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$36,227
Reference period 2025 · current US$
World Bank · World Development Indicators
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For South Korea, the 2023 population growth rate of -0.041%/year indicates decline. Fertility below describes a period's childbearing pattern, while median age describes composition. Even same-year figures do not decompose causes; fertility alone cannot explain the population change.
44.5 years
Reference period: 2023 · UN DESA Population Division · World Population Prospects 2024
EstimatedMedian age differs from mean age. It locates the middle of the population, but does not directly give the older-age or working-age share.
0.72 births per woman
Reference period: 2023 · UN DESA Population Division · World Population Prospects 2024
EstimatedTotal fertility rate is not the year's number of births or the completed family size of women who have finished childbearing. It summarizes age-specific fertility in a period.
-0.041%/year
Reference period: 2023 · UN DESA Population Division · World Population Prospects 2024
EstimatedPositive values indicate growth and negative values decline. This is not a fertility rate; population change reflects births, deaths and international migration.
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