South Korea

South Korea

population :

South Korea has a population of 50 Million as of 2015 and a population density of 471, as of 2004. The average growth rate of south Korea is 0.46% per year south. South Korea life expectancy of 78 years which is relented on their health care, also the birth mortality rate at 3.7 per 1000 born every year. Also, the migration rate is currently at 0%.

Geography indicators:

South Korea has 4 main regions , which are the four general regions: an eastern region of high mountain ranges and narrow coastal plains; a western region of broad coastal plains, river basins, and rolling hills; a southwestern region of mountains and valleys; and a southeastern region dominated by the broad basin of the Nakdong river and the total Geographical Area is 62, 352 km2. Seoul (capital) has a wet and very humid climate during the summer season, with cold and dry weather during the winter season. Spring (although windy) and autumn but are short in duration. Other cities such as Busan, Daegu, Incheon, Daejeon also have similar climates.

Social indicators

With the murder rate of 1.7% people per annum. The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite statistic of life expectancy, education, and income per capita indicators, which are used to rank countries into four tiers of human development, in south korea 0.8588 as of 2004. Literacy rate is at 97.9% which proves they have a steady education system in place. The age of first marriage is 37 and children to women is 1 per family.

Cultural indicators

The official language of south korea is korean but most people know english and chinese, which is taught at school from an early age. Many religions are practiced in South Korea, it consists of most people believing in Buddhism but recently in early 2000’s Christianity has risen up as a main choice to pray in Korea. Sports that are played in korea are hiking and mountain biking are mainly activities done by tourists and citizens but most sport games played in Korea include soccer and Olympic sports. Some traditional food traditional side dish to almost every meal in Korea is pickled cabbage know as kimchi. Kimchi takes a few years to harvest and marinate