Korea, South People:
Population:
48,422,644 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 19.4% (male:4,952,177; female:4,450,821)
15-64 years: 72% (male:17,715,267; female:17,147,808)
65 years and over: 8.6% (male:1,670,971; female:2,485,600) (2005)
Median age:
total: 34.51 years
male: 33.53 years
female: 35.53 years (2005)
Population growth rate:
0.38% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
10.08 births
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
6.26 deaths
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.08 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.11 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.67 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 7.05 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 7.5 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 6.57 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 75.82 years (2005 est.)
male: 72.19 years
female: 79.76 years
Total fertility rate:
1.26 children born/woman (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS — adult prevalence rate:
less than 0.1% (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS — people living with HIV/AIDS:
8,300 (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS — deaths:
less than 200 (2003 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Korean(s)
adjective: Korean
Ethnic groups:
homogeneous (except for about 20,000 Chinese)
Religions:
no affiliation 46%, Christian 26%, Buddhist 26%, Confucianist 1%, other 1%
Languages:
Korean, English widely taught in junior high and high school
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.9%
male: 99.2%
female: 96.6% (2002)
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