!!!South Korea: People & Society ||Population|50,924,172 (July 2016 est.) ||Nationality|''noun'': Korean(s) \\ ''adjective'': Korean \\ ||Ethnic groups|homogeneous ||Languages|Korean, English (widely taught in junior high and high school) ||Religions|Christian 31.6% (Protestant 24.0%, Catholic 7.6%), Buddhist 24.2%, other or unknown 0.9%, none 43.3% (2010 est.) ||Age structure|''0-14 years'': 13.45% (male 3,535,137/female 3,315,510) \\ ''15-24 years'': 13.08% (male 3,515,779/female 3,146,084) \\ ''25-54 years'': 45.93% (male 12,008,399/female 11,379,261) \\ ''55-64 years'': 14.01% (male 3,521,569/female 3,611,481) \\ ''65 years and over'': 13.53% (male 2,918,156/female 3,972,796) (2016 est.) \\ ||Dependency ratios|''total dependency ratio'': 37.2% \\ ''youth dependency ratio'': 19.2% \\ ''elderly dependency ratio'': 18% \\ ''potential support ratio'': 5.6% (2015 est.) \\ ||Median age|''total'': 41.2 years \\ ''male'': 39.7 years \\ ''female'': 42.8 years (2016 est.) \\ ||Population growth rate|0.53% (2016 est.) ||Birth rate|8.4 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Death rate|5.8 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Net migration rate|2.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Urbanization|''urban population'': 82.5% of total population (2015) \\ ''rate of urbanization'': 0.66% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) \\ ||Major urban areas - population|SEOUL (capital) 9.774 million; Busan (Pusan) 3.216 million; Incheon (Inch'on) 2.685 million; Daegu (Taegu) 2.244 million; Daejon (Taejon) 1.564 million; Gwangju (Kwangju) 1.536 million (2015) ||Sex ratio|''at birth'': 1.07 male(s)/female \\ ''0-14 years'': 1.07 male(s)/female \\ ''15-24 years'': 1.12 male(s)/female \\ ''25-54 years'': 1.06 male(s)/female \\ ''55-64 years'': 0.98 male(s)/female \\ ''65 years and over'': 0.71 male(s)/female \\ ''total population'': 1 male(s)/female (2016 est.) \\ ||Mother's mean age at first birth|31 (2014 est.) ||Maternal mortality rate|11 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) ||Infant mortality rate|''total'': 3 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''male'': 3.2 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''female'': 2.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) \\ ||Life expectancy at birth|''total population'': 82.4 years \\ ''male'': 79.3 years \\ ''female'': 85.8 years (2016 est.) \\ ||Total fertility rate|1.25 children born/woman (2016 est.) ||Contraceptive prevalence rate|80% \\ ''__note__'': percent of women aged 15-44 (2009) \\ ||Health expenditures|7.4% of GDP (2014) ||Physicians density|2.14 physicians/1,000 population (2012) ||Hospital bed density|10.3 beds/1,000 population (2009) ||Drinking water source|''improved'': \\ urban: 99.7% of population \\ rural: 87.9% of population \\ total: 97.8% of population \\ ''unimproved'': \\ urban: 0.3% of population \\ rural: 12.1% of population \\ total: 2.2% of population (2012 est.) \\ ||Sanitation facility access|''improved'': \\ urban: 100% of population \\ rural: 100% of population \\ total: 100% of population \\ ''unimproved'': \\ urban: 0% of population \\ rural: 0% of population \\ total: 0% of population (2015 est.) \\ ||HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate|NA ||HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS|NA ||HIV/AIDS - deaths|NA ||Obesity - adult prevalence rate|6.3% (2014) ||Children under the age of 5 years underweight|0.6% (2011) ||Education expenditures|4.6% of GDP (2012) ||School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)|''total'': 17 years \\ ''male'': 17 years \\ ''female'': 16 years (2013) \\ ||Unemployment, youth ages 15-24|''total'': 10% \\ ''male'': 11.2% \\ ''female'': 9.2% (2014 est.) \\