_#_Natural resources: coal, tungsten, graphite, molybdenum, lead, hydropower
_#_Land use: arable land 21%; permanent crops 1%; meadows and pastures 1%; forest and woodland 67%; other 10%; includes irrigated 12%
_#_Environment: occasional typhoons bring high winds and floods; earthquakes in southwest; air pollution in large cities
_#_Notes: strategic location along the Korea Strait, Sea of Japan, and Yellow Sea
_*People #_Population: 43,134,386 (July 1991), growth rate 0.8% (1991)
_#_Birth rate: 15 births/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Death rate: 6 deaths/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Net migration rate: - 1 migrant/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Infant mortality rate: 23 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)
_#_Life expectancy at birth: 67 years male, 73 years female (1991)