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Korea, South People 1996

Population:

45,553,882 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:

24% (female 5,280,998; male 5,640,789)

15-64 years:

71% (female 15,877,182; male 16,291,183)

65 years and over:

5% (female 1,554,512; male 909,218) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

1.04% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

15.63 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate:

6.18 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate:

0.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

20.9 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

70.89 years

male:

67.69 years

female:

74.29 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

1.66 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Nationality:

noun:

Korean(s)

adjective:

Korean

Ethnic divisions:

homogeneous (except for about 20,000 Chinese)

Religions:

Christianity 48.6%, Buddhism 47.4%, Confucianism 3%, pervasive folk religion (shamanism), Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way) 0.2%

Languages:

Korean, English widely taught in high school

Literacy:

age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

total population:

96%

male:

99%

female:

94%

Labor force:

20 million

by occupation:

services and other 52%, mining and manufacturing 27%, agriculture, fishing, forestry 21% (1991)

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