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2 Major Cities 3 Nationality 4 Religions 5 Languages 6 See also |
Population growth rate:
0.93% (2000 est.)
Birth rate:
15.12 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate:
5.85 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Sex ratio:
Infant mortality rate:
7.85 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate:
1.72 children born/woman (2000 est.)
Urbanites: 85% of population
The above figures are estimates for the year 2000.
It should also be noted that although self-styled Confucianists are few, the great majority of South Koreans, irrespective of their formal religious affiliation, are strougly influenced by Confucian concepts.
Population
47,470,969 (July 2000 est.)Age structure
0-14 years:
22% (male 5,471,520; female 4,867,688)
15-64 years:
71% (male 17,155,401; female 16,662,227)
65 years and over:
7% (male 1,274,943; female 2,039,190) (2000 est.)
at birth:
1.13 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.12 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.63 male(s)/female
total population:
1.01 male(s)/female (2000 est.)
total population:
74.43 years
male:
70.75 years
female:
78.54 years (2000 est.)
Major Cities
Nationality
noun:
Korean(s)
adjective:
KoreanEthnic groups
homogeneous: Koreans (except for about 100,000 Chinese)Religions
NOTE: The Christian denominational figures add up to considerably more than the total number of Christians due to widespread dual membership and unrecorded transferal of membership, especially within Protestant bodies. This probably accounts for the almost certainly inflated statistics published in some circles, purporting to show that around 50 percent of South Koreans are Christians.Languages
Korean; English widely taught in junior high and high schoolLiteracy
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
100% (2000 figures)