South Africa — statistics

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FAQ about South Africa

What area of the South Africa ?

Area South Africa is 1219912 km²

What is the population of the South Africa ?

As of today, in the South Africa reside 57779622 person

What is the GDP in the South Africa ?

As of today, GDP South Africa is 368289 billion $

What is the national currency code of South Africa ?

International ISO code for the national currency of South Africa - zar

How many men in the South Africa ?

Today in South Africa lives 30659653 men

How many women in South Africa ?

Today in South Africa lives 31690235 women

What is the average age of a resident of South Africa ?

Average age of a resident South Africa as of today - 28 years old

How many babies are there in South Africa ?

Today in South Africa 5675188 babies. Of which the girls - 2802008, the boys - 2873180. By infants we mean young children under 4 years of age

How many young children in South Africa ?

As of today in South Africa 5762072 young children. Of these, the boys are - 2914247 and girls 2847826. These are children from 5 to 9 years old.

How many children are there in South Africa ?

Today in South Africa live 5769928 children. Of these, the boys are - 2914325 and girls - 2855603. These are children from 10 to 14 years old

How many teenagers there are in South Africa ?

Today in South Africa live 5429130 teenagers. These are people from 14 to 19 years old. Of these, the girls are - 2692634 , young men - 2736495.

How many long-livers there are in South Africa ?

Today in South Africa 64 of long-livers. These are people who are over 100 years old. Of these men 12 and women 51

What are the biggest cities in South Africa ?

Our website provides an up-to-date list of the top 100 largest cities in South Africa. It is always available at the link. The list is presented in a table sorted from largest to smallest.

What are the largest regions in South Africa?

Our website provides an up-to-date list of the top regions in South Africa. It is where the largest number of people in the country live. It is always available by link. The list is presented in a table sorted from the largest to the smallest.

62,349,889

30,659,653

31,690,235

1,219,912

368,289

5,907

Population by age

0-14 years old 17,207,188

15-29 years old 15,385,447

30-44 years old 14,948,559

45-59 years old 9,064,522

60-74 years old 4,605,818

75-89 years old 1,094,307

90+ years old 23,484

Male by age

0-14 years old 8,701,752

15-29 years old 7,739,332

30-44 years old 7,495,145

45-59 years old 4,357,502

60-74 years old 1,980,098

75-89 years old 370,253

90+ years old 5,098

Female by age

0-14 years old 8,505,437

15-29 years old 7,646,114

30-44 years old 7,453,413

45-59 years old 4,707,018

60-74 years old 2,625,719

75-89 years old 724,052

90+ years old 18,383

Details

Top 7 locations in South Africa

Cape Town	4,710,000
Durban	3,120,282
Johannesburg	2,026,469
Soweto	1,695,047
Pretoria	1,619,438
Port Elizabeth	967,677
Pietermaritzburg	750,845

List of the largest cities in South Africa (with the largest population). If you are interested in the answer to the question "What are the largest cities in South Africa?" you've come to the right place!

Rating South Africa cities by population

Top 7 largest regions in South Africa

Gauteng	15,810,388
KwaZulu-Natal	10,154,469
Eastern Cape	7,225,784
Western Cape	7,113,776
Limpopo	5,494,928
Mpumalanga	5,142,216
North West	3,895,126

List of the largest regions in South Africa (with the largest population). If you are interested in the answer to the question "What are the largest regions in South Africa?" you've come to the right place!

Rating of regions in South Africa by population

ZAR exchange rate

Exchange rates represented by the ExchangesBoard

The main milestones of South Africa population

1967	20,000,000
1982	30,000,000
1994	40,000,000
2009	50,000,000
2021	60,000,000
2038	70,000,000
2081	80,000,000

South Africa population is constantly growing, and we can estimate the main milestones of South Africa population

Sources of our data about South Africa

The main sources of data on the population, incidence of coronavirus and other in South Africa:

United Nations (UN) South Africa statistic;
World Bank South Africa statistic
World Health Organization (WHO) South Africa statistic;

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Statistics details

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Population by age
Male by age
Female by age

South Africa population, demographics, and projections to 2100

This graph provides information about the dynamics of changes in the quantitative composition of South Africa population: the Total number of inhabitants, the number of men, the number of women, and the average age of South Africa inhabitants.

In the table, we present similar data, taking into account the projections until 2100.

Year	Population	Male	Female	Median age
1950	13,628,434	6,866,883	6,761,551	21
1951	13,921,934	7,006,827	6,915,107	—
1952	14,226,257	7,151,170	7,075,087	—
1953	14,541,560	7,300,475	7,241,085	—
1954	14,868,163	7,455,286	7,412,877	—
1955	15,206,501	7,616,099	7,590,402	21
1956	15,557,198	7,783,397	7,773,801	—
1957	15,921,020	7,957,637	7,963,383	—
1958	16,298,795	8,139,197	8,159,598	—
1959	16,691,451	8,328,450	8,363,001	—
1960	17,099,836	8,525,730	8,574,106	20
1961	17,524,533	8,731,345	8,793,188	—
1962	17,965,733	8,945,525	9,020,208	—
1963	18,423,157	9,168,471	9,254,686	—
1964	18,896,303	9,400,373	9,495,930	—
1965	19,384,838	9,641,347	9,743,491	19
1966	19,888,259	9,891,210	9,997,049	—
1967	20,406,863	10,149,952	10,256,911	—
1968	20,942,147	10,418,102	10,524,045	—
1969	21,496,075	10,696,290	10,799,785	—
1970	22,069,783	10,984,786	11,084,997	19
1971	22,665,265	11,284,637	11,380,628	—
1972	23,281,517	11,595,252	11,686,265	—
1973	23,913,090	11,913,328	11,999,762	—
1974	24,552,540	12,234,403	12,318,137	—
1975	25,195,184	12,555,653	12,639,531	19
1976	25,836,890	12,874,487	12,962,403	—
1977	26,480,915	13,192,749	13,288,166	—
1978	27,138,966	13,517,440	13,621,526	—
1979	27,827,325	13,858,334	13,968,991	—
1980	28,556,771	14,221,869	14,334,902	19
1981	29,333,095	14,611,318	14,721,777	—
1982	30,150,448	15,023,014	15,127,434	—
1983	30,993,762	15,447,946	15,545,816	—
1984	31,841,588	15,873,315	15,968,273	—
1985	32,678,876	16,290,023	16,388,853	20
1986	33,495,956	16,693,182	16,802,774	—
1987	34,297,727	17,085,558	17,212,169	—
1988	35,100,905	17,474,802	17,626,103	—
1989	35,930,056	17,872,452	18,057,604	—
1990	36,800,507	18,285,907	18,514,600	20
1991	37,718,952	18,717,918	19,001,034	—
1992	38,672,611	19,162,965	19,509,646	—
1993	39,633,754	19,610,220	20,023,534	—
1994	40,564,061	20,044,658	20,519,403	—
1995	41,435,761	20,455,347	20,980,414	21
1996	42,241,007	20,839,575	21,401,432	—
1997	42,987,456	21,200,407	21,787,049	—
1998	43,682,259	21,539,952	22,142,307	—
1999	44,338,551	21,862,384	22,476,167	—
2000	44,967,713	22,171,606	22,796,107	23
2001	45,571,272	22,468,020	23,103,252	—
2002	46,150,913	22,752,951	23,397,962	—
2003	46,719,203	23,032,769	23,686,434	—
2004	47,291,610	23,315,480	23,976,130	—
2005	47,880,595	23,607,459	24,273,136	24
2006	48,489,464	23,910,124	24,579,340	—
2007	49,119,766	24,223,890	24,895,876	—
2008	49,779,472	24,552,622	25,226,850	—
2009	50,477,013	24,900,459	25,576,554	—
2010	51,216,967	25,269,501	25,947,466	25
2011	52,003,759	25,662,032	26,341,727	—
2012	52,832,659	26,075,395	26,757,264	—
2013	53,687,125	26,500,317	27,186,808	—
2014	54,544,184	26,924,050	27,620,134	—
2015	55,386,369	27,337,004	28,049,365	26
2016	56,207,649	27,735,713	28,471,936	—
2017	57,009,751	28,121,437	28,888,314	—
2018	57,792,520	28,495,093	29,297,427	—
2019	58,558,267	28,859,302	29,698,965	—
2020	59,308,690	29,216,012	30,092,678	28
2021	60,041,996	29,564,652	30,477,344	—
2022	60,756,134	29,903,979	30,852,155	—
2023	61,452,696	30,234,661	31,218,035	—
2024	62,134,218	30,557,665	31,576,553	28
2025	62,802,682	30,873,774	31,928,908	29
2026	63,458,390	31,183,180	32,275,210	—
2027	64,101,027	31,485,890	32,615,137	—
2028	64,731,152	31,782,190	32,948,962	—
2029	65,349,369	32,072,381	33,276,988	—
2030	65,956,090	32,356,661	33,599,429	30
2031	66,551,675	32,635,217	33,916,458	—
2032	67,136,191	32,908,105	34,228,086	—
2033	67,709,278	33,175,130	34,534,148	—
2034	68,270,351	33,435,989	34,834,362	—
2035	68,818,976	33,690,475	35,128,501	30
2036	69,354,996	33,938,483	35,416,513	—
2037	69,878,512	34,180,086	35,698,426	—
2038	70,389,621	34,415,361	35,974,260	—
2039	70,888,529	34,644,462	36,244,067	—
2040	71,375,306	34,867,447	36,507,859	32
2041	71,849,863	35,084,300	36,765,563	—
2042	72,311,943	35,294,872	37,017,071	—
2043	72,761,192	35,498,933	37,262,259	—
2044	73,197,186	35,696,176	37,501,010	—
2045	73,619,546	35,886,364	37,733,182	33
2046	74,028,114	36,069,414	37,958,700	—
2047	74,422,698	36,245,277	38,177,421	—
2048	74,802,859	36,413,734	38,389,125	—
2049	75,168,063	36,574,549	38,593,514	—
2050	75,517,909	36,727,565	38,790,344	34
2051	75,852,294	36,872,752	38,979,542	—
2052	76,171,202	37,010,149	39,161,053	—
2053	76,474,565	37,139,810	39,334,755	—
2054	76,762,382	37,261,829	39,500,553	—
2055	77,034,739	37,376,352	39,658,387	35
2056	77,291,703	37,483,465	39,808,238	—
2057	77,533,496	37,583,333	39,950,163	—
2058	77,760,484	37,676,211	40,084,273	—
2059	77,973,169	37,762,440	40,210,729	—
2060	78,172,048	37,842,337	40,329,711	36
2061	78,357,477	37,916,121	40,441,356	—
2062	78,529,796	37,984,026	40,545,770	—
2063	78,689,525	38,046,366	40,643,159	—
2064	78,837,173	38,103,472	40,733,701	—
2065	78,973,286	38,155,663	40,817,623	37
2066	79,098,295	38,203,176	40,895,119	—
2067	79,212,712	38,246,279	40,966,433	—
2068	79,317,154	38,285,308	41,031,846	—
2069	79,412,327	38,320,653	41,091,674	—
2070	79,498,839	38,352,638	41,146,201	37
2071	79,577,119	38,381,452	41,195,667	—
2072	79,647,578	38,407,258	41,240,320	—
2073	79,710,798	38,430,247	41,280,551	—
2074	79,767,418	38,450,603	41,316,815	—
2075	79,817,951	38,468,458	41,349,493	38
2076	79,862,739	38,483,944	41,378,795	—
2077	79,901,925	38,497,084	41,404,841	—
2078	79,935,562	38,507,760	41,427,802	—
2079	79,963,658	38,515,801	41,447,857	—
2080	79,986,092	38,521,017	41,465,075	39
2081	80,003,021	38,523,448	41,479,573	—
2082	80,014,494	38,523,118	41,491,376	—
2083	80,020,279	38,519,924	41,500,355	—
2084	80,020,100	38,513,749	41,506,351	—
2085	80,013,715	38,504,519	41,509,196	40
2086	80,001,124	38,492,245	41,508,879	—
2087	79,982,367	38,476,993	41,505,374	—
2088	79,957,312	38,458,832	41,498,480	—
2089	79,925,819	38,437,881	41,487,938	—
2090	79,887,795	38,414,234	41,473,561	40
2091	79,843,289	38,388,033	41,455,256	—
2092	79,792,455	38,359,395	41,433,060	—
2093	79,735,550	38,328,508	41,407,042	—
2094	79,672,830	38,295,513	41,377,317	—
2095	79,604,599	38,260,639	41,343,960	41
2096	79,531,145	38,224,101	41,307,044	—
2097	79,452,755	38,186,147	41,266,608	—
2098	79,369,724	38,147,064	41,222,660	—
2099	79,282,324	38,107,155	41,175,169	—
2100	79,190,832	38,066,761	41,124,071	41

Population of South Africa by various age groups and projections until 2100

In this graph, we provide you with detailed information about the age composition of South Africa population, so that you can assess the dynamics of growth/decline of South Africa population of various age groups.

In the table, we present similar data, taking into account the projections until 2100.

Year	0-20	20-39	40-59	60-79	80+
1950	6,548,999	4,038,886	2,162,001	788,744	89,804
1955	7,460,023	4,380,684	2,420,385	885,113	60,296
1960	8,589,858	4,748,984	2,708,730	988,456	63,808
1965	9,903,473	5,294,543	3,018,818	1,097,420	70,584
1970	11,422,594	5,940,276	3,365,262	1,258,975	82,676
1975	12,961,647	6,931,640	3,768,381	1,441,954	91,562
1980	14,611,924	8,005,878	4,184,260	1,649,751	104,958
1985	16,647,928	9,315,930	4,733,567	1,863,560	117,891
1990	18,562,651	10,690,835	5,273,883	2,124,559	148,579
1995	19,750,430	12,586,886	6,337,329	2,573,038	188,078
2000	20,231,993	14,341,975	7,293,350	2,874,782	225,613
2005	20,132,211	16,207,858	8,172,638	3,115,272	252,616
2010	20,273,594	18,064,353	9,206,623	3,373,991	298,406
2015	21,078,842	19,339,769	10,604,475	4,001,530	361,753
2020	21,994,779	20,296,814	11,954,807	4,640,496	421,794
2024	22,588,437	20,380,128	13,461,062	5,199,994	474,259
2025	22,736,851	20,400,955	13,837,628	5,339,871	487,377
2030	22,808,661	20,596,130	15,867,521	6,128,392	555,386
2035	22,552,922	21,250,610	17,350,590	6,982,321	682,533
2040	22,360,051	22,041,741	18,194,385	7,965,189	813,940
2045	22,211,360	22,710,196	18,380,168	9,369,693	948,129
2050	22,036,396	22,778,893	18,717,921	10,879,310	1,105,389
2055	21,758,080	22,560,801	19,469,515	11,944,902	1,301,441
2060	21,364,622	22,419,422	20,332,932	12,519,604	1,535,468
2065	20,940,484	22,314,629	21,055,015	12,753,962	1,909,196
2070	20,520,322	22,177,357	21,243,929	13,274,960	2,282,271
2075	20,126,966	21,933,926	21,179,306	14,101,766	2,475,987
2080	19,752,315	21,574,182	21,176,838	14,919,435	2,563,322
2085	19,367,655	21,181,324	21,195,379	15,569,381	2,699,976
2090	18,978,420	20,789,880	21,171,812	15,889,860	3,057,823
2095	18,594,241	20,422,963	21,041,724	16,082,632	3,463,039
2100	18,224,382	20,072,760	20,798,684	16,332,547	3,762,459

Male population of South Africa by various age groups and projections until 2100

In this graph, we provide you with detailed information about the age composition of the male population of South Africa, so that you can assess the dynamics of growth/decline of the male population of South Africa in various age groups.

In the table, we present similar data, taking into account the projections until 2100.

Year	0-20	20-39	40-59	60-79	80+
1950	3,297,401	2,083,886	1,087,000	359,078	39,518
1955	3,728,343	2,237,737	1,218,732	403,999	27,288
1960	4,290,273	2,398,474	1,359,507	449,827	27,649
1965	4,948,121	2,651,695	1,504,859	508,518	28,154
1970	5,716,925	2,967,346	1,680,488	588,090	31,937
1975	6,499,748	3,460,802	1,880,590	677,740	36,773
1980	7,341,956	3,988,340	2,079,494	770,910	41,169
1985	8,382,710	4,642,465	2,350,702	867,202	46,944
1990	9,355,470	5,294,933	2,590,724	986,993	57,787
1995	9,959,414	6,195,569	3,038,210	1,191,057	71,097
2000	10,200,447	7,118,013	3,481,436	1,289,505	82,205
2005	10,157,940	8,104,752	3,901,053	1,356,875	86,839
2010	10,228,030	9,089,021	4,414,501	1,441,300	96,649
2015	10,644,798	9,747,778	5,126,812	1,703,439	114,177
2020	11,109,346	10,219,090	5,797,358	1,961,856	128,362
2024	11,413,700	10,243,836	6,549,025	2,193,351	142,305
2025	11,489,788	10,250,023	6,736,945	2,251,226	145,792
2030	11,526,888	10,336,035	7,744,445	2,585,275	164,018
2035	11,396,443	10,661,617	8,472,952	2,958,527	200,936
2040	11,296,262	11,062,203	8,870,606	3,399,000	239,376
2045	11,218,110	11,403,291	8,947,495	4,036,043	281,425
2050	11,126,941	11,439,389	9,117,919	4,711,614	331,702
2055	10,984,246	11,330,126	9,497,065	5,171,146	393,769
2060	10,784,253	11,258,194	9,930,267	5,399,825	469,798
2065	10,569,798	11,204,512	10,291,938	5,497,039	592,376
2070	10,358,568	11,135,077	10,394,629	5,755,139	709,225
2075	10,161,858	11,013,541	10,377,109	6,151,805	764,145
2080	9,975,416	10,834,980	10,390,632	6,532,147	787,842
2085	9,784,474	10,641,043	10,414,530	6,831,449	833,023
2090	9,591,649	10,449,197	10,418,293	6,998,808	956,287
2095	9,401,736	10,270,856	10,371,411	7,124,528	1,092,108
2100	9,219,249	10,101,850	10,271,214	7,282,121	1,192,327

Female population of South Africa by various age groups and projections until 2100

In this graph, we provide you with detailed information about the age composition of the female population of South Africa, so that you can assess the dynamics of growth/decline of the female population of South Africa in various age groups.

In the table, we present similar data, taking into account the projections until 2100.

Year	0-20	20-39	40-59	60-79	80+
1950	3,251,598	1,955,000	1,075,001	429,666	50,286
1955	3,731,680	2,142,947	1,201,653	481,114	33,008
1960	4,299,585	2,350,510	1,349,223	538,629	36,159
1965	4,955,352	2,642,848	1,513,959	588,902	42,430
1970	5,705,669	2,972,930	1,684,774	670,885	50,739
1975	6,461,899	3,470,838	1,887,791	764,214	54,789
1980	7,269,968	4,017,538	2,104,766	878,841	63,789
1985	8,265,218	4,673,465	2,382,865	996,358	70,947
1990	9,207,181	5,395,902	2,683,159	1,137,566	90,792
1995	9,791,016	6,391,317	3,299,119	1,381,981	116,981
2000	10,031,546	7,223,962	3,811,914	1,585,277	143,408
2005	9,974,271	8,103,106	4,271,585	1,758,397	165,777
2010	10,045,564	8,975,332	4,792,122	1,932,691	201,757
2015	10,434,044	9,591,991	5,477,663	2,298,091	247,576
2020	10,885,433	10,077,724	6,157,449	2,678,640	293,432
2024	11,174,737	10,136,291	6,912,035	3,006,642	331,952
2025	11,247,063	10,150,932	7,100,683	3,088,645	341,585
2030	11,281,773	10,260,095	8,123,076	3,543,117	391,368
2035	11,156,479	10,588,993	8,877,638	4,023,794	481,597
2040	11,063,789	10,979,538	9,323,779	4,566,189	574,564
2045	10,993,250	11,306,905	9,432,673	5,333,650	666,704
2050	10,909,455	11,339,504	9,600,002	6,167,696	773,687
2055	10,773,834	11,230,675	9,972,450	6,773,756	907,672
2060	10,580,369	11,161,228	10,402,665	7,119,779	1,065,670
2065	10,370,686	11,110,117	10,763,077	7,256,923	1,316,820
2070	10,161,754	11,042,280	10,849,300	7,519,821	1,573,046
2075	9,965,108	10,920,385	10,802,197	7,949,961	1,711,842
2080	9,776,899	10,739,202	10,786,206	8,387,288	1,775,480
2085	9,583,181	10,540,281	10,780,849	8,737,932	1,866,953
2090	9,386,771	10,340,683	10,753,519	8,891,052	2,101,536
2095	9,192,505	10,152,107	10,670,313	8,958,104	2,370,931
2100	9,005,133	9,970,910	10,527,470	9,050,426	2,570,132

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