Recognised as Country
South Korea
- KR
- Asia
- KRW
- .kr
South Korea (KR/KOR) is a country in Asia with its capital at Seoul. It covers about 100,210 km² with a population of roughly 51,700,000, uses the KRW, dials on +82, owns the .kr internet domain and keeps its capital on Asia/Seoul. It borders 1 country.
Identity
Official short nameSouth Korea
CapitalSeoul
ContinentAsia
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2KR
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3KOR
Internet TLD.kr
Calling code+82
Currency codeKRW
Geography
Latitude35.9078° N
Longitude127.7669° E
HemisphereNorthern and Eastern
Area100,210 km²38,691 square miles
Land neighbours1
Distance from London9,052 kmto the approximate centre of South Korea, not to Seoul. NE, bearing 40.3°
Time
These values depend on today’s date and change daily.
Time zone of the capitalAsia/Seoulthe IANA zone for Seoul; a large country spans several zones
Standard offsetUTC+09:00
Observes daylight savingNothe offset is the same all year
Offset in JanuaryUTC+09:00
Offset in JulyUTC+09:00
Current offsetUTC+09:00
Local time now23 Sept 2026, 03:10
Hours ahead of UTC9
Population & scale
Population51,700,000≈estimate, 2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact
Population density515.9 per km²≈
Share of world population0.638%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion
Area rank in this dataset107 of 196
Population rank in this dataset29 of 196
Neighbouring countries
North Korea493 km centre to centre
About this data
Dataset version2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact
Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform
Last updated2026-09-10
StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change
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