Asia · Eastern Asia
South Korea 🇰🇷
Capital: Seoul · Native name: 대한민국
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
KR
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
KOR
Phone dial code
+82
Internet TLD
.kr
Currency
KRW ₩
Exchange rate
1 USD = 1,480.1581 KRW
Population
51,159,889
Area (km²)
98,480
KRW → USD conversions
| USD | KRW |
|---|---|
| $1 | 1,480.16 ₩ |
| $5 | 7,400.79 ₩ |
| $10 | 14,801.58 ₩ |
| $50 | 74,007.91 ₩ |
| $100 | 148,015.81 ₩ |
| $500 | 740,079.05 ₩ |
| $1000 | 1,480,158.1 ₩ |
Rate refreshed every 4 hours. See live KRW rates for all currencies →
Timezones
Asia/Seoul
KST · UTC+09:00 · Korea Standard Time
States / provinces · 17 total
Busan
26 · metropolitan city
Daegu
27 · metropolitan city
Daejeon
30 · metropolitan city
Gangwon
42 · special self-governing province
Gwangju
29 · metropolitan city
Gyeonggi
41 · province
Incheon
28 · metropolitan city
Jeju
49 · special self-governing province
North Chungcheong
43 · province
North Gyeongsang
47 · province
North Jeolla
45 · province
Sejong City
50 · special self-governing city
Seoul
11 · special city
South Chungcheong
44 · province
South Gyeongsang
48 · province
South Jeolla
46 · province
Ulsan
31 · metropolitan city
Cities in Busan · sample from metropolitan city
Buk-gu
Asia/Seoul
Busan
Asia/Seoul
Dongnae-gu
Asia/Seoul
Gangseo-gu
Asia/Seoul
Geumjeong-gu
Asia/Seoul
Gijang
Asia/Seoul
Gijang-gun
Asia/Seoul
Haeundae-gu
Asia/Seoul
Jung-gu
Asia/Seoul
Nam-gu
Asia/Seoul
Saha-gu
Asia/Seoul
Sasang-gu
Asia/Seoul
Want every city in South Korea? See all 150,000+ cities or query the /v1/countries/KR/states endpoint.
Country name in other languages
ar
كوريا الجنوبية
br
Republik Korea
de
Südkorea
es
Corea del Sur
fa
کره شمالی
fr
Corée du Sud
hi
दक्षिण कोरिया
hr
Južna Koreja
it
Corea del Sud
ja
大韓民国
ko
대한민국
nl
Zuid-Korea
Get this data from the API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
"https://api.apogeoapi.com/v1/countries/KR?include=full"
# Returns:
# {
# "iso2": "KR", "iso3": "KOR",
# "name": "South Korea",
# "capital": "Seoul",
# "currency": "KRW",
# "currencyRate": { "rate": 1480.1581, "base": "USD" },
# "phoneCode": "82",
# "flagUrl": "https://flagcdn.com/kr.svg",
# ...
# }Use this data in your app today
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