Source: The World Factbook
| Population (million) | 48.75 [2011] |
| Urban population (%) | 83.00 [2010] |
| Labor force (million) | 24.620 [2010] |
| ICT sector workforce (million) | |
| Median age (years) | 38.4 [2011] |
| GDP (PPP) USD billion | 1,467.00 [2010] |
| GDP - per capita (PPP) USD | 30,200 [2010] |
| Exchange rates (1 USD = ) | 1,153.770 South Korean won (KRW) [2010] |
| Electricity - consumption (billion kWh) | 402.0 [2009] |
| Telecommunication services revenue | |
| Trade in ICT goods | |
| ICT industry Revenue | |
| ICT investment | |
| R&D expenditure by ICT industries | |
| Telephones - main lines (million) | 19.289 [2009] |
| Telephones - mobile cellular (million) | 47.944 [2009] |
| Internet hosts (million) | 0.291 [2010] |
| Internet users (million) | 39.400 [2009] |
| Broadband Users (million) | |
| Fixed Internet subscribers (million) | 16.348 [2009] |
| Broadband subscribers (fixed&mobile) (million) | 57.234 [2009] |
| Business use of broadband | |
| Personal Computers (million) | 27.887 [2007] |
| Households with a home computer (million) |
| Area (sq km) | 99,720 |
| Climate | temperate, with rainfall heavier in summer than winter |
| Ethnic groups | homogeneous |
| Religions | Christian 26.3% (Protestant 19.7%, Roman Catholic 6.6%), Buddhist 23.2%, other or unknown 1.3%, none 49.3% (1995 census) |
Source: The World Factbook