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	<country name="REPUBLIC OF KOREA">

		<topic title="Population size and growth">

			<variable description="Population size (thousands)">

				<source1>34 721</source1>
				<source2>40 505</source2>
				<source3>44 651</source3>
				<source4>48 333</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Annual growth rate (percentage)">
			<sup>*</sup>

				<source1>2.0</source1>
				<source2>1.6</source2>
				<source3>0.8</source3>
				<source4>0.4</source4>
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		<topic title="Population age structure">

			<variable description="Percentage of population under age 15">

				<source1>38</source1>
				<source2>30</source2>
				<source3>23</source3>
				<source4>17</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Percentage of population aged 60 or over">

				<source1>6</source1>
				<source2>7</source2>
				<source3>9</source3>
				<source4>15</source4>
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		<topic title="Fertility and family planning">

			<variable description="Total fertility (children per woman)">
			<sup>*</sup>

				<source1>4.3</source1>
				<source2>2.2</source2>
				<source3>1.7</source3>
				<source4>1.2</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Adolescent fertility rate (per 1,000 women, aged 15 - 19)">
			<sup>*</sup>

				<source1>..</source1>
				<source2>..</source2>
				<source3>4.0</source3>
				<source4>5.0</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Percentage of births to women under age 20">
			<sup>*</sup>

				<source1>..</source1>
				<source2>..</source2>
				<source3>1</source3>
				<source4>2</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Percentage of births to women aged 35 or over">
			<sup>*</sup>

				<source1>..</source1>
				<source2>..</source2>
				<source3>4</source3>
				<source4>22</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Percentage of married women using contraception">

				<var1 description="Modern methods">

				<source1>27</source1>
				<source2>59</source2>
				<source3>70</source3>
				<source4>..</source4>

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					<note1 value="a"/>
					<note3 value="b"/>
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				</var1>
				<var1 description="All methods">

				<source1>35</source1>
				<source2>70</source2>
				<source3>81</source3>
				<source4>80</source4>

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					<note3 value="b"/>
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		<topic title="Health and mortality">

			<variable description="Life expectancy at birth (years)">
<sup>*</sup>

				<var1 description="Males">

				<source1>58</source1>
				<source2>63</source2>
				<source3>69</source3>
				<source4>76</source4>
				</var1>

				<var1 description="Females">

				<source1>64</source1>
				<source2>71</source2>
				<source3>77</source3>
				<source4>83</source4>
				</var1>

				<var1 description="Both sexes combined">

				<source1>61</source1>
				<source2>67</source2>
				<source3>73</source3>
				<source4>79</source4>
				</var1>

			</variable>
			<variable description="Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)">
			<sup>*</sup>

				<source1>58</source1>
				<source2>27</source2>
				<source3>9</source3>
				<source4>4</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Under-five mortality (per 1,000 live births)">
			<sup>*</sup>

				<source1>..</source1>
				<source2>34</source2>
				<source3>12</source3>
				<source4>6</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) (2005)">

				<source1>..</source1>
				<source2>..</source2>
				<source3>..</source3>
				<source4>14</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="HIV/AIDS">

				<var1 description="People living with HIV/AIDS (thousands)">

				<source1>..</source1>
				<source2>..</source2>
				<source3>1.7</source3>
				<source4>13</source4>

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					<note4 value="d"/>
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				</var1>
				<var1 description="Adult prevalence (percentage)">

				<source1>..</source1>
				<source2>..</source2>
				<source3>..</source3>
				<source4>&lt;0.1</source4>

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					<note4 value="d"/>
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		<topic title="Spatial distribution">

			<variable description="Population density (per sq. km)">

				<source1>349</source1>
				<source2>407</source2>
				<source3>449</source3>
				<source4>486</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Urban population (percentage)">

				<source1>48</source1>
				<source2>65</source2>
				<source3>78</source3>
				<source4>82</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Annual urban population growth rate (percentage)">

				<source1>5.2</source1>
				<source2>3.8</source2>
				<source3>1.4</source3>
				<source4>0.6</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Annual rural population growth rate (percentage)">

				<source1>-1.6</source1>
				<source2>-4.2</source2>
				<source3>-1.1</source3>
				<source4>-1.0</source4>
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		<topic title="International migration">

			<variable description="Migrant stock">

				<var1 description="Number of migrants (thousands)">

				<source1>305</source1>
				<source2>560</source2>
				<source3>584</source3>
				<source4>535</source4>

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				</var1>
				<var1 description="As percentage of total population">

				<source1>0.9</source1>
				<source2>1.4</source2>
				<source3>1.3</source3>
				<source4>1.1</source4>

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					<note4 value="**"/>
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				</var1>
			</variable>
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	<fntext>
		<num1>*</num1>
		<desc1>For the periods 1970-1975, 1980-1985, 1990-1995 and 2005-2010.</desc1>
		<num2>**</num2>
		<desc2>For 2010.</desc2>
		<num2>`</num2>
		<desc2></desc2>
		<num3>a</num3>
		<desc3>For 1974.</desc3>
		<num4>b</num4>
		<desc4>For 1997.</desc4>
		<num5>c</num5>
		<desc5>For 2005.</desc5>
		<num6>d</num6>
		<desc6>For 2007.</desc6>

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