| South Korea :
Geographic coordinates
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37 00 N, 127 30 E
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| South Korea :
Population growth rate
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0.89%
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| South Korea :
Birth rate
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14.85 births/1,000 population
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| South Korea :
Death rate
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5.93 deaths/1,000 population
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| South Korea :
People living with HIV/AIDS
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3,800
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| South Korea :
Independence
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15 August 1945
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| South Korea :
National holiday
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NLiberation Day, 15 August
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| South Korea :
Constitution
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25 February 1988
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| South Korea :
GDP
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purchasing power parity - $764.6 billion
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| South Korea :
GDP - per capita
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purchasing power parity - $16,100
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| South Korea :
Electricity - consumption
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232.767 billion kWh
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| South Korea :
Exports
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$172.6 billion electronic products, machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, steel, ships; textiles, clothing, footwear; fish
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| South Korea :
Imports
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$160.5 billion machinery, electronics and electronic equipment, oil, steel, transport equipment, textiles, organic chemicals, grains
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| South Korea :
Telephones
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24 million
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| South Korea :
Mobile cellular
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27 million
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| South Korea :
Radio broadcast stations
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AM 106, FM 97, shortwave 6
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| South Korea :
Radios
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47.5 million
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| South Korea :
Television broadcast stations
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121
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| South Korea :
Televisions
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15.9 million
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| South Korea :
Internet country code
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.kr
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| South Korea :
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
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11
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| South Korea :
Internet users
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15.3 million
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| South Korea :
Railways
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3,124 km
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| South Korea :
Highways
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87,534 km
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| South Korea :
Waterways
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1,609 km
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| South Korea :
Pipelines
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petroleum products 455 km
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| South Korea :
Ports and harbors
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Chinhae, Inch'on, Kunsan, Masan, Mokp'o, P'ohang, Pusan, Tonghae-hang, Ulsan, Yosu
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| South Korea :
Merchant marine
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496 ships
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| South Korea :
Airports
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102
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| South Korea :
Heliports
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203
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| South Korea :
Military branches
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Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, National Maritime Police
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| South Korea :
Military expenditures
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$12 billion
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