Surface area: 98,480 km2
Capital: Seoul
Population: 51 million
Ethnic structure: Koreans, and Chinese 0.04%
Languages: Korean
Religions: Christianity 49%, Buddhism 47%, Confucianism 3% and others including Shamanism and more recent religious movements
Surface area: 120,540 km2
Capital: Pyongyang
Population: 24 million
Ethnic structure: Koreans
Languages: Korean
Religions: Atheism (Totalitarian Stalinism), although official records mention shamanism, Christianity, Buddhism, and others
Since 1948 Korea has been divided into two states, into democratic South Korea (Republic of Korea) and into single-party, communist North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea). Before the division the regions shared, to a great extent, a common culture.