South KoreaDid you know?
- •South Korea is roughly the size of Iceland, but with 50 million inhabitants — one of the most densely populated countries in the world.
- •South Korea went from one of the poorest countries in the 1950s to the 13th largest economy in the world in just a few decades.
- •The DMZ between North and South Korea has become an accidental nature reserve, home to rare wildlife.
Key Information
Capital
Seoul
Population
51,2 million
Area
100,210 km²
GDP
1,9 trillion $
Currency
KRW
Difficulty on MapGuesser
Easy
Subregion
Eastern Asia
Calling code
+82
MapGuesser Tip
South Korea occupies the southern half of the Korean Peninsula — look for the peninsula between China and Japan.
Official Languages
Korean
Flag Colors
blancrougebleunoir
Flag History
The national flag of the Republic of Korea, also known as the Taegeukgi, consists of three components: a white rectangular background, a red and blue taegeuk in its center, accompanied by four black trigrams, one in each corner. The predecessors to the current Taegeukgi were used as the national flag of Korea by the Joseon dynasty, the Korean Empire, as well as the Korean government-in-exile during Japanese rule. South Korea adopted Taegeukgi for its national flag in 1948.
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