Korea, Republic of HIGH-INCOME OECD Population (millions, 2009) Population growth (avg. annual %, 2000–09) Population density (people per km2, 2008) Labor force (millions, 2008) Unemployment rate (% of labor force, 2008) Urban population (% of pop., 2009) Surface area (1,000 km2, 2008) GNI (US$ billions, 2009) GNI per capita, Atlas method (US$, 2009) GDP growth (avg. annual %, 2005–09) Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line (% of pop., 2005) Age dependency ratio (2009)
48.7 0.4 492.3 24.2 3.2 81.7 99.3 836.9 19,830 3.3 — 37.9
Migration EMIGRATION, 2010 ■ ■ ■
Stock of emigrants: 2,078.7 thousands Stock of emigrants as percentage of population: 4.3% Top destination countries: the United States, Japan, Canada, Australia, Germany, New Zealand, France, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden
SKILLED EMIGRATION, 2000 ■ ■
Emigration rate of tertiary-educated population: 5.6% Emigration of physicians: 4,850 or 5.4% of physicians trained in the country (Source: Bhargava, Docquier, and Moullan 2010)
IMMIGRATION, 2010 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
Stock of immigrants: 534.8 thousands Stock of immigrants as percentage of population: 1.1% Females as percentage of immigrants: 52.7% Refugees as percentage of immigrants: 0.0% Top source countries: China, Vietnam, the United States, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Mongolia, Japan, Canada, Sri Lanka
Remittances 2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010e
Inward remittance flowsa of which Workers’ remittances Compensation of employees Migrants’ transfers
827
800
848
994
866
2,774
2,522
2,738
42 732 53
30 713 56
64 745 38
138 685 171
174 692 —
372 745 1,658
373 448 1,701
— — —
Outward remittance flows of which Workers’ remittances Compensation of employees Migrants’ transfers
1,853
2,497
3,336
4,314
1,441
3,109
3,120
—
359 97 1,396
559 126 1,812
839 119 2,378
982 141 3,190
1,255 186 —
1,419 556 1,134
1,426 646 1,047
— — —
US$ millions
a. For comparison: net FDI inflows US$2.2 bn, total international reserves US$201.5 bn, exports of goods and ser vices US$491.1 bn in 2008.
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