| South Korea : Geographic coordinates |
37 00 N, 127 30 E |
| South Korea : Population growth rate |
0.258% (2010 est.) |
| South Korea : Birth rate |
8.72 births/1,000 population (2010 est.) |
| South Korea : Death rate |
6.15 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| South Korea : People living with HIV/AIDS |
13,000 (2007 est.) |
| South Korea : Independence |
15 August 1945 |
| South Korea : National holiday |
NLiberation Day, 15 August |
| South Korea : Constitution |
25 February 1988 |
| South Korea : GDP |
purchasing power parity - $1.356 trillion (2009 est.) |
| South Korea : GDP - per capita |
purchasing power parity -$28,000 (2009 est.) |
| South Korea : Electricity - consumption |
385.1 billion kWh (2008 est.) |
| South Korea : Exports |
$172.6 billion electronic products, machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, steel, ships; textiles, clothing, footwear; fish |
| South Korea : Imports |
$160.5 billion machinery, electronics and electronic equipment, oil, steel, transport equipment, textiles, organic chemicals, grains |
| South Korea : Telephones |
21.325 million (2008) |
| South Korea : Mobile cellular |
45.607 million (2008) |
| South Korea : Radio broadcast stations |
AM 96, FM 322, shortwave 1 (2008) |
| South Korea : Radios |
47.5 million |
| South Korea : Television broadcast stations |
57 (plus 103 cable operators and 119 relay cable operators) (2008) |
| South Korea : Televisions |
15.9 million |
| South Korea : Internet country code |
.kr |
| South Korea : Internet Service Providers (ISPs) |
301,270 (2009) |
| South Korea : Internet users |
37.476 million (2008) |
| South Korea : Railways |
3,381 km |
| South Korea : Highways |
103,029 km |
| South Korea : Waterways |
1,608 km; (most navigable only by small craft) (2008) |
| South Korea : Pipelines |
gas 1,423 km; refined products 827 km (2009) |
| South Korea : Ports and harbors |
Inch'on, P'ohang, Pusan, Ulsan |
| South Korea : Merchant marine |
812 ships |
| South Korea : Airports |
116 |
| South Korea : Heliports |
516 (2009) |
| South Korea : Military branches |
Republic of Korea Army, Navy (includes Marine Corps), Air Force (2009) |
| South Korea : Military expenditures |
2.7% of GDP (2006) |
