| 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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0.258% (2010 est.)
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| South Korea :
Birth rate
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8.72 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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| South Korea :
Death rate
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6.15 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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| South Korea :
People living with HIV/AIDS
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13,000 (2007 est.)
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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 - $1.356 trillion (2009 est.)
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| South Korea :
GDP - per capita
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purchasing power parity -$28,000 (2009 est.)
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| South Korea :
Electricity - consumption
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385.1 billion kWh (2008 est.)
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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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21.325 million (2008)
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| South Korea :
Mobile cellular
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45.607 million (2008)
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| South Korea :
Radio broadcast stations
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AM 96, FM 322, shortwave 1 (2008)
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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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57 (plus 103 cable operators and 119 relay cable operators) (2008)
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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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301,270 (2009)
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| South Korea :
Internet users
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37.476 million (2008)
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| South Korea :
Railways
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3,381 km
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| South Korea :
Highways
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103,029 km
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| South Korea :
Waterways
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1,608 km; (most navigable only by small craft) (2008)
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| South Korea :
Pipelines
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gas 1,423 km; refined products 827 km (2009)
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| South Korea :
Ports and harbors
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Inch'on, P'ohang, Pusan, Ulsan
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| South Korea :
Merchant marine
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812 ships
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| South Korea :
Airports
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116
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| South Korea :
Heliports
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516 (2009)
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| South Korea :
Military branches
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Republic of Korea Army, Navy (includes Marine Corps), Air Force (2009)
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| South Korea :
Military expenditures
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2.7% of GDP (2006)
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