Korea South People - 2022
SOURCE: 2022 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK
Population
51,844,834 (2022 est.)
Nationality
noun: Korean(s)
adjective: Korean
Ethnic groups
homogeneous
Languages
Korean, English (widely taught in elementary, junior high, and high school)
major-language sample(s):
월드 팩트북, 필수적인 기본 정보 제공처 (Korean)
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Religions
Protestant 19.7%, Buddhist 15.5%, Catholic 7.9%, none 56.9% (2015 est.)
note: many people also carry on at least some Confucian traditions and practices
Age structure
0-14 years: 12.02% (male 3,191,584/female 3,025,029)
15-24 years: 10.75% (male 2,900,013/female 2,658,057)
25-54 years: 44.83% (male 12,106,860/female 11,077,642)
55-64 years: 15.66% (male 3,958,718/female 4,142,322)
65 years and over: 16.74% (male 3,766,138/female 4,888,799) (2020 est.)
Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio: 39.9
youth dependency ratio: 16.6
elderly dependency ratio: 23.3
potential support ratio: 4.3 (2021 est.)
Median age
total: 43.2 years
male: 41.6 years
female: 45 years (2020 est.)
Population growth rate
0.24% (2022 est.)
Birth rate
6.92 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Death rate
7.12 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Net migration rate
2.63 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Population distribution
with approximately 70% of the country considered mountainous, the country's population is primarily concentrated in the lowland areas, where density is quite high; Gyeonggi Province in the northwest, which surrounds the capital of Seoul and contains the port of Incheon, is the most densely populated province; Gangwon in the northeast is the least populated
Urbanization
urban population: 81.5% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: 0.31% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas - population
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)
Sex ratio
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.09 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1.11 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.6 male(s)/female
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
Mother's mean age at first birth
32.2 years (2019 est.)
Maternal mortality ratio
11 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
Infant mortality rate
total: 2.87 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3.08 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 2.64 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 82.97 years
male: 79.88 years
female: 86.24 years (2022 est.)
Total fertility rate
1.1 children born/woman (2022 est.)
Contraceptive prevalence rate
82.3% (2018)
note: percent of women aged 20-49
Drinking water source
improved: urban: N/A
rural: N/A
total: 99.9% of population
unimproved: urban: N/A
rural: N/A
total: 0.1% of population (2020 est.)
Current health expenditure
8.2% of GDP (2019)
Physicians density
2.48 physicians/1,000 population (2019)
Hospital bed density
12.4 beds/1,000 population (2018)
Sanitation facility access
improved: urban: N/A
rural: N/A
total: 99.9% of population
unimproved: urban: N/A
rural: N/A
total: 0.1% of population (2020 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate
N/A
Major infectious diseases
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 9 December 2022, South Korea has reported a total of 27,611,555 cases of COVID-19 or 53,856 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with a total of 30,975 cumulative deaths or a rate of 60.4 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 8 December 2022, 87.1% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
4.7% (2016)
Alcohol consumption per capita
total: 7.74 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
beer: 1.72 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine: 0.15 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits: 0.22 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols: 5.66 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Tobacco use
total: 20.8% (2020 est.)
male: 35.7% (2020 est.)
female: 5.9% (2020 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
N/A
Education expenditures
4.7% of GDP (2019 est.)
Literacy
total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
total: 17 years
male: 17 years
female: 16 years (2020)
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)
total: 8.1%
male: 9.1%
female: 7.4% (2021 est.)
NOTE: The information regarding Korea South on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Korea South 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Korea South 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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