| Population: |
48,508,972 (2009 est.)
|
| GDP
(purchasing power parity): |
$1.356 trillion (2009 est.)
$1.353
trillion (2008 est.)
$1.324
trillion (2007 est.) |
| GDP
- real growth rate: |
|
0.2% (2009 est.) |
| GDP
- per capita (PPP): |
$28,000
(2009 est.)
$28,000 (2008 est.)
$27,400 (2007 est.) |
| Inflation
rate (consumer prices): |
|
2.8% (2009 est.) |
| Labor
Force: |
24.37 million (2009 est.)
4.1% (2009 est.)
3.2% (2008 est.)
coal, tungsten, graphite, molybdenum, lead, hydropower potential
|
|
$355.1 billion
(2009 est.)
semiconductors,
wireless telecommunications equipment, motor vehicles, computers,
steel, ships, petrochemicals
|
| Imports: |
|
$313.4 billion (2009 est.) |
| Imports
- commodities: |
machinery,
electronics and electronic equipment, oil, steel, transport equipment,
organic chemicals, plastics
Inch'on,
P'ohang, Pusan, Ulsan
electronics,
telecommunications, automobile production, chemicals, shipbuilding,
steel
|
|
