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Age structure > 0-14 years	19.4	[178th of 226]
Age structure > 15-64 years	72	[7th of 226]
Age structure > 65 years and over	9.2 %	[70th of 225]
Birth rate	9.09 births/1,000 population	[209th of 226]
Chinese population	30,000	[31st of 127]
Death rate	5.73 deaths/1,000 population	[168th of 226]
Ethnic groups homogeneous (except for about 20,000 Chinese)
Nobel prize laureates	1	[31st of 44]
Percentage living in urban areas	80%	[44th of 199]
Population	48,379,392	[25th of 242]
Population growth rate	0.269%	[177th of 235]
Population in 2015	49,092	[26th of 225]
Projected population growth	4.78%	[108th of 141]
Sex ratio > 15-64 years	1.03	[64th of 223]
Sex ratio > Total population	1 male(s)/female	[86th of 224]
Sex ratio > Under 15 years	1.11 male(s)/female	[6th of 224]
Teenage birth rate	2.9	[28th of 28]
Total fertility rate	1.2 children born/woman	[217th of 225]
Total Population	48,846,823	[24th of 227]
Urbanization	83	[36th of 204]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; University Libraries, Ohio University; The Nobel Foundation; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights. Estimates and projections of urban and rural populations are made by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and published every two years. These estimates and projections are based on national census or survey data that have been evaluated and, whenever necessary, adjusted for deficiencies and inconsistencies; World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook; Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: http://esa.un.org/unpp; Population Reference Bureau, 2001 World Population Data Sheet, Washington, DC: PRB, 2001. via ciesin.org; UNICEF; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center Spanish Statistical Institute; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights (ESA/P/WP.173, 20 March 2002)

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COMMENTARY

Korea4one (Boston, Mass. USA)
30th November 2008

Korean total population need updated.

1) South Korea population: 49,044,790.- (50,000,000)2008.
2) North Korea population: 23,301,725- (25,000,000) 2008.
3) Overseas Korean population: 7,044,716.
4) Half Korean and North Korean refugee: (9,000,000).

Korean Peninsula population: 72,346,515.
Korean overseas population:7,044,716.
Korean total population: 79,391,231.
Plus half Korean, NK( refugee) 10,000,000.

Korean total population: 89,391,231 million.

1) Half Korean-Chinese: 5 million.
2) Half Korean-Japanese: 3 million.
3) Half Korean-Anglo(USA): 1 million.
4) North Korean refugee ( China, Russia) 1 million
total 10,000,000.

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