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🇰🇷 South Korea

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3KOR
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2KR
UN M49 numeric410
IOC codeKOR
Official nameRepublic of Korea
Native name(s)kor: official: 대한민국; common: 한국
Alt spellingsKR, Korea, Republic of, Republic of Korea, 남한, 남조선
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAsia
SubregionEastern Asia
UN regional groupAsia and the Pacific Group
CapitalSeoul
Area (km²)100,210
Lat / Lng37.0000, 127.5000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)PRK
Top-level domain.kr, .한국
Calling coderoot: +8; suffixes: 2

Demographics

Population (World Bank)51,684,564 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)83.629 (2024)
Languageskor: Korean
Demonymseng: f: South Korean; m: South Korean; fra: f: Sud-coréenne; m: Sud-coréen
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)1,872,374,961,553.15 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)36,226.966 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)2.683 (2025)
CurrenciesKRW: name: South Korean won; symbol: ₩

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
195019,757,321
195119,868,990
195220,229,879
195320,775,325
195421,415,573
195522,125,103
195622,874,434
195723,660,791
195824,473,927
195925,298,233
196026,115,379
196126,852,951
196227,509,237
196328,145,540
196428,744,977
196529,284,338
196629,845,941
196730,495,728
196831,175,290
196931,852,761
197032,542,197
197133,239,853
197233,936,465
197334,625,849
197435,287,837
197535,875,743
197636,379,925
197736,843,637
197837,281,935
197937,710,899
198038,141,107
198138,689,189
198239,356,154
198340,000,941
198440,598,300
198541,148,963
198641,718,505
198742,322,092
198842,922,977
198943,524,767
199044,081,427
199144,439,150
199244,653,695
199344,887,724
199445,130,840
199545,368,425
199645,638,700
199745,941,537
199846,230,878
199946,500,383
200046,766,661
200147,043,468
200247,299,120
200347,514,160
200447,697,075
200547,851,644
200648,006,518
200748,178,118
200848,356,493
200948,546,687
201048,769,332
201149,127,643
201249,599,579
201350,071,164
201450,539,056
201550,983,912
201651,297,839
201751,486,270
201851,640,894
201951,767,846
202051,858,482
202151,848,397
202251,782,512
202351,748,739

Full raw record (JSON)

JSON
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