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South Africa

Official name:: Republic of South Africa (the)
Native name:: South Africa
Capital:: Pretoria

ISO country code: ZA
Nat. statistical agency:: Statistics South Africa
Population (2010-07-01):: 49,109,107 (CIA)
Area:: 1,219,912 sq.km.
Region:: Southern Africa

Census Results

1946-05-07 :
1951-05-08 : 12,671,452
1960-09-06 : 15,994,181
1970-05-06 : 21,794,328
1980-05-06 : 25,016,525
1985-03-05 : 23,385,645
1991-03-07 : 30,986,920
1996-10-09 : 40,583,573
2001-10-10 : 44,819,778
2011-xx-xx :

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South Africa

Administrative units

province	capital	area (sq.km.)	population 2001-10-10 census	population 2007 CS	population 2009-07-01 estimate
source: Statistics South Africa. note: 2007 CS = 2007 Community Survey. note: Limpopo is the new name for Northern Province. note: CB - some municipalities and district municipalities cross boundaries, thus totalling numbers can differ. note: DM = District Municipality; MM = Metropolitan Municipality; Mun. = Municipality. note: Eastern Cape {en} = Oos-Kaap {af}; Free Stat {en} = Vrystaat {af}; Northern Cape {en} = Noord-Kaap {af}; North-West {en} = Noord-Wes {af}; Western Cape {en} = Wes-Kaap {af}.
Eastern Cape	King Williams Town/Bisho	169,580	6,278,651	6,527,747	6,648,600
Free State	Bloemfontein	129,480	2,706,776	2,773,059	2,902,400
Gauteng	Johannesburg	17,010	9,178,873	10,451,713	10,531,300
KwaZulu-Natal	Pietermaritzburg/Ulundi	92,100	9,584,129	10,259,230	10,449,300
Limpopo	Pietersburg/Lebowa-Kgomo	123,910	4,995,533	5,238,286	5,227,200
Mpumalanga	Nelspruit	79,490	3,365,885	3,643,435	3,606,800
North West	Mmabatho/Mafeking	116,320	3,193,678	3,271,948	3,450,400
Northern Cape	Kimberley	361,830	991,919	1,058,060	1,147,600
Western Cape	Cape Town	129,370	4,524,334	5,278,585	5,356,900
total		1,219,090	44,819,778	48,502,063	49,320,500

Main cities

name	population 1996-10-09 census	population 2001-10-10 census	population 2007 CS	latitude / longitude
Johannesburg	2,639,110	3,225,309	3,888,180	-26.04/27.98
Cape Town	2,563,612	2,892,243	3,497,097	-33.93/18.42
eThekwini (Durban)	2,751,193	3,090,122	3,468,086	-29.89/30.97
Ekurhuleni - Germiston (East Rand)	2,026,807	2,478,631	2,724,229	-26.23/28.17
Tshwane (Pretoria)	1,682,701	1,982,235	2,345,908	-25.72/28.25
Nelson Mandela Bay (Port Elizabeth)	969,771	1,005,779	1,050,930	-33.91/25.57
Mangaung (Bloemfontein)	603,704	645,440	752,906	-29.14/26.27
Buffalo City (East London)	682,287	702,281	724,312	-33.02/27.88
Emfuleni (Vanderbijlpark)	..	658,420	650,867	-26.70/27.84
Msunduzi (Pietermaritzburg)	521,805	552,837	616,730	-29.63/30.39
Thulamela - Thohoyandou	..	580,829	602,819	-22.95/30.47
Polokwane (Pietersburg)	..	508,277	561,772	-24.08/29.32
Mbombela (Nelspruit)	..	497,958	509,970	-25.48/30.98
source: Statistics South Africa. source: South African Cities Network. note: between brackets are previous names or names of the main city within the urban area. note: the population numbers refer to municipalities