Korea, Rep. (WorldBank)

NOTE: The most recent year's information is shown below. Click on the year to see all years for this indicator.

COMMUNICATION
2018	66,355,778	Mobile cellular subscriptions
2018	96	Individuals using the Internet (% of population)
ECONOMY
2015	81	Energy imports, net (% of energy use)
2014	10,497	Electric power consumption (kWh per capita)
2016	1.05	Pump price for diesel fuel (US$ per liter)
2016	1.22	Pump price for gasoline (US$ per liter)
2018	114.7	Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
2018	1.5	Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
2018	2.6	Military expenditure (% of GDP)
2018	64.7	Final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)
2018	95	Gross national expenditure (% of GDP)
2017	1,236,625,556,793	Adjusted net national income (current US$)
2017	3.2	Adjusted net national income (annual % growth)
2017	24,028	Adjusted net national income per capita (current US$)
2018	35	Gross savings (% of GDP)
EMPLOYMENT
2017	2.3	Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force)
2019	74.9	Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2018	11,883,814	Labor force, female
2019	28,445,506	Labor force, total
2018	3.8	Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (national estimate)
GOVERNMENT
2016	40.4	Central government debt, total (% of GDP)
2017	3.2	Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue)
2017	15.4	Tax revenue (% of GDP)
2017	5.4	Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, all products (%)
HEALTH
2015	11.5	Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
2017	2.4	Physicians (per 1,000 people)
2017	7	Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2017	6	Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2017	86	Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
2017	83	Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
2017	80	Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
2017	1.1	Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
LAND
2016	17,008	Agricultural land (sq. km)
2016	17.4	Agricultural land (% of land area)
2016	14.6	Arable land (% of land area)
2016	63.4	Forest area (% of land area)
2018	97,489.0	Land area (sq. km)
2010	77,155	Rural land area (sq. km)
2010	21,922	Urban land area (sq. km)
2018	100,339	Surface area (sq. km)
POPULATION
2018	1,011,281	Population ages 00-04, female
2018	1,067,312	Population ages 00-04, male
2018	1,330,096	Population ages 15-19, female
2018	1,446,743	Population ages 15-19, male
2018	1,624,865	Population ages 20-24, female
2018	1,818,075	Population ages 20-24, male
2018	1,602,270	Population ages 25-29, female
2018	1,834,829	Population ages 25-29, male
2018	1,654,654	Population ages 30-34, female
2018	1,824,671	Population ages 30-34, male
2018	1,890,917	Population ages 35-39, female
2018	2,027,434	Population ages 35-39, male
2018	2,007,112	Population ages 40-44, female
2018	2,107,223	Population ages 40-44, male
2018	2,169,681	Population ages 45-49, female
2018	2,232,840	Population ages 45-49, male
2018	2,156,215	Population ages 50-54, female
2018	2,180,951	Population ages 50-54, male
2018	2,072,232	Population ages 55-59, female
2018	2,068,072	Population ages 55-59, male
2018	1,754,440	Population ages 60-64, female
2018	1,688,090	Population ages 60-64, male
2018	1,255,103	Population ages 65-69, female
2018	1,157,580	Population ages 65-69, male
2018	1,022,064	Population ages 70-74, female
2018	866,774	Population ages 70-74, male
2018	866,505	Population ages 75-79, female
2018	1,121,124	Population ages 80 and above, female
2018	536,446	Population ages 80 and above, male
2018	0.3	Population growth (annual %)
2018	51,635,256	Population, total
2018	25,774,710	Population, female
2018	49.9	Population, female (% of total population)
2018	25,860,546	Population, male
2018	50	Population, male (% of total population)
2018	9,573,693	Rural population
2018	19	Rural population (% of total population)
2018	42,061,563	Urban population
2018	81	Urban population (% of total population)
POVERTY
2012	1	Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)
2012	1	Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)
TRANSPORT
2018	526,374	Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide
2018	11,930	Air transport, freight (million ton-km)
2018	88,157,579	Air transport, passengers carried
2017	4,192	Rail lines (total route-km)