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Korea, South - Ranking Positions (Facts)

RANKING  VALUE  POSITION Geography Area - total 98,480.00 sq km 108 Area - land 98,190.00 sq km 105 Area - water 290.00 sq km 121 Land boundaries 238.00 km 147 Coastline 2,413.00 km 51 Elevation extremes - highest point 1,950 m 123 Land use - arable land 16.58 % 72 Land use - permanent crops 2.01 % 84 Land use - other 81.41 % 130 People Population 49,044,790 24 Age structure: 0-14 years 18.30 % 167 Age structure: 15-64 years 72.10 % 8 Age structure: 65 years and over 9.60 % 62 Population growth rate 0.39 % 158 Birth rate 9.93 births/1,000 population 184 Death rate 5.99 deaths/1,000 population 51 Net migration rate 0.00 migrant(s)/1,000 population 84 Sex ratio - total population 1.01 male(s)/female 52 Infant mortality rate 6.05 deaths/1,000 live births 36 Life expectancy at birth - total population 77.23 years 46 Life expectancy at birth - male 73.81 years 53 Life expectancy at birth - female 80.93 years 38 Total fertility rate 1.28 children born/woman 194 HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate 0.10 % 5 HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS 8,300 62 HIV/AIDS - deaths 200 28 Literacy - total population 97.90 % 60 Economy GDP - real growth rate 4.80 % 103 GDP per capita - purchasing power parity 24,500 $ 40 GDP - composition by sector (agriculture) 3.00 % 160 GDP - composition by sector (industry) 45.00 % 24 GDP - composition by sector (services) 52.00 % 128 Population below poverty line 15.00 % 25 Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% 2.90 % 42 Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10% 25.00 % 22 Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2.20 % 41 Labor force 23,770,000 23 Unemployment rate 3.30 % 28 Budget - revenues 200,000,000,000 $ 14 Electricity - production 345,200,000,000 kWh 11 Electricity - consumption 321,000,000,000 kWh 11 Electricity - exports 0 kWh 83 Exports 326,000,000,000 $ 12 Imports 309,300,000,000 $ 13 Debt - external 249,400,000,000 $ 24 Communications Telephones - main lines in use 26,866,000 10 Telephones - mobile cellular 40,197,000 19 Internet users 34,120,000 7 Transportation Railways - total 3,472.00 km 51 Roadways - total 100,279.00 km 39 Airports with paved runways - total 69 35 Airports - with unpaved runways - total 38 76 Military Military expenditures - percent of GDP 2.70 % 56