Korea, Rep. vs United Kingdom

This page compares Korea, Rep. and United Kingdom across 50 key World Bank indicators, grouped by category. Pick any indicator below to see the full side-by-side trend, ranking, and difference.

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Health & Population

Indicator	Korea, Rep.	United Kingdom	Detail
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)	7.00	9.70	Compare →
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)	4.70	9.89	Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female	2.66M	5.80M	Compare →
Population, male (% of total population)	49.91	49.24	Compare →
Rural population (% of total population)	18.83	16.76	Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)	53.42	90.74	Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)	80.80	79.54	Compare →
Urban population growth (annual %)	0.08	1.17	Compare →
Population, male	25.83M	34.09M	Compare →
Population ages 15-64, total	36.31M	43.83M	Compare →
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)	27.47	30.80	Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population)	16.91	18.06	Compare →
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)	70.16	63.32	Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male	4.37M	6.16M	Compare →
Urban population	42.01M	57.63M	Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)	20.50	56.40	Compare →
Population, female (% of total population)	50.09	50.76	Compare →
Rural population	9.75M	11.60M	Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, total	9.97M	13.50M	Compare →
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)	15.06	27.14	Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population)	72.23	64.05	Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population)	10.27	16.50	Compare →
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births)	1.06	1.06	Compare →
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort)	90.56	87.07	Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)	86.60	83.33	Compare →
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)	0.75	1.55	Compare →
Urban population (% of total population)	81.17	83.24	Compare →
Population ages 0-14, total	5.47M	11.90M	Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population)	21.63	20.90	Compare →
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort)	96.25	91.60	Compare →
Population, total	51.75M	69.23M	Compare →
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)	42.53	57.94	Compare →
Population growth (annual %)	0.07	1.07	Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population)	68.10	62.61	Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population)	10.86	17.90	Compare →
Population, female	25.92M	35.14M	Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female	5.61M	7.34M	Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female	17.65M	22.00M	Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)	83.63	81.39	Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male	2.81M	6.10M	Compare →
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)	0.53	7.82	Compare →
Net migration	65,731.00	389,911.00	Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male	18.66M	21.83M	Compare →
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)	19.27	19.50	Compare →
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)	10.57	17.19	Compare →
International migrant stock (% of population)	3.50	17.10	Compare →

Environment

Indicator	Korea, Rep.	United Kingdom	Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)	529.84	283.11	Compare →

Agriculture

Indicator	Korea, Rep.	United Kingdom	Detail
Surface area (sq. km)	100,450.00	243,610.00	Compare →
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)	2,520.98	8,983.56	Compare →
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)	2.54	3.72	Compare →

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Source: World Bank Open Data, CC BY 4.0. Values shown are the most recent reported year for each indicator and may differ between countries.