Executive Summery Part I

India

South Korea

Southern Asia, bordering the

Arabian Sea and the Bay of
Bengal, between Burma and
Pakistan

Eastern Asia, southern half of

the Korean Peninsula bordering
the Sea of Japan and the Yellow
Sea

AREA

total: 3,287,263 sq km
land: 2,973,193 sq km
water: 314,070 sq km

total: 99,720 sq km
land: 96,920 sq km
water: 2,800 sq km

LAND BOUNDARIES

total: 14,103 km

total: 237 km
border countries: North
Korea 237 km

COASTLINE

7,000 km

2,413 km

Geography
LOCATION

India

South Korea

POPULATION

1,236,344,631 (July
2014 est.)

49,039,986 (July 2014

est.)

POPULATION GROWTH
RATE
BIRTH RATE

1.25% (2014 est.)

0.16% (2014 est.)

19.89 births/1,000
population (2014 est.)

8.26 births/1,000
population (2014 est.)

DEATH RATE

7.35 deaths/1,000
population (2014 est.)

6.63 deaths/1,000
population (2014 est.)

NATIONALITY

noun: Indian(s)
adjective: Indian
Hindu 80.5%, Muslim
13.4%, Christian 2.3%,
Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%,
unspecified 0.1%

noun: Korean(s)
adjective: Korean
Christian 31.6%
(Protestant 24%, Roman
Catholic 7.6%), Buddhist
24.2%, other or unknown
0.9%, none 43.3%

LANGUAGES

Hindi 41%, Bengali

8.1%, Telugu 7.2%,
Marathi 7%, Tamil 5.9%,
Urdu 5%, Gujarati 4.5%,
Kannada 3.7%,
Malayalam 3.2%, Oriya
3.2%, Punjabi 2.8%,
Assamese 1.3%, Maithili
1.2%, other 5.9%

Korean, English (widely

taught in junior high and
high school)

LITERACY

Definition: age 15 and

over can read and write
total population: 62.8%
male: 75.2%
female: 50.8% (2006
est.)
urban
population: 31.3% of
total population (2011)

Definition: age 15 and

over can read and write
total population: 97.9%
male: 99.2%
female: 96.6% (2002)

rate of
urbanization: 2.47%
annual rate of change
(2010-15 est.)

rate of
urbanization: 0.71%
annual rate of change
(2010-15 est.)

Demographic
s

RELIGION

URBANIZATION

urban population: 83.2%

of total population
(2011)

Major cities of country

NEW DELHI, Mumbai,
Kolkata, Chennai,
Bangalore, Hyderabad

SEOUL, Busan (Pusan),

Incheon (Inch'on), Daegu
(Taegu), Daejon (Taejon),
Gwangju

India

South Korea

COUNTRY NAME

conventional long form:

Republic of India
Short Form (India)

conventional long
form: Republic of
Korea
Short form (South Korea)

GOVERNMENT TYPE

federal republic

Republic

INDEPENDENCE

15 August 1947 (from

the UK)

15 August 1945 (from

Japan)

Government

Capital
Structure of Government

New Delhi
chief of state: President
Pranab MUKHERJEE (since 22
July 2012);
head of government: Prime
Minister Narendra MODI (since
26 May 2014)
cabinet: Union Council of
Ministers appointed by the
president on the
recommendation of the prime
minister

NATIONAL ANTHEM

name: "Jana-GanaMana" (Thou Art the

Ruler of the Minds of All
People)
lyrics/music: Rabindra
nath TAGORE
note: adopted 1950;

Seoul
chief of state: President PARK
Geun-hye (since 25 February
2013)
head of government: (vacant);
note - Prime Minister CHUNG
Hong-won resigned 27 April
2014;
MOON Chang-keuk was
nominated Prime Minister 10
June 2014 and awaits
parliamentary confirmation;
cabinet: State Council
appointed by the president on
the prime minister's
recommendation

name: "Aegukga"
(Patriotic Song)
lyrics/music: YUN Ch'iHo or AN Ch'ang-Ho/AHN
Eaktay
note: adopted 1948,
well-known by 1910; both

Rabindranath TAGORE, a North Korea and South

Nobel laureate, also
Korea's anthems share
wrote Bangladesh's
the same name and have
national anthem
a vaguely similar melody
but have different lyrics
Economy

GDP - composition by
sector

agriculture: 17.4%
industry: 25.8%
services: 56.9% (2013
est.)

agriculture: 2.6%
industry: 39.2%
services: 58.2% (2013
est.)

GDP - REAL GROWTH

RATE

3.2% (2013 est.)

5.1% (2012 est.)
7.5% (2011 est.)
$4,000 (2013 est.)
$3,900 (2012 est.)

2.8% (2013 est.)

2% (2012 est.)
3.7% (2011 est.)
$33,200 (2013 est.)
$32,400 (2012 est.)

Currency

Indian Rupee

South korean Won

Conversion

1.00 INR = 17.62 KRW

1.00 KRW = 0.06 INR

Inflation rate
(consumer prices)
Exports - commodities

9.6% (2013 est.)

9.7% (2012 est.)
petroleum products,
precious stones,
machinery, iron and
steel, chemicals,
vehicles, apparel

1.1% (2013 est.)

2.2% (2012 est.)
semiconductors, wireless
telecommunications
equipment, motor
vehicles, auto parts,
computers, display,
home appliances, wire
telecommunication
equipment, steel, ships,
petrochemicals

Exports

$313.2 billion (2013

est.)
$296.8 billion (2012
est.)
crude oil, precious
stones, machinery,
fertilizer, iron and steel,
chemicals

$557.3 billion (2013 est.)

$547.9 billion (2012 est.)

GDP - PER CAPITA (PPP)

Imports - commodities

machinery, electronics
and electronic
equipment, oil, steel,
optical instruments,
transport equipment,
organic chemicals,

plastics
Imports

Fiscal year

$467.5 billion (2013

est.)
$488.9 billion (2012
est.)
1 April - 31 March

$516.6 billion (2013 est.)

$519.6 billion (2012 est.)

calendar year

Bilateral Trades between India & South

Korea (Pendin......g)