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DemographicsofSouthAfricaWikipedia

DemographicsofSouthAfrica
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ThedemographicsofSouthAfricaencompassesabout
56[1]millionpeopleofdiverseorigins,cultures,languages,and
religions.Thelastcensuswasheldin2011andthenextwillbe
takenanywherefrom20162021.

DemographicsofSouthAfrica

In2011,StatisticsSouthAfricacounted2.1millionforeignersin
total.[3]However,numerousreportssuggestthatthatisavast
underestimation.Therealfiguremayinfactbeashighasfive
million,[4]includingsomethreemillionZimbabweans.[5]

Contents

PopulationofSouthAfrica,19612008

1 Population
1.1 Historicalpopulation
1.2 U.N.populationprojections:2010to2050
1.3 Ageandpopulationestimates:1950to2010
1.4 Historicalcensuses
1.4.1 1904Census
1.4.2 1960Census
1.5 FertilityRate(TheDemographicHealthSurvey)
[17]

2 Vitalstatistics
2.1 Ageandsexdistribution
2.2 Ageandracedistribution
2.2.1 Agedistributionwithineachracialgroup
2.2.1.1 Bygeneration
2.2.1.2 Byfiveyearcohorts
2.2.2 Racialcompositionofeachagegroupin
2015(estimates)
3 Ethnicgroups
4 Languages
4.1 Byethnicity
5 Religion
5.1 Byethnicity
6 Immigration
6.1 Immigrationfigures
7 Largestmunicipalities
8 Graphsandmaps
9 Seealso
10 References
11 Furtherreading
12 Externallinks

Population

Population

55,908,900(July2016est.)[1]

Density

45.78/km2

Growthrate

1.34%[2]

Birthrate

19.61births/1,000population(2010est.)

Deathrate

16.99deaths/1,000population(2010
est.)

Lifeexpectancy 61years(2012est.)
male

59years(2012est.)

female

63years(2012est.)

Fertilityrate

2.4childrenborn/woman(2013est.)

Infant
mortalityrate

43.78deaths/1,000
Agestructure

014years

28.9%(male7,093,328/female
7,061,579)

1564years

65.8%(male16,275,424/female
15,984,181)

65andover

5.4%(male1,075,117/female1,562,860)
(2010est.)
Sexratio

Total

0.99male(s)/female(2010est.)

Atbirth

1.02male(s)/female

Under15

1male(s)/female

1564years

1.02male(s)/female

65andover

0.68male(s)/female

Historicalpopulation

Nationality

U.N.populationprojections:2010to2050

Nationality

SouthAfrican
Language

Populationprojections
Year

Pop.

2015
2020

54,957,000
57,296,000

+4.3%

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_South_Africa

Official

SeeLanguagesofSouthAfrica

Historicalpopulation
Year

Pop.

%p.a.
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