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