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Korea
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- currency: Korean won
- capital city: Seoul
- region: Eastern Asia
- continent: Asia
- land area: 97,600 km²
- population: 51,712,619 people
- political leader: Yoon Suk-yeol (President)
Classified as: place
Location on a map: [37°0′N, 127°50′E]
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Summary
Korea is a country. The capital city is Seoul, located in the Eastern Asia region of Asia. It has a land area of 97,600 km², a population of 51,712,619 people and uses the currency Korean won. The President is Yoon Suk-yeol.
Environment
- Agricultural land: 16,030.00 km²
- Alternative and nuclear energy: 15.96 % of total energy use
- Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 635.50 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Electricity production from coal sources: 43.08 % of total
- Electricity production from natural gas sources: 22.37 % of total
- Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 0.39 % of total
- Electricity production from nuclear sources: 30.00 % of total
- Electricity production from oil sources: 2.28 % of total
- Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 1.50 % of total
- Net energy imports: 81.45 % of energy use
- Fertility rate: 0.78 births per woman
- Forest area: 62,770 km²
- Fossil fuel energy consumption: 81.03 % of total
- Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 725.68 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Median age: 40.50
- Methane emissions: 55.18 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Nitrous oxide emissions: 13.70 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Female population: 25,908,514 people
- Male population: 25,804,105 people
- Renewable energy consumption: 3.60 % of total final energy consumption
- Rural land area: 86,793.37 km²
- Rural population: 9,589,588 people
- Urban land area: 12,473.41 km²
- Urban population: 42,123,031 people
- Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 1.57 % of total population
Geographical distribution of cities in Korea by population
Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Korea
Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in Korea
Evolution of historical net energy imports in Korea
Evolution of historical fertility rate in Korea
Korea relationship between life expectancy at birth and fertility rate over time
Korea relationship between median age and fertility rate over time
Evolution of historical forest area in Korea
Korea relationship between rural land area and forest area over time
Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Korea
Korea relationship between renewable energy consumption and fossil fuel energy consumption over time
Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Korea
Korea relationship between urban land area and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time
Korea relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions over time
Korea relationship between urban population and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time
Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Korea
Evolution of historical internet access in Korea
Evolution of historical land area in Korea
Evolution of historical median age in Korea
Evolution of historical methane emissions in Korea
Korea relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and methane emissions over time
Korea relationship between population and methane emissions over time
Korea relationship between rural population and methane emissions over time
Korea relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and methane emissions over time
Korea relationship between urban land area and methane emissions over time
Korea relationship between urban population and methane emissions over time
Evolution of historical net migration in Korea
Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Korea
Korea relationship between population and nitrous oxide emissions over time
Korea relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and nitrous oxide emissions over time
Korea relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions over time
Evolution of historical population in Korea
Korea relationship between urban land area and population over time
Evolution of historical female population in Korea
Evolution of historical male population in Korea
Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Korea
Evolution of historical total rural land area in Korea
Evolution of historical rural population in Korea
Korea relationship between urban land area and rural population over time
Evolution of historical total urban land in Korea
Korea relationship between urban population and urban land area over time
Evolution of historical urban population in Korea
Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Korea
Korea relationship between date and population over time
Korea relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Evolution of historical agricultural land in Korea
Korea relationship between methane emissions and agricultural land over time
Korea relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and agricultural land over time
Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Korea
Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Korea
Korea relationship between GDP and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Korea relationship between methane emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Korea relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Korea relationship between urban land area and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Korea relationship between urban population and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Evolution of historical access to electricity in Korea
Korea relationship between birth rate and access to electricity over time
Korea relationship between fertility rate and access to electricity over time
Korea relationship between life expectancy at birth and access to electricity over time
Korea relationship between renewable energy consumption and access to electricity over time
Korea relationship between self-employed workers and access to electricity over time
Korea relationship between vulnerable employment and access to electricity over time
Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Korea
Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Korea
Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Korea
Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Korea
Distribution of sites in Korea by inscription year
Geographical distribution of sites in Korea by area
Distribution of transboundary sites in Korea
Geographical distribution of wildfires in Korea by mean width
Relationship between width mean and length mean in Korea
Cities in Korea
Sites in Korea
Wildfires in Korea
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Business
- Central government debt: 51.18 % of GDP
- Expense: 33.64 % of GDP
- Gdp: 1,712,792,854,202.37 current US$
- Inflation: 3.60 annual %
- Self-employed workers: 23.45 % of total employment
- Tax revenue: 18.44 % of GDP
- Unemployment: 2.64 % of total labor force
- Vulnerable employment: 18.59 % of total employment
Distribution of companies from Korea by foundation year
Evolution of historical central government debt in Korea
Evolution of historical expense in Korea
Evolution of historical GDP in Korea
Korea relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and GDP over time
Evolution of historical median inflation in Korea
Evolution of historical self employed in Korea
Korea relationship between vulnerable employment and self-employed workers over time
Evolution of historical tax revenue in Korea
Evolution of historical unemployment rate in Korea
Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Korea
Distribution of shops in Korea by country
Companies in Korea
Exchanges in Korea
Shops from Korea
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Health
- Birth rate: 4.90 per 1,000 people
- Death rate: 7.30 per 1,000 people
- Health expenditure per capita: 3,123.95 current US$
- Health expenditure: 9.72 % of GDP
- Hospital beds: 12.75 per 1,000 people
- Life expectancy at birth: 83
- Suicide mortality rate: 28.60 per 100,000 population
Distribution of diseases in Korea by mortality rate
Distribution of diseases in Korea by start date
Evolution of historical birth rate in Korea
Korea relationship between fertility rate and birth rate over time
Korea relationship between life expectancy at birth and birth rate over time
Korea relationship between self-employed workers and birth rate over time
Korea relationship between vulnerable employment and birth rate over time
Korea relationship between median age and birth rate over time
Evolution of historical death rate in Korea
Korea relationship between life expectancy at birth and death rate over time
Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Korea
Evolution of historical health expenditure in Korea
Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Korea
Evolution of historical hospital beds in Korea
Evolution of historical life expectancy in Korea
Korea relationship between self-employed workers and life expectancy at birth over time
Korea relationship between vulnerable employment and life expectancy at birth over time
Evolution of historical suicide rate in Korea
Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Korea
Evolution of historical covid cases in Korea
Evolution of historical covid deaths in Korea
Relationship between deaths and cases over time in Korea
Diseases in Korea
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Politics
- Armed forces personnel: 569,000 people
- Democracy score: 8.00
- Democracy type: Flawed democracy
- Military expenditure: 2.72 % of GDP
- Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 19.06 %
Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Korea
Korea relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel over time
Korea relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and armed forces personnel over time
Korea relationship between population and armed forces personnel over time
Korea relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel over time
Korea relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and armed forces personnel over time
Korea relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel over time
Korea relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel over time
Evolution of historical military expenditure in Korea
Evolution of historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Korea
Distribution of politicians from Korea by birth date
Distribution of politicians from Korea by gender
Political parties in Korea
Politicians from Korea
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Sports
Distribution of athletes from Korea by birth year
Distribution of athletes by gender in Korea
Distribution of competitions by city in Korea
Distribution of competitions by country in Korea
Distribution of competitions in Korea by start date
Distribution of medals won by Korea at the Olympics
Athletes from Korea
Competitions in Korea
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Culture
Distribution of artists from Korea by birth date
Distribution of artists from Korea by gender
Geographical distribution of museums in Korea by visitors
Artists from Korea
Museums in Korea
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Research
Geographical distribution of universities in Korea by total students
Distribution of universities in Korea by foundation year
Universities in Korea
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In literature
There are 435 books written about Korea in the database
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This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders
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