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Korea, South
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Geography
Area (km²)9,984,67099,720
ContinentNorth AmericaAsia
Land area (km²)9,093,50796,920
Water area (km²)891,1632,800
Land boundaries (km)8,893237
Border countries
  • US
  • North Korea
Coastline (km)202,0802,413
Mean elevation (m)487282
Lowest point (m)00
Highest point (m)5,9591,950
People
Population37,694,08551,835,110
Official languages
  • English
  • French
Array of values
ReligionCatholicProtestant
Government
Long country name-Republic of Korea
Short country nameCanadaSouth Korea
Long local name-Taehan-min'guk
Short local name-Han'guk
Government typeFederal parliamentary democracyPresidential republic
CapitalOttawaSeoul
Economy
GDP (PPP) (USD)1,774,000,000,0002,035,000,000,000
GDP (OER) (USD)1,653,000,000,0001,540,000,000,000
GDP (real growth rate) (%)33.1
GDP - per capita (PPP) (USD)48,40039,500
Gross national saving (% of GDP)20.836.6
Labor force19,520,00027,750,000
Unemployment rate (%)6.33.7
Population below poverty line (%)9.414.4
Budget revenues (USD)649,600,000,000357,100,000,000
Budget expenditures (USD)665,700,000,000335,800,000,000
Military expenditures (% of GDP)1.312.62
Taxes and other revenues (% of GDP)39.323.2
Budget surplus or deficit (% of GDP)-11.4
Public debt (% of GDP)89.739.5
Inflation rate (%)1.61.9
Central bank discount rate (%)11.5
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)3.23.48
Stock of narrow money (USD)748,900,000,000793,900,000,000
Stock of broad money (USD)748,900,000,000793,900,000,000
Stock of domestic credit (USD)3,219,000,000,0002,986,000,000,000
Market value of publicly traded shares (USD)1,593,000,000,0001,305,000,000,000
Current account balance (USD)-48,750,000,00078,460,000,000
Exports (USD)423,500,000,000577,400,000,000
Imports (USD)442,100,000,000457,500,000,000
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold (USD)86,680,000,000389,200,000,000
External debt (USD)1,608,000,000,000384,600,000,000
National currencyCanadian dollarsSouth Korean won
National currency (code)CADKRW
National currency (symbol)$
National currency rate to USD1.3081



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