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}. note: Noteworthy link, Municipal Demarcation Board, South Africa.
Eastern Cape	King Williams Town/Bisho	169,580	6,278,651	6,527,747	6,648,600
Free State	Bloemfontein	129,480	2,706,775	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	4,995,534	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	3,193,676	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	4,524,335	5,278,585	5,356,900
total		1,219,090	44,819,777	48,502,063	49,320,500

name	population 1996-10-09 census	population 2001-10-10 census	population 2007 CS
Johannesburg	2,639,110	3,225,309	3,888,180
Cape Town	2,563,612	2,892,243	3,497,097
eThekwini (Durban)	2,751,193	3,090,122	3,468,086
Ekurhuleni (East Rand)	2,026,807	2,478,631	2,724,229
Tshwane (Pretoria)	1,682,701	1,982,235	2,345,908
Nelson Mandela Bay (Port Elizabeth)	969,771	1,005,779	1,050,930
Mangaung (Bloemfontein)	603,704	645,440	752,906
Buffalo City (East London)	682,287	702,281	724,312
Emfuleni (Vanderbijlpark)	..	658,420	650,867
Msunduzi (Pietermaritzburg)	521,805	552,837	616,730
Thulamela	..	580,829	602,819
Polokwane (Pietersburg)	..	508,277	561,772
Mbombela (Nelspruit)	..	497,958	509,970
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.