Eastern Asia
South Korea
Republic of Korea
Core facts
- Capital
- Seoul
- Population
- 51,159,889
- Area
- 100,210 km^2
- Country code
- KOR
- Flag emoji
- ๐ฐ๐ท
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Population density
- 510.5 per km^2
- Calling code
- +82
Culture and society
- Languages
- Korean
- Religions
- Islam (27.0%), Hinduism (25.0%), Unaffiliated (21.0%), Buddhism (12.0%), Christianity (7.0%), Folk religions (6.0%), Other religions (2.0%)
- Native names
- ํ๊ตญ
- Demonyms (EN)
- South Korean / South Korean
- Start of week
- monday
- Driving side
- right
- Timezones
- UTC+09:00
- Alternative spellings
- KR, Korea, Republic of, Republic of Korea, ๋จํ, ๋จ์กฐ์
Geography and map
- Continents
- Asia
- Coordinates
- 37.00, 127.50
- Landlocked
- No
- Borders
- PRK
- Border countries count
- 1
Economy and identity
- Currencies
- South Korean won (โฉ)
- Top-level domain
- .kr, .ํ๊ตญ
- FIFA code
- KOR
- Capital coordinates
- 37.55, 126.98
- Postal code format
- SEOUL ###-###
- Gini index
- 31.4 (2016)
- Coat of arms
