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South Korea

Republic of Korea

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Capital
Seoul
Currency
won
Continent
Asia
Area
100,295 km²
Country information: Wikidata · Q884 ↗ · Official languages: Korean, Korean Sign Language
AT A GLANCE

The essential numbers

Latest available · Reference years vary
Population ↗
51.68M · 2025
people
World Bank · SP.POP.TOTL
GDP ↗
1.87T · 2025
current US$
World Bank · NY.GDP.MKTP.CD
GDP per capita ↗
36.23K · 2025
current US$ / person
World Bank · NY.GDP.PCAP.CD
Inflation ↗
2.12 · 2025
%
World Bank · FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG
Unemployment ↗
2.68 · 2025
% of labor force
World Bank · SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
Fertility rate ↗
0.75 · 2024
births / woman
World Bank · SP.DYN.TFRT.IN
Life expectancy ↗
83.63 · 2024
years
World Bank · SP.DYN.LE00.IN
Population growth ↗
-0.13 · 2025
%
World Bank · SP.POP.GROW
GDP growth ↗
1.01 · 2025
%
World Bank · NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG
GDP per capita, PPP ↗
63.12K · 2025
current international $ / person
World Bank · NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD
Population ages 65+ ↗
20.33 · 2025
% of total population
World Bank · SP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS
Urban population ↗
81.17 · 2025
% of total population
World Bank · SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS
Labor force participation ↗
64.35 · 2025
% of population ages 15+
World Bank · SL.TLF.CACT.ZS
Youth unemployment ↗
6.7 · 2025
% of labor force ages 15–24
World Bank · SL.UEM.1524.ZS
Internet users ↗
97.9 · 2024
% of population
World Bank · IT.NET.USER.ZS
Trade ↗
86.36 · 2025
% of GDP
World Bank · NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS
FDI net inflows ↗
0.84 · 2025
% of GDP
World Bank · BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS
LOOKING BACK

Change over time

Population

All countries ↗
people · 2006–2025
2025South Korea: 51.68M
South Korea · Population48.1M49.12M50.14M51.16M52.18M2006201220192025
Source: World Bank · SP.POP.TOTLGaps indicate missing observations.
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South Korea · Population · people
YearSouth Korea
202551,684,564
202451,751,065
202351,712,619
202251,672,569
202151,769,539
202051,836,239
201951,764,822
201851,585,058
201751,361,911
201651,217,803
201551,014,947
201450,746,659
201350,428,893
201250,199,853
201149,936,638
201049,554,112
200949,307,835
200849,054,708
200748,683,638
200648,438,292

GDP

All countries ↗
current US$ · 2006–2025
2025South Korea: 1.87T
South Korea · GDP887.14B1.17T1.46T1.75T2.04T2006201220192025
Source: World Bank · NY.GDP.MKTP.CDGaps indicate missing observations.
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South Korea · GDP · current US$
YearSouth Korea
20251,872,374,961,553.15
20241,875,388,209,406.8
20231,844,800,934,391.54
20221,799,363,116,866.52
20211,942,313,560,965.9
20201,744,070,276,373.34
20191,751,045,752,054.63
20181,824,251,454,306.83
20171,710,196,756,713.17
20161,579,150,518,945.44
20151,539,212,301,135.55
20141,556,252,422,020.44
20131,434,669,686,501.84
20121,335,343,586,437.67
20111,307,103,477,219.1
20101,192,830,015,737.68
2009983,065,242,417.36
20081,091,580,692,542.34
20071,220,911,904,593.06
20061,095,175,538,508.19

GDP per capita

All countries ↗
current US$ / person · 2006–2025
2025South Korea: 36.23K
South Korea · GDP per capita18.18K23.45K28.73K34K39.28K2006201220192025
Source: World Bank · NY.GDP.PCAP.CDGaps indicate missing observations.
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South Korea · GDP per capita · current US$ / person
YearSouth Korea
202536,226.97
202436,238.64
202335,674.1
202234,822.4
202137,518.46
202033,645.77
201933,826.94
201835,363.95
201733,296.98
201630,832.06
201530,171.79
201430,667.09
201328,449.36
201226,600.55
201126,175.24
201024,071.26
200919,937.3
200822,252.31
200725,078.49
200622,609.71

Inflation

All countries ↗
% · 2006–2025
2025South Korea: 2.12
South Korea · Inflation-0.091.322.744.155.562006201220192025
Source: World Bank · FP.CPI.TOTL.ZGGaps indicate missing observations.
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South Korea · Inflation · %
YearSouth Korea
20252.12
20242.32
20233.6
20225.09
20212.5
20200.54
20190.38
20181.48
20171.94
20160.97
20150.71
20141.27
20131.3
20122.19
20114.03
20102.94
20092.76
20084.67
20072.53
20062.24

Unemployment

All countries ↗
% of labor force · 2006–2025
2025South Korea: 2.68
South Korea · Unemployment2.552.933.33.684.062006201220192025
Source: World Bank · SL.UEM.TOTL.ZSGaps indicate missing observations.
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South Korea · Unemployment · % of labor force
YearSouth Korea
20252.68
20242.78
20232.68
20222.86
20213.64
20203.93
20193.75
20183.82
20173.65
20163.65
20153.55
20143.08
20133.07
20122.81
20112.99
20103.32
20093.36
20082.96
20073.01
20063.25

Fertility rate

All countries ↗
births / woman · 2006–2025
2025South Korea: —
South Korea · Fertility rate0.660.841.011.181.352006201220192025
Source: World Bank · SP.DYN.TFRT.INGaps indicate missing observations.
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South Korea · Fertility rate · births / woman
YearSouth Korea
2025No data available
20240.75
20230.72
20220.78
20210.81
20200.84
20190.92
20180.98
20171.05
20161.17
20151.24
20141.21
20131.19
20121.3
20111.24
20101.23
20091.15
20081.19
20071.26
20061.13

Life expectancy

All countries ↗
years · 2006–2025
2025South Korea: —
South Korea · Life expectancy78.1779.6681.1582.6484.132006201220192025
Source: World Bank · SP.DYN.LE00.INGaps indicate missing observations.
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South Korea · Life expectancy · years
YearSouth Korea
2025No data available
202483.63
202383.43
202282.68
202183.53
202083.43
201983.23
201882.63
201782.63
201682.28
201582.02
201481.72
201381.27
201280.82
201180.57
201080.12
200979.97
200879.52
200779.12
200678.67
Source: World Bank ↗Snapshot · Sep 25, 2026Methodology ↗

About the data for South Korea

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