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Korea, South People 1998 https://greekorthodoxchurch.org/wfb1998/korea_south/korea_south_people.html SOURCE: 1998 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Population 46,416,796 (July 1998 est.) Age structure
Population growth rate 1.01% (1998 est.) Birth rate 16.08 births/1,000 population (1998 est.) Death rate 5.67 deaths/1,000 population (1998 est.) Net migration rate -0.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 est.) Sex ratio
Infant mortality rate 7.79 deaths/1,000 live births (1998 est.) Life expectancy at birth
Total fertility rate 1.79 children born/woman (1998 est.) Nationality
Ethnic groups homogeneous (except for about 20,000 Chinese) Religions Christianity 49%, Buddhism 47%, Confucianism 3%, pervasive folk religion (shamanism), Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way), and other 1% Languages Korean, English widely taught in junior high and high school Literacy
NOTE: The information regarding Korea, South on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Korea, South People 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Korea, South People 1998 should be addressed to the CIA. |