South Korea 'Analytics'

Language

Official Language:
1. Korean : 51,661,000
2. Standard Chinese : 52,000

Mother Tongue : Korean

Literacy Rate (%) : 98

Country Capital	:	Seoul
GDP Per Capita	:	34,641
GDP Per Capita Rank	:	32^nd/195
Life Expectancy	:	84
Unemployment Rate	:	2
Number of Internet Users	:	50,403,243
Internet Users Rank	:	22^nd/195
Area	:	98,943
Area Rank	:	105^th/195
Total Population	:	51,667
Total Population Rank	:	29^th/195

Continent: Asia

Cities with > 100K popln: 73

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South Korea Highlights

South Korea is the 29^th ranked country in population and 105^th ranked in area out of 195 countries in the world. Please keep the country rank in perspective, for the highlights below.

Better than World Average-

1. 2^ndSouth Korea is the highest ranked in Total Military Force out of 195 countries in the world.
2. 11^thThe average Military Budget (in Billion $) of 195 countries in the world is 15. South Korea is the highest ranked country out of 195 countries. This implies that threats to the country is higher compared to other countries.
3. 12^thOut of the 195 countries in the world, South Korea is the highest ranked in Total Nursing . This implies better healthcare infrastructure investment by the country or higher level of health awareness among the people in the country

Worse than World Average-

1. South Korea is the 110^th worst ranked in Wheat prod. out of 195 countries in the world. This is indicative of less focus on the production of wheat, or scarcity of fertile land, or higher industrialisation as compared to other countries.
2. The average Barley prod. of the countries in the world is 1,576,534. South Korea is the 130^th worst-ranked country out of 195 countries. This is indicative of less focus on the production of barley, or scarcity of fertile land, or higher industrialisation as compared to other countries.
3. Out of the 195 countries in the world, South Korea is the 130^th worst ranked in Potatoes prod. . This is indicative of less focus on the production of potatoes, or scarcity of fertile land, or higher industrialisation as compared to other countries.

South Korea Metrics

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Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Korean	# People	407,376	1	1125
2	Korean as a % of total Korean speakers	% People	0	1	1128
Below World Average
1	Standard Chinese	# People	6,821,357	21	1234
2	Mandarin Chinese as a % of total Mandarin Chinese speakers	% People	0	12	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Pop. with access to Electricity (%)	% People	86	1	1127
2	# Cities>500000	# Cities	4	9	1128
3	# Cities>5M	# Cities	0	9	1129
4	# Cities>500000	# Cities	5	10	1130
5	# Cities>1M	# Cities	1	10	1126
6	# Cities>5M	# Cities	0	11	1128
7	# Cities>300000	# Cities	7	11	1125
8	# Cities>300000	# Cities	8	12	1125
9	# Cities>1M	# Cities	2	13	1128
10	1M+ Cities per 100000 ( 1M+ Cities/ Tot Pop.)* 100000		0	14	1126
11	# Cities>100000	# Cities	23	16	1127
12	# Cities>100000	# Cities	21	16	1127
13	Urban Population (2021)	# People	23,726,053	23	1129
14	Urban Population / Total Population % .	% People	60	45	1127
Below World Average
1	Rural Pop. /Total Pop. %	% People	40	151	1233
2	Rural Pop.	# People	18,013,759	55	1232
3	1M+ Cities Ratio ( 1M+ Cities/ # Cities> 100000)		0	52	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Total Military Force	# People	358,465	2	1127
2	Military Force/Total World Military Force %.	% People	0	2	1129
3	Military Force/Total Pop. %	% People	1	2	1129
4	Military Budget (in Billion $)	$ Billion	15	11	1127
5	Military Budget/Total World Military Budget %.	Percent	0	11	1129
6	Police Officers	# People	138,224	14	1127
Below World Average
1	Judges Per 100K	People Per 100K	11	71	1232
2	Lawyers Per 100K	People Per 100K	160	20	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Life Expectancy at Birth, both sexes	Age	73	4	1128
2	Total Nursing	# People	163,061	12	1129
3	Nurses(per 10000)	People per 10000	164,032	12	1127
4	Total No. of Pharmacists	# People	19,528	15	1125
5	Total No. of Doctors	# People	78,648	18	1127
6	#Dentists	# People	13,328	24	1129
7	Nurses to doctor ratio	Ratio	46	34	1125
8	Pharmacists (Per 10,000)	People Per 10,000	4	39	1125
9	Doctors (Per 10,000)	People Per 10,000	20	72	1125
Below World Average
1	Dentist to doctor ratio	Ratio	3	84	1235
2	Dentist (per 10,000)	People per 10000	31	79	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Import Ban(Number of products)	Count	12	6	1129
2	Import of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	183,299	9	1126
3	Imports/Total Imports of the World %.		0	9	1125
4	Export of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	186,399	11	1128
5	Exports /Total Exports of the World %.		0	11	1127
6	GDP (Billions USD) 2025	$ Billions	597	13	1127
7	GDP as a % of Total GDP	Percent	0	13	1130
8	FDI (millions USD)	Amount	3,115	22	1127
9	FDI / Total FDI of the World %.		0	22	1130
10	GDP Per Capita (USD)	$	18,051	32	1129
11	Corporate Tax Rates in %	Rate	23	68	1126
Below World Average
1	Exports/Total GDP of the Country %.		53	82	1232
2	Imports /Total GDP of the Country %.		46	60	1232
3	No. of Companies Listed in NYSE	Count	65	15	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Buddhist Population	# People	1,911,974	7	1130
2	Buddhist Pop./Total Buddhist Pop. %	% People	0	7	1130
3	Gold Medal	Count	3	8	1128
4	Silver Medal	Count	3	9	1125
5	Bronze Medal	Count	4	10	1126
6	Total Medals	Count	12	10	1127
7	Buddhist Pop./Total Pop.%.	% People	3	10	1128
8	# Olympic Medals	Count	157	16	1129
9	World Heritage Sites	Count	7	21	1130
10	Christian Population	# People	11,885,917	36	1127
11	Christian Pop./Total Christian Pop.%	% People	0	36	1130
Below World Average
1	Islamic Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	22	164	1234
2	Islamic Population	# People	9,936,734	122	1231
3	Christian Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	42	107	1233
4	Jewish Population	# People	78,295	77	1232
5	# Cannes Grand Prizes (Palme d'Or or Grand Prix)		4	16	1231
6	Share of Cannes Grand Prize Wins (% World)		3	16	1234
7	# Oscar Wins – Best International Feature Film		2	16	1230
8	Share of Best International Feature Film Wins (% World)		3	16	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Total Labour Force/Total Pop.	% People	43	11	1126
2	Employment in Services	# People	10,251,634	16	1125
3	Labour Force Participation	# People	14,659,929	17	1130
4	Formal Jobs	# People	10,605,934	19	1130
5	Non-Agricultural Labour Force	# People	15,067,127	19	1129
6	Total Labour Force (2021)	# People	20,409,734	23	1129
7	Employment in Services /Total pop.%.	% People	25	23	1127
8	Employment in Services / Total Labour Force %.	% People	56	45	1127
9	Employment in services/Total Labour force %.	% People	56	45	1127
10	Non-Agri Labour force/Total Labour force %.	% People	76	46	1125
11	Wage & Salaried Workers / Total Labour Force %	% People	58	58	1125
Below World Average
1	Employment in Agri. / Total Labour Force % .	% People	23	132	1235
2	Employment in Agriculture/Total Labour force %.	% People	23	132	1234
3	Employment in Agriculture /Total Pop. %.	% People	9	123	1231
4	Unemployment Rate.	% People	7	118	1235
5	Employment in Agriculture	# People	5,314,003	59	1234
6	Unemployed Labour Force.	# People	1,511,199	34	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Twitter users	# People	3,173,740	13	1128
2	Twitter Users as a % of Total Twitter Users	% People	0	13	1127
3	Int. Users / Total Pop.%	% People	70	14	1125
4	Internet Users	# People	28,408,774	22	1129
5	Twitter Users as a % of Total Population	% People	13	31	1126
6	Twitter Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	14	36	1125
7	Facebook CPC in Rs.	Absolute	5	58	1125
Below World Average
1	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	35	156	1232
2	FB Users / Total Int. Users %.	% People	31	144	1230
3	FB Users / Total Pop. %.	% People	25	131	1232
4	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Population	% People	31	126	1233
5	Facebook users	# People	6,757,917	45	1233
6	LinkedIn users	# People	6,388,891	45	1235
7	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total LinkedIn Users	% People	0	45	1235
8	Facebook Users as a % of Total facebook Users	% People	0	44	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Honey prod.	Tons	16,211	15	1127
2	Honey Produced /Total Honey Produced %	Weight	0	15	1129
3	Onion prod.	Tons	773,539	21	1130
4	Onion Produced/Total Onion Produced %	Weight	0	21	1130
5	Chicken Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	588,164	30	1129
6	Chicken Meat Production (% of Total Chicken Meat Production)	Percent	0	30	1128
7	Cow Beef Production (in tonnes)	Weight	320,761	35	1128
8	Cow Beef Production (% of Total Cow Beef Production)	Percent	0	35	1128
9	Tree density.	Density	22,685	45	1125
Below World Average
1	Tree density .	Density	828	133	1235
2	Goat Meat Production (% of Total Goat Meat Production)	Percent	0	88	1235
3	Goat Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	46,111	92	1232
4	Wheat prod.	Tons	6,698,590	86	1232
5	Goat Milk Production (% of Total Goat Milk Production)	Percent	0	77	1232
6	Goat Milk Production (in tonnes)	Weight	196,989	78	1231
7	Country forest area / Global Forest area %		0	66	1231
8	Barley Produced/Total Barley Produced.%	Weight	1	66	1234
9	Number of Trees	Count	15,642,617,148	67	1230
10	Barley prod.	Tons	1,576,534	66	1232
11	Potatoes prod.	Tons	2,538,925	66	1235
12	Forest Area.	Area	21,142,892	66	1230
13	Potatoes Produced /Total Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	62	1230
14	Number of Cows	Count	8,697,624	61	1230
15	Cows (% of Total Cows)	Percent	0	61	1234
16	Cow Milk Production (in tonnes)	Weight	3,855,383	57	1233
17	Cow Milk Production (% of Total Cow Milk Production)	Percent	0	57	1233
18	Coal Production (% of Total Coal Production)	Percent	1	46	1234
19	Coal Production (in 1000 metric tons)	Weight	121,850	50	1235
20	Soyabean prod.	Tons	3,684,006	38	1233
21	Soyabean Produced/Total Soyabean Produced %	Weight	1	33	1235
22	Iron Production (in 1000 metric tons)	Weight	33,258	36	1231
23	Iron Production (% of Total Iron Production)	Percent	2	35	1230
24	Apple Production (in tonnes)	Weight	1,044,287	30	1235
25	Apple Production (% of Total Apple Production)	Percent	1	30	1230
26	Sweet Potatoes prod.	Tons	895,180	26	1235
27	Sweet Potatoes Produced/Total Sweet Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	26	1230
28	Rice prod.	Tons	6,981,685	16	1233
29	Rice Produced/Total Rice Produced.%	Weight	0	16	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Density ( Pop/Land Area Ratio)	Density	312	15	1129
2	Total Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	42,003	29	1125
3	Male Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	21,226	29	1128
4	Female Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	20,993	30	1128
5	Gender Ratio	Ratio of female per male, Country total female/ Country total male	1	121	1129
6	Total Deaths	# People (In Thousands)	319	31	1130
Below World Average
1	Population Growth Rate (%)	% People	0	160	1232
2	Female % of Total Pop.	% People	50	121	1235
3	Births	# People (In Thousands)	681	81	1232
4	Male % of Total Pop.	% People	50	74	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	# Mobile phone numbers	Count	40,393,496	23	1130
2	# Phone Numbers /Total Pop. %	Percent	101	53	1130

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Total Literate Pop.	# People	34,678,001	26	1125
2	Literacy Rate (%)	% People	86	70	1125
Below World Average
1	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Literate Pop.	% People	28	177	1231
2	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	23	170	1234
3	Enrolment in Primary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	27	168	1234
4	Enrolment in Primary Edu./ Total Literate Pop %.	% People	36	169	1232
5	# Students per teacher in Primary edu.	Ratio	260	129	1230
6	# Students per teacher in secondary edu.	Ratio	57	121	1233
7	# Students per teacher in tertiary edu.	Ratio	58	72	1233
8	Enrolment in primary edu.	# People	9,629,078	53	1230
9	Teachers as a % of Enrolment	% People	41	51	1235
10	Enrolment in secondary edu.	# People	9,727,510	40	1235
11	# Total Students (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	38,831,325	36	1235
12	Teachers in primary edu.	# People	357,113	31	1234
13	Teachers in secondary edu.	# People	659,923	30	1233
14	# Total Teachers (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	2,895,876	22	1230
15	Enrolment in tertiary edu.(all programmes)	# People	4,618,191	15	1234
16	Teachers in tertiary edu.	# People	297,976	11	1234
17	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu/Total Literate Pop. %.	% People	9	9	1231

South Korea Language Details

Sr.	Language	% of people speaking the language in country.
1	Korean	99.99 %
2	Standard Chinese	0.1 %

Sr.	City	Total City Population (2023)
1	Andong	159,087
2	Ansan	715,293
3	Anseong	202,602
4	Anyang	594,431
5	Asan	339,832
6	Bucheon	846,435
7	Busan	3,381,948
8	Changwon	1,068,099
9	Cheonan	665,092
10	Cheongju	831,564
11	Chuncheon	284,041
12	Chungju	217,971
13	Daegu	2,444,891
14	Daejeon	1,530,390
15	Dangjin	168,668
16	Gangneung	216,075
17	Geoje	246,515
18	Gimcheon	138,827
19	Gimhae	549,719
20	Gimpo	426,960
21	Gongju	108,087
22	Goyang	988,156
23	Gumi	426,960
24	Gunpo	275,059
25	Gunsan	268,472
26	Guri	191,623
27	Gwangju	1,514,122
28	Gwangju	286,137
29	Gwangyang	143,618
30	Gwangmyeong	297,515
31	Gyeongju	261,286
32	Gyeongsan	283,143
33	Hanam	279,251
34	Hwaseong	639,642
35	Iksan	284,740
36	Incheon	2,908,779
37	Icheon	225,756
38	Jecheon	134,535
39	Jeju	592,335
40	Jeongeup	106,491
41	Jeonju	651,119
42	Jinju	351,708
43	Miryang	102,997
44	Mokpo	224,059
45	Naju	113,078
46	Namyangju	711,900
47	Nonsan	119,465
48	Osan	240,128
49	Paju	426,860
50	Pocheon	157,590
51	Pohang	515,486
52	Pyeongtaek	499,817
53	Sacheon	110,882
54	Sejong	226,854
55	Seogwipo	178,249
56	Seoul	9,815,394
57	Seongnam	992,248
58	Seosan	176,054
59	Siheung	510,795
60	Suncheon	271,865
61	Suwon	1,207,824
62	Tongyeong	122,759
63	Uijeongbu	435,643
64	Uiwang	159,886
65	Ulsan	1,144,549
66	Wonju	332,147
67	Yangju	232,842
68	Yangsan	350,511
69	Yeoju	113,177
70	Yeongcheon	100,103
71	Yeongju	103,596
72	Yeosu	270,967
73	Yongin	969,393

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