This document provides demographic, economic, and cultural information about countries in East Asia. It details the population, growth rate, life expectancy, gender distribution, currency, GDP, literacy rate, employment, unemployment, predominant industries, languages, and religions of China, Japan, North Korea, Mongolia, and South Korea. Key facts include China having the largest population at over 1.3 billion people, Japan having the highest life expectancy at 83.9 years, and South Korea having the highest literacy rate at 97.9%.

1. THE PEOPLE OF
EAST ASIA

2. EAST ASIA
CHINA JAPAN

3. EAST ASIA
NORTH KOREA MONGOLIA

4. EAST ASIA
SOUTH KOREA

5. DEMOGRAPHICS OF EAST ASIA
COUNTRY POPULATION POPULATION
GROWTH
RATE
MIGRATION
RATE
LIFE
EXPECTANCY
GENDER
DISTRIBUTI-
ON
CHINA 1,349,585,838 0.481 0 74.84 1.06
JAPAN 127,253,075 -0.077 0 83.91 0.95
NORTH
KOREA
24,720,407 0.535 -0.04 69.2 0.95
MONGOLIA 3,226,516 1.469 0 68.63 1
SOUTH
KOREA
48,955,203 0.204 0 79.3 1

6. ECONOMIC PROFILE
COUNTRY CURRENCY GROSS DOMESTIC
PRODUCT
LIVELIHOOD
DISTRIBUTION
CHINA RENMINBI YUAN
(RMB)
12.38 TRILLION $9 100
JAPAN YEN (JPY) 4.62 TRILLON $36 200
NORTH
KOREA
NORTH KOREAN
WON (KPW)
40 BILLION $1 800
MONGOLIA TURGIK (MNT) 15.22 BILLION $5 400
SOUTH KOREA SOUTH KOREAN
WON (KRV)
1.62 TRILLION $32 400

7. ECONOMIC PROFILE
COUNTRY LIVELIHOOD
DISTRIBUTION
LITERACY RATE EMPLOYMENT
RATE
UNEMPLOYMENT
RATE
CHINA A- 36.7 I- 28.7
S- 34.6
92.2% 75 6.4
JAPAN A- 3.9 I- 26.2
S- 69.8
99% 70 4.4
N. KOREA A- 23.1 I- 47.5
S- 29.4
99% 64 NA
MONGOLIA A- 15.1 I- 33.8
S- 51.2
97.8% 58 9
S. KOREA A- 2.7 I- 39.8
S- 57.5
97.9% 64 3.80
LEGEND :
A- AGRICULTURE
I- INDUSTRY
S- SERVICES

8. BASIC CULTURAL FACTS
COUNTRY NATIONALITY CULTURAL GROUP LANGUAGE RELIGION
CHINA CHINESE HAN CHINESE: 91.5
OTHERS: 8.5
MANDARIN
(OFFICIAL)
TAOIST*
BUDDHISM*
CHRISTIANITY: 3-4
ISLAM: 1-2
JAPAN JAPANESE JAPANESE: 98.5
KOREANS: 0.5
CHINESE: 0.4
OTHERS: 0.6
NIHONGO SHINTOISM: 83.9
BUDDHISM: 71.4
CHRISTIANITY: 2
OTHERS: 7.8

9. BASIC CULTURAL FACTS
COUNTRY NATIONALITY CULTURAL GROUP LANGUAGE RELIGION
NORTH
KOREA
KOREAN RACIALLY
HOMOGENEOUS
KOREAN BUDDHISM*
CONFUCIANISM*
CHRISTIANITY*
SYNCRETIC
CHONDOGYO
MONGOLIA MONGOLIAN MONGOL: 94.9
TURKIC: 5
OTHERS: 0.1
KHALKHA
MONGOL
BUDDHIST: 50
CHRISTIANITY: 6
ISLAM: 4

10. BASIC CULTURAL FACTS
COUNTRY NATIONALITY CULTURAL GROUP LANGUAGE RELIGION
SOUTH
KOREA
KOREAN HOMOGENEOUS
(EXCEPT FOR ABOUT
20,000 CHINESE)
KOREAN
(HANGUL)
CHRISTIANITY: 31.6
PROTESTANTISM: 24
ROMAN
CATHOLICISM: 7.6
BUDDHISM: 24.2