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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

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.

Location on a map: [37°0′N, 127°50′E]

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Environment

Korea is one of the countries in Asia, countries in Eastern Asia and 194 countries in our database.

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
Access to electricity: 100.00 % of population
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

Cities in Korea

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Korea

Relationship between fertility rate and life expectancy at birth in Korea

Relationship between fertility rate and median age in Korea

Evolution of historical forest area in Korea

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Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Korea

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Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Korea

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban land area in Korea

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban population in Korea

Evolution of historical land area in Korea

Evolution of historical median age in Korea

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Korea

Relationship between methane and nitrous oxide emissions in Korea

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Relationship between methane emissions and rural population in Korea

Relationship between methane emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Korea

Relationship between methane emissions and urban land area in Korea

Relationship between methane emissions and urban population in Korea

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Korea

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and population in Korea

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions in Korea

Relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions in Korea

Relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions in Korea

Evolution of historical population in Korea

Relationship between urban land area and population in Korea

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 rural land area in Korea

Evolution of historical rural population in Korea

Relationship between rural population and urban land area in Korea

Evolution of historical urban land area in Korea

Relationship between urban land area and urban population in Korea

Evolution of historical urban population in Korea

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Korea

Relationship between population and date in Korea

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Korea

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Korea

Relationship between agricultural land and methane emissions in Korea

Relationship between agricultural land and nitrous oxide emissions in Korea

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Korea

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Korea

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and GDP in Korea

Relationship between carbon dioxide and methane emissions in Korea

Relationship between carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions in Korea

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and urban land area in Korea

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and urban population in Korea

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Korea

Relationship between access to electricity and birth rate in Korea

Relationship between access to electricity and fertility rate in Korea

Relationship between access to electricity and life expectancy at birth in Korea

Distribution of sites in Korea by inscription year

Relationship between access to electricity and renewable energy consumption in Korea

Relationship between access to electricity and self-employed workers in Korea

Relationship between access to electricity and vulnerable employment in Korea

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

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

Geographical distribution of sites in Korea by area

Sites in Korea

Proportion of transboundary sites in Korea

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Korea by mean width

Wildfires in Korea

Relationship between mean length and mean width of wildfires in Korea

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Politics

Armed forces personnel: 569,000 people
Democracy score: 8.00
Democracy type: Flawed democracy
Individuals using the internet: 97.42 % of population
Military expenditure: 2.72 % of GDP
Net migration: 29,998 people
Press freedom: 3.14
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 19.06 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Korea

Relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel in Korea

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Relationship between armed forces personnel and population in Korea

Relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel in Korea

Relationship between armed forces personnel and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Korea

Relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel in Korea

Relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel in Korea

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Korea

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Korea

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Korea

Evolution of historical net migration in Korea

Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Korea

Political parties in Korea

Distribution of politicians from Korea by birth year

Proportion of politicians per gender in Korea

Politicians from 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

Proportion of revenue types by company in Korea

Distribution of companies founded in Korea by year

Proportion of CEOs per gender in Korea

Companies from Korea

Proportion of employee types in companies from Korea

Evolution of historical central government debt in Korea

Evolution of historical expense in Korea

Evolution of historical GDP in Korea

Relationship between GDP and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Korea

Evolution of historical inflation in Korea

Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Korea

Relationship between self-employment and vulnerable employment in Korea

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Korea

Evolution of historical unemployment in Korea

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Korea

Exchanges in Korea

Proportion of shops per country in Korea

Shops in 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

Evolution of historical death rate in Korea

Evolution of historical birth rate in Korea

Relationship between birth rate and fertility rate in Korea

Relationship between birth rate and life expectancy at birth in Korea

Relationship between birth rate and proportion of self-employed workers in Korea

Relationship between birth rate and vulnerable employment in Korea

Relationship between birth rate and median age in Korea

Relationship between death rate and life expectancy at birth in Korea

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 at birth in Korea

Relationship between life expectancy and the proportion of self-employed workers in Korea

Relationship between life expectancy and vulnerable employment in Korea

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Korea

Diseases in Korea

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Korea

Proportion of diseases in Korea by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Korea by start date

Evolution of historical cases in Korea

Evolution of historical deaths in Korea

Relationship between cases and deaths in Korea

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Korea by birth year

Proportion of athletes per gender in Korea

Athletes from Korea

Proportion of competitions per city in Korea

Competitions in Korea

Proportion of competitions per country in Korea

Distribution of competitions in Korea by start date

Proportion of medals won by Korea in the Olympics

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Culture

Artists from Korea

Distribution of artists from Korea by birth year

Proportion of artists per gender in Korea

Geographical distribution of museums in Korea by visitors

Museums in Korea

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in Korea by total students

Distribution of universities in Korea per 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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