Executive Summery Part I

Geography

IndiaSouth Korea

LOCATIONSouthern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and PakistanEastern Asia, southern half of the Korean Peninsula bordering the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea

AREAtotal: 3,287,263 sq km land: 2,973,193 sq km water: 314,070 sq kmtotal:99,720 sq kmland:96,920 sq kmwater:2,800 sq km

LAND BOUNDARIEStotal: 14,103 kmtotal:237 kmborder countries:North Korea 237 km

COASTLINE7,000 km2,413 km

Demographics

IndiaSouth Korea

POPULATION1,236,344,631 (July 2014 est.)49,039,986 (July 2014 est.)

POPULATION GROWTH RATE1.25% (2014 est.)0.16% (2014 est.)

BIRTH RATE19.89 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)8.26 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

DEATH RATE7.35 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)6.63 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)

NATIONALITY noun: Indian(s) adjective: Indian noun:Korean(s)adjective:Korean

RELIGION Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1% 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 writetotal population:62.8%male:75.2%female:50.8% (2006 est.)Definition:age 15 and over can read and writetotal population:97.9%male:99.2%female:96.6% (2002)

URBANIZATIONurban population:31.3% of total population (2011)rate of urbanization:2.47% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)urban population:83.2% of total population (2011)

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

Major cities of countryNEW DELHI, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, HyderabadSEOUL, Busan (Pusan), Incheon (Inch'on), Daegu (Taegu), Daejon (Taejon), Gwangju

GovernmentIndiaSouth Korea

COUNTRY NAME conventional long form: Republic of India Short Form (India) conventional long form:Republic of KoreaShort form (South Korea)

GOVERNMENT TYPE federal republic Republic

INDEPENDENCE15 August 1947 (from the UK)15 August 1945 (from Japan)

CapitalNew Delhi

Seoul

Structure of Governmentchief 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

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

NATIONAL ANTHEM name:"Jana-Gana-Mana" (Thou Art the Ruler of the Minds of All People)lyrics/music:Rabindranath TAGOREnote:adopted 1950; Rabindranath TAGORE, a Nobel laureate, also wrote Bangladesh's national anthemname:"Aegukga" (Patriotic Song)lyrics/music:YUN Ch'i-Ho or AN Ch'ang-Ho/AHN Eaktaynote:adopted 1948, well-known by 1910; both North Korea and South Korea's anthems share the same name and have a vaguely similar melody but have different lyrics

Economy

GDP - composition by sectoragriculture: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.)2.8% (2013 est.)2% (2012 est.)3.7% (2011 est.)

GDP - PER CAPITA (PPP) $4,000 (2013 est.)$3,900 (2012 est.)

$33,200 (2013 est.)$32,400 (2012 est.)

CurrencyIndian RupeeSouth korean Won

Conversion1.00 INR = 17.62 KRW1.00 KRW = 0.06 INR

Inflation rate (consumer prices)9.6% (2013 est.)9.7% (2012 est.)1.1% (2013 est.)2.2% (2012 est.)

Exports - commoditiespetroleum products, precious stones, machinery, iron and steel, chemicals, vehicles, apparelsemiconductors, 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.)$557.3 billion (2013 est.)$547.9 billion (2012 est.)

Imports - commoditiescrude oil, precious stones, machinery, fertilizer, iron and steel, chemicalsmachinery, electronics and electronic equipment, oil, steel, optical instruments, transport equipment, organic chemicals, plastics

Imports$467.5 billion (2013 est.)$488.9 billion (2012 est.)$516.6 billion (2013 est.)$519.6 billion (2012 est.)

Fiscal year1 April - 31 Marchcalendar year

Bilateral Trades between India & South Korea (Pendin......g)