South Africa (Republic of South Africa), ZA
South Africa: Independent country in Southern Africa
About
Quick Facts about Republic of South Africa
Population : | 59,622,350 |
Country : | South Africa |
Different from : | Southern Africa |
Head of government : | Prime Minister of South Africa, State President of South Africa, President of South Africa |
Plate code : | ZA |
Area : | 1221037 km2 |
Official name : | Republiek van Suid-Afrika, Riphabliki ra Afrika Dzonga, Riphabuḽiki ya Afrika Tshipembe, iRiphabhulikhi yeNingizimu Afrika, Rephaboliki ya Afrika Borwa, Repabliki ya Afrika Borwa, iRiphabhuliki yaseNingizimu Afrika, iRiphablikhi yoMzantsi-Afrika, iRiphabliki yeSewula Afrika, Rephaboliki ya Aforika Borwa, Republic of South Africa |
Continent : | Africa |
Easternmost point : | Point(32.890833333 -26.858888888) |
Northernmost point : | Point(29.658333333 -22.127777777) |
Legislative body : | Parliament of South Africa |
Named for : | south, Africa |
Official language : | Northern Sotho, Afrikaans, Zulu, Tsonga, Swazi, Southern Ndebele, Sesotho, Tswana, Xhosa, Venda, English |
Capital : | Cape Town, Bloemfontein, Pretoria |
Establishment : | May 05, 1910 (114 years ago) |
Time Zone : | Africa/Johannesburg, UTC+02:00, UTC+03:00 |
Local time : | 03:06:47 (22nd December 2024) |
Geography
Republic of South Africa is located at 29°0'0"S 24°0'0"E (-29.0000000, 24.0000000). It has 6 neighbors: Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Botswana, Swaziland, Mozambique and Namibia.
South Africa map
The largest city of Republic of South Africa is Johannesburg with a population of 4,434,827. Other cities include, Cape Town population 3,433,441, Durban population 3,120,282, Pretoria population 1,619,438 and Port Elizabeth population 967,677. See all Republic of South Africa cities & populated places.
- Official Website
Official website of Republic of South Africa
- Jacob Zuma , 14 February, 2018 2009-05-09T00:00:00Z
- Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa , 2018-02-15T00:00:00Z
Republic of South Africa has 6 neighbours.
- Republic of Zimbabwe Independent country in southern Africa
- Kingdom of Lesotho Independent country in southern Africa
- Republic of Botswana Independent country in Southern Africa
- Eswatini Kingdom in Africa
- Republic of Mozambique Independent country in Africa
- Republic of Namibia Independent country in southern Africa
- Limpopo
- KwaZulu-Natal
- Northern Cape
- Western Cape
- Gauteng
- Free State
- Eastern Cape
- North West
- Mpumalanga
Demographics
Year | Population | % Change | Method |
1960 | 17,099,840 | - | (Worldbank) |
1961 | 17,524,533 | 2.42% | (Worldbank) |
1962 | 17,965,725 | 2.46% | (Worldbank) |
1963 | 18,423,161 | 2.48% | (Worldbank) |
1964 | 18,896,307 | 2.5% | (Worldbank) |
1965 | 19,384,841 | 2.52% | (Worldbank) |
1966 | 19,888,250 | 2.53% | (Worldbank) |
1967 | 20,406,864 | 2.54% | (Worldbank) |
1968 | 20,942,145 | 2.56% | (Worldbank) |
1969 | 21,496,075 | 2.58% | (Worldbank) |
1970 | 22,069,776 | 2.6% | (Worldbank) |
1971 | 22,665,271 | 2.63% | (Worldbank) |
1972 | 23,281,508 | 2.65% | (Worldbank) |
1973 | 23,913,099 | 2.64% | (Worldbank) |
1974 | 24,552,540 | 2.6% | (Worldbank) |
1975 | 25,195,187 | 2.55% | (Worldbank) |
1976 | 25,836,888 | 2.48% | (Worldbank) |
1977 | 26,480,913 | 2.43% | (Worldbank) |
1978 | 27,138,965 | 2.42% | (Worldbank) |
1979 | 27,827,320 | 2.47% | (Worldbank) |
1980 | 28,556,769 | 2.55% | (Worldbank) |
1981 | 29,333,103 | 2.65% | (Worldbank) |
1982 | 30,150,448 | 2.71% | (Worldbank) |
1983 | 30,993,758 | 2.72% | (Worldbank) |
1984 | 31,841,593 | 2.66% | (Worldbank) |
1985 | 32,678,874 | 2.56% | (Worldbank) |
1986 | 33,495,953 | 2.44% | (Worldbank) |
1987 | 34,297,727 | 2.34% | (Worldbank) |
1988 | 35,100,909 | 2.29% | (Worldbank) |
1989 | 35,930,050 | 2.31% | (Worldbank) |
1990 | 36,800,509 | 2.37% | (Worldbank) |
1991 | 37,718,950 | 2.43% | (Worldbank) |
1992 | 38,672,607 | 2.47% | (Worldbank) |
1993 | 39,633,750 | 2.43% | (Worldbank) |
1994 | 40,564,059 | 2.29% | (Worldbank) |
1995 | 41,435,758 | 2.1% | (Worldbank) |
1996 | 42,241,011 | 1.91% | (Worldbank) |
1997 | 42,987,461 | 1.74% | (Worldbank) |
1998 | 43,682,260 | 1.59% | (Worldbank) |
1999 | 44,338,543 | 1.48% | (Worldbank) |
2000 | 44,967,708 | 1.4% | (Worldbank) |
2001 | 45,571,274 | 1.32% | (Worldbank) |
2002 | 46,150,913 | 1.26% | (Worldbank) |
2003 | 46,719,196 | 1.22% | (Worldbank) |
2004 | 47,291,610 | 1.21% | (Worldbank) |
2005 | 47,880,601 | 1.23% | (Worldbank) |
2006 | 48,489,459 | 1.26% | (Worldbank) |
2007 | 49,119,759 | 1.28% | (Worldbank) |
2008 | 49,779,471 | 1.33% | (Worldbank) |
2009 | 50,477,011 | 1.38% | (Worldbank) |
2010 | 51,216,964 | 1.44% | (Worldbank) |
2011 | 51,770,560 | 1.07% | census |
2012 | 52,834,005 | 2.01% | (Worldbank) |
2013 | 53,689,236 | 1.59% | (Worldbank) |
2014 | 54,545,991 | 1.57% | (Worldbank) |
2015 | 55,386,367 | 1.52% | (Worldbank) |
2016 | 55,653,654 | 0.48% | sample |
2017 | 55,445,000 | -0.38% | estimation process |
2018 | 57,725,600 | 3.95% | estimation process |
2019 | 58,558,270 | 1.42% | (Worldbank) |
2020 | 59,622,350 | 1.78% | estimation process |