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South Korea: map and facts
South Korea is in Eastern Asia. It has about 51.7 million people (2025), the 29th largest population. It covers 100,460 km², the 107th largest by area. That is about 514 people per km². Its highest point is Halla-san, at 1,947 m. The longest river on its map is the Han, 514 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 51,684,564 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 100,460 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: Seoul
- Highest point: Halla-san, 1,947 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 64.4% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of South Korea, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Han: 514 km
- Nakdong: 506 km
- Namhan: 394 km
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Halla-san: 1,947 m (its highest point)
- Chiri-san: 1,915 m
- Sorak-san: 1,708 m
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Korean Peninsula.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): deciduous broadleaf forest 36.7%, wooded savanna 18.9%, farmland 18.1%, mixed forest 11.5%, towns and cities 5.8%, grassland 2.9%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): hills 48.5%, mountains 43.7%, plains 7.8%.
Forests covered 64.4% of its land in 2024, down from 67.9% in 1990 (World Bank).
Minerals and fuels
- World #5 in mica among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #9 in sulfur among the countries USGS lists (2025)
Neighbours
South Korea shares land borders with North Korea on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Credit: U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 data release (doi:10.5066/P1WKQ63T). Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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