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==Major Cities== |
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*[[Seoul]]: 10.4 million |
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*[[Busan]]: 3.9 million |
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*[[Incheon]]: 2.9 million |
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*[[Daegu]]: 2.65 million |
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*[[Daejeon]]: 1.48 million |
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*[[Gwangju]]: 1.38 million |
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*[[Ulsan]]: 1.15 million. |
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<br><i>Urbanites:</i> 85% of population |
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The above figures are estimates for the year 2000. |
The above figures are estimates for the year 2000. |
Revision as of 17:20, 12 April 2006
Population
48,598,175 (dec 2005 est.)
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The above figures are estimates for the year 2000.
Nationality
noun:
Korean(s)
adjective:
Korean
homogeneous: Koreans (except for about 100,000 Chinese — especially those who came from other parts of Asia other than China, Hong Kong, and Macau, e.g. Japan, Malaysia, India, and Philippines.). There are migrant workers from China, the Philippines and Malaysia, and in the main cities, particularly Seoul, there is a small number of foreigners related to business and education. There are also some 28,000 United States military personnel.
Religions
- Nonreligious: 35.0%
- Christian: 28.7%
- Protestant: 36.3%
- Presbyterian: 16.4%
- Pentecostal: 3.7%
- Methodist: 2.9%
- Baptist: 1.5%
- Other Protestant: 11.8% (many independent congregations)
- Roman Catholic: 8.1%
- Marginal Christian: 3.8% (including the Unification Church)
- Other Christian: 1.2%
- Protestant: 36.3%
- Buddhist: 23.9%
- Indigenous religions: 8.0% (including Shamanists, Chondogyo, Confucianists and others).
- Other: 1.4%
NOTE: The Christian denominational figures add up to considerably more than the total number of Christians due to widespread dual membership and unrecorded transferal of membership, especially within Protestant bodies. This probably accounts for the almost certainly inflated statistics published in some circles, purporting to show that around 50 percent of South Koreans are Christians.
It should also be noted that although self-styled Confucianists are few, the great majority of South Koreans, irrespective of their formal religious affiliation, are strougly influenced by Confucian concepts.
Languages
Korean; English widely taught in junior high and high school.
High school students can also choose any of the following languages to learn: Chinese, Japanese, French, German, Russian, Spanish, Arabic.
Literacy
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
100% (2000 figures)
See also
External links
- South Korea: Balancing Labor Demand with Strict Controls, Park Young-bum, Migration Information Source, December 2004.