South Korea
South Korea
Capital Seoul
99,720 km² · 51,684,564 people (2025) · South Korean won
About seventy percent mountain, so the population is packed into the valleys and coastal plains; the Seoul metropolitan area holds roughly half the country. Jeju Island is a shield volcano whose lava tube system is among the finest in the world. South Korea has the fastest average internet connections of any large country.
The facts
- Capital
- Seoul
- Area
- 99,720 km² — 38,502 sq mi
- Population
- 51,684,564 (2025)
- Density
- 518.3 people per km²
- Currency
- South Korean won (KRW, ₩)
- Official language
- Korean
- Time zone
- UTC+09:00
- Calling code
- +82
- Drives on the
- right
- ISO codes
- KR · KOR
- Continent
- Asia
How it compares
- By area
- 108 of 200
- By population
- 29 of 200
Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.
Countries of a similar size
| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Guatemala | 108,889 | 18,687,881 |
| Iceland | 103,000 | 392,404 |
| South Korea ← | 99,720 | 51,684,564 |
| Hungary | 93,028 | 9,514,251 |
| Portugal | 92,090 | 10,804,871 |
Common questions
- What is the capital of South Korea?
- Seoul
- What currency does South Korea use?
- The South Korean won (KRW).
- How big is South Korea?
- 99,720 km², or 38,502 square miles — 108 of 200 by area.
- Which side of the road does South Korea drive on?
- The right.
Related pages
Sources
- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (Public domain (US Government))
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (CC BY 4.0)