| People | South Africa |
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Population:
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49,004,031 (July 2011 est.)
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected |
Population density:
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41 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 62% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 1.2% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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Johannesburg 3.607 million; Cape Town 3.353 million; Ekurhuleni (East Rand) 3.144 million; Durban 2.837 million; PRETORIA (capital) 1.404 million (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 28.5% (male 6,998,726/female 6,959,542)
15-64 years: 65.8% (male 16,287,314/female 15,972,046)
65 years and over: 5.7% (male 1,125,709/female 1,660,694) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 25 years
male: 24.7 years
female: 25.3 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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-0.38% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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19.48 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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17.09 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-6.19 migrant(s)/1,000 population
note: there is an increasing flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa and Botswana in search of better economic opportunities (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.68 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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410 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 43.2 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 47.19 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 39.14 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 49.33 years
male: 50.24 years
female: 48.39 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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2.3 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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8.5% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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0.77 physicians/1,000 population (2004) |
Hospital bed density:
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2.84 beds/1,000 population (2005) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 99% of population
rural: 78% of population
total: 91% of population
unimproved:
urban: 1% of population
rural: 22% of population
total: 9% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 84% of population
rural: 65% of population
total: 77% of population
unimproved:
urban: 16% of population
rural: 35% of population
total: 23% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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degree of risk: intermediate
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
water contact disease: schistosomiasis (2009) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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17.8% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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5.6 million (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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310,000 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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void |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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void |
Nationality:
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noun: South African(s)
adjective: South African |
Ethnic groups:
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black African 79%, white 9.6%, colored 8.9%, Indian/Asian 2.5% (2001 census) |
Religions:
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Protestant 36.6% (Zionist Christian 11.1%, Pentecostal/Charismatic 8.2%, Methodist 6.8%, Dutch Reformed 6.7%, Anglican 3.8%), Catholic 7.1%, Muslim 1.5%, other Christian 36%, other 2.3%, unspecified 1.4%, none 15.1% (2001 census) |
Languages:
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IsiZulu (official) 23.82%, IsiXhosa (official) 17.64%, Afrikaans (official) 13.35%, Sepedi (offcial) 9.39%, English (official) 8.2%, Setswana (official) 8.2%, Sesotho (official) 7.93%, Xitsonga (official) 4.44%, siSwati (official) 2.66%, Tshivenda (official) 2.28%, isiNdebele (official) 1.59%, other 0.5% (2001 census) |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 86.4%
male: 87%
female: 85.7% (2003 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2004) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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5.4% of GDP (2009) |
People - note:
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void |
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