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People
Population: 43,045,098 (July 1990), growth rate 0.8% (1990).
Birth rate: 20 births/1,000 population (1990).
Death rate: 6 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
Net migration rate: -1 migrants/1,000 population (1990).
Infant mortality rate: 23 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
Life expectancy at birth: 66 years male, 73 years female (1990).
Total fertility rate: 1.6 children born/woman (1990).
Nationality: noun--Korean(s); adjective--Korean.
Ethnic divisions: homogeneous; small Chinese minority (about
20,000).
Religion: strong Confucian tradition; vigorous Christian
minority (28% of the total population); Buddhism; pervasive
folk religion (Shamanism); Chondokyo (religion of the heavenly
way), eclectic religion with nationalist overtones founded
in 19th century, claims about 1.5 million adherents.
Language: Korean; English widely taught in high school.
Literacy: over 90%.
Labor force: 16,900,000; 52% services and other; 27% mining
and manufacturing; 21% agriculture, fishing, forestry (1987).
Organized labor: about 10% of nonagricultural labor force
in government-sanctioned unions.