Key demographics
- Population
- 52.1M
- Density
- 513.6/kmΒ²
- HDI
- 0.937 (Very High)
- Gini index (2016)
- 31.4
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 83.6 yrs
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 0.75
- Urban population (2025)
- 81.2%
- Literacy rate (2008)
- 98.0%
- Labor force (2025)
- 71.2%
- Gender wage gap (2022)
- 29.3%
Population structure
- Dependency ratio
- 43.9%
- Profile
- Aging
- Urban population (2025)
- 81.2%
- Birth rate (2024)
- 4.7 /1000
- Death rate (2024)
- 7.0 /1000
- Largest city (2025)
- 23.9%
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 0.75
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 2.3 /1000
- Slum population (2022)
- 4.5%
- Tourism (2020)
- 2.5M
Languages and culture
| Language | Native name |
|---|---|
| Korean | νκ΅μ΄ |
| Religion | Percentage |
|---|---|
| No religion | 51.0% |
| Christianity | 31.0% |
| Buddhism | 17.0% |
| Others | 2.0% |
| Ethnicity | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Korean | 94.8% |
| Others | 5.2% |
- Demonym (male)
- South Korean
- Demonym (female)
- South Korean
- National anthem
- Aegukga
Healthcare
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 83.6 yrs
- HALE (2021)
- 72.5 yrs
- Health spending (2024)
- 8.7% of GDP
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 2.3/1000
- UHC index (2023)
- 88/100
- Hospital beds (2022)
- 12.8/1000
- Physicians (2022)
- 2.61/1000
- Nurses (2022)
- 9.09/1000
- Health spending per capita (2024)
- $3,137
- Out-of-pocket (2024)
- 33.7%
Education and technology
- Literacy rate (2008)
- 98.0%
- Education spending (2022)
- 5.4% of GDP
- Learning outcomes (2020)
- 537
- Internet users (2024)
- 97.9%
- Mobile subscriptions (2024)
- 172.5/100
- Broadband (2024)
- 47.8/100
- Secure servers (2024)
- 11,902/1M
Broadband connectivity
- Broadband per 100 (2024)
- 47.8
Geography and practical
- Area
- 100,210 kmΒ²
- Continent
- Asia
- Region
- Asia
- Subregion
- Eastern Asia
- Landlocked
- No
- Driving side
- Right
- Timezones
- UTC+09:00
- Calling codes
- +82
- Postal code
- SEOUL ###-###
- TLD
- .kr
- Maps
- Google Maps Β· OpenStreetMap
Borders
National symbols
- Flag
- The flag of South Korea has a white field, at the center of which is a red and blue Taegeuk circle surrounded by four black trigrams, one in each corner.
- National anthem
- Aegukga
- National holiday
- Gaecheonjeol