live births (July 1989)

Life expectancy at birth: 66 years male, 73 years female (July 1989)

Total fertility rate: 2.2 children born/woman (1989)

Nationality: noun--Korean(s); adjective--Korean

Ethnic divisions: homogeneous; small Chinese minority (about 20,000)

Religion: strong Confucian tradition; vigorous Christian minority (28% of the total population); Buddhism; pervasive folk religion (Shamanism); Chondokyo (religion of the heavenly way), eclectic religion with nationalist overtones founded in 19th century, claims about 1.5 million adherents

Language: Korean; English widely taught in high school

Literacy: over 90%

Labor force: 16,900,000; 52% services and other; 27% mining and manufacturing; 21% agriculture, fishing, forestry (1987)

Organized labor: about 10% of nonagricultural labor force in government-sanctioned unions

NOTE: The information regarding Korea, South on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Korea, South People 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Korea, South People 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.