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![]() ![]() Korea, South People - 1990 https://theodora.com/wfb1990/korea_south/korea_south_people.html SOURCE: 1990 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Population: 43,045,098 (July 1990), growth rate 0.8% (1990) Birth rate: 20 births/1,000 population (1990) Death rate: 6 deaths/1,000 population (1990) Net migration rate: - 1 migrants/1,000 population (1990) Infant mortality rate: 23 deaths/1,000 live births (1990) Life expectancy at birth: 66 years male, 73 years female (1990) Total fertility rate: 1.6 children born/woman (1990) 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 1990 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Korea, South People 1990 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Korea, South People 1990 should be addressed to the CIA. |
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