Population Map Of South Africa

South africa has three capital cities.

Population map of south africa. Note the map is interactive and can be paused year can be selected and it has a scroll over function that shows the number of people per square kilometer living in each province for a specific year density in this case was calculated as the number of people living in each province per square kilometer. 1 28 90th world percentage. Download jpeg download png. Saint helena ascension and tristan da cunha uk non sovereign.

The population of south africa is about 58 8 million people of diverse origins cultures languages and religions. With that system the government controlled by the minority white population enforced segregation between government defined races in housing. Any expert would find it hard to argue with the commonly held view that the population of africa in 2016 and beyond is set for further increases. However reports specify suggest that is an underestimation.

South africa 2001 linguistic distribution of white people map. South africa s population according to the census black south africans are the majority at 79 of the population and live both in the cities and across the poorer rural areas. The animated map below shows south africa s population density map per year from 2002 to 2017. The 2011 south african census was the last held and the next will be in 2021.

Largest cities in south africa city name. These maps are based on the 2011 census of the population. Executive pretoria judicial bloemfontein and legislative cape town the largest city is johannesburg about 80 of south africans are of black african ancestry divided among a variety of ethnic groups speaking. South africa s remoteness it lies thousands of miles distant from major african cities such as lagos and cairo and more than 6 000 miles 10 000 km away from most of europe north america and eastern asia where its major trading partners are located helped reinforce the official system of apartheid for a large part of the 20th century.

Their actual proportional share in municipalities is likely to be higher given the undercount in the 2001 census. South africa officially the republic of south africa rsa is the southernmost country in africa with over 58 million people it is the world s 24th most populous nation and covers an area of 1 221 037 square kilometres 471 445 sq mi. Least populous countries in africa. 49 km 162nd land area.

By 2020 the population is forecast to be 58 721 229 and 64 465 553 by 2030. South africa population projections. According to statistics south africa white south africans make up 8 9 census 2011 of the total population in south africa. With little or no measures in place to address the issue the 2 4 billion prediction for 2050.

The 2019 population density in south africa is 48 people per km 2 125 people per mi 2 calculated on a total land area of 1 213 090 km2 468 376 sq. The following table shows the distribution of white people. São tomé and príncipe. The real figure may be as high as five million including some three million zimbabweans.

Population growth is expected to continue in south africa although at a slower rate than in the past century with the growth rate going below 1 annually by 2026. The distribution of south africa s population groups reveals the country s history.