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Mid-year population estimates for South Africa by population group and sex, 2020 Population Group Male Female Total Number % Distribution of Males Number % Distribution of Females Number % Distribution of Total Black African 23,519,474 80.7 24,634,253 80.8 48,153,727 80.8 Coloured 2,555,204 8.8 2,692,536 8.8 5,247,740 8.8 Indian/Asian 787,662 2.7
SA Sign Language. 0.5%. At least thirty-five languages are spoken in South Africa, twelve of which are official languages of South Africa: Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, South African Sign Language, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Afrikaans, Xhosa, Zulu, and English, which is the primary language used in parliamentary and state discourse, though all ...
South African census figures suggest a growing number of first language Afrikaans speakers in all nine provinces, a total of 6.85 million in 2011 compared to 5.98 million a decade earlier. [ 1] 2001 Namibian census reported that 11.4% of Namibians had Afrikaans as their home language.
Afrikaans is an official language of the Republic of South Africa and a recognised national language of the Republic of Namibia. Post-apartheid South Africa has seen a loss of preferential treatment by the government for Afrikaans, in terms of education, social events, media (TV and radio), and general status throughout the country, given that ...
2011 South African census. The South African National Census of 2011 is the 3rd comprehensive census performed by Statistics South Africa . The 2011 census was the first census to include geo-referencing for every individual dwelling in South Africa. [1]
English is one of the official languages under the constitution and is commonly used in education and administration. [8] [9] [10] According to statistics from various sources, the English-speaking population ranges from 88.69 million [11] to 108 million, [12] [13] accounting for 49% to 58% of the total population. [14] [15] United Kingdom ...
The Statistics South Africa Census 2011 showed that there were about 4,586,838 white people in South Africa, amounting to 8.9% of the country's population. [44] This was a 6.8% increase since the 2001 census.
South Africa's population rose to 62 million people last year from 51.8 million in 2011, according to census data from the statistics agency released on Tuesday. The census found roughly eight in ...