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South Africa

Country

Member state of the United Nations.[1]

Capitals
Population
64,747,319 in 2025[5]
Other published figures
  • 62,027,503in 2 February 2022[6]
Land area
1,213,090 km²[7]
Total area
1,221,037 km²[8] land and water
Official languages
Currency
Land borders
Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Eswatini, Zimbabwe, Botswana[23]
Coast
Yes[23]
Continent
Official names
  • Republic of South Africa[24]
  • Republiek van Suid-Afrika[25]
  • Rephaboliki ya Aforika Borwa[26]
  • iRiphabliki yeSewula Afrika[27]
  • iRiphablikhi yoMzantsi-Afrika[28]
  • iRiphabhuliki yaseNingizimu Afrika[29]
  • Repabliki ya Afrika Borwa[30]
  • Rephaboliki ya Afrika Borwa[31]
  • iRiphabhulikhi yeNingizimu Afrika[32]
  • Riphabuḽiki ya Afrika Tshipembe[33]
  • Riphabliki ra Afrika Dzonga[34]

Parts of South Africa

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Through time

Population over time[5]
1960202564.7M

16,440,172 in 1960, 64,747,319 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
196016,440,172
196116,908,035
196217,418,522
196317,954,564
196418,511,361
196519,089,380
196619,690,087
196720,314,066
196820,957,287
196921,614,676
197022,279,984
197122,942,143
197223,609,456
197324,294,263
197424,989,108
197525,690,940
197626,395,450
197727,118,952
197827,869,507
197928,634,162
198029,518,857
198130,541,044
198231,615,339
198332,739,304
198433,892,788
198535,042,093
198636,180,515
198737,326,190
198838,480,649
198939,628,575
199040,746,268
199141,687,898
199242,443,509
199343,297,156
199444,004,139
199544,541,554
199645,123,018
199745,666,838
199846,223,880
199946,730,335
200047,159,719
200147,566,800
200248,019,415
200348,500,348
200448,991,421
200549,490,033
200649,998,277
200750,528,584
200851,114,599
200951,728,516
201052,344,051
201152,995,205
201253,782,567
201354,678,791
201455,594,838
201556,723,537
201657,259,551
201757,635,162
201858,613,001
201959,587,885
202060,562,381
202161,502,603
202262,378,410
202363,212,384
202464,007,187
202564,747,319

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
ZA[35]
ISO alpha-3
ZAF[36]
ISO numeric
710[37]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: South Africa (Q258), capital: Pretoria (revision 2562953138) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Encyclopædia Britannica Online, retrieved 8 May 2025
  3. Wikidata: South Africa (Q258), capital: Bloemfontein (revision 2562953138) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Encyclopædia Britannica Online, retrieved 8 May 2025
  4. Wikidata: South Africa (Q258), capital: Cape Town (revision 2562953138) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Encyclopædia Britannica Online, retrieved 8 May 2025
  5. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  6. Wikidata: South Africa (Q258), population (revision 2562953138) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Census 2022 Statistical Release
  7. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  8. Wikidata: South Africa (Q258), area (revision 2562953138) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  9. Wikidata: South Africa (Q258), official language: English (revision 2562953138) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
  10. Wikidata: South Africa (Q258), official language: Afrikaans (revision 2562953138) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
  11. Wikidata: South Africa (Q258), official language: Southern Ndebele (revision 2562953138) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
  12. Wikidata: South Africa (Q258), official language: Northern Sotho (revision 2562953138) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
  13. Wikidata: South Africa (Q258), official language: Sesotho (revision 2562953138) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
  14. Wikidata: South Africa (Q258), official language: Swazi (revision 2562953138) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
  15. Wikidata: South Africa (Q258), official language: Tsonga (revision 2562953138) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
  16. Wikidata: South Africa (Q258), official language: Tswana (revision 2562953138) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
  17. Wikidata: South Africa (Q258), official language: Venda (revision 2562953138) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
  18. Wikidata: South Africa (Q258), official language: Xhosa (revision 2562953138) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
  19. Wikidata: South Africa (Q258), official language: Zulu (revision 2562953138) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
  20. Wikidata: South Africa (Q258), official language: South African Sign Language (revision 2562953138) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  21. Wikidata: South Africa (Q258), currency: rand (revision 2562953138) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  22. Wikidata: South Africa (Q258), continent: Africa (revision 2562953138) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  23. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  24. Wikidata: South Africa (Q258), official name (revision 2562953138) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  25. Wikidata: South Africa (Q258), official name (revision 2562953138) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  26. Wikidata: South Africa (Q258), official name (revision 2562953138) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  27. Wikidata: South Africa (Q258), official name (revision 2562953138) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  28. Wikidata: South Africa (Q258), official name (revision 2562953138) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  29. Wikidata: South Africa (Q258), official name (revision 2562953138) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  30. Wikidata: South Africa (Q258), official name (revision 2562953138) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  31. Wikidata: South Africa (Q258), official name (revision 2562953138) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  32. Wikidata: South Africa (Q258), official name (revision 2562953138) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  33. Wikidata: South Africa (Q258), official name (revision 2562953138) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  34. Wikidata: South Africa (Q258), official name (revision 2562953138) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  35. Wikidata: South Africa (Q258), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2562953138) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  36. Wikidata: South Africa (Q258), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2562953138) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  37. Wikidata: South Africa (Q258), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2562953138) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

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