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Although many South Africans are of Huguenot (French) origin, South African French is spoken by fewer than 10,000 individuals country-wide. Congolese French is also spoken in South Africa by migrants. The primary sign language of deaf South Africans is South African Sign Language. Other sign languages among indigenous peoples are also used.
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 ...
3 languages. العربية ... This is a list of African countries and dependencies by population density in inhabitants/km 2. Saint Helena, ... South Africa: 44.7 116
Demographics of Africa. Population pyramid of Africa in 2023 based on the United Nations geoscheme for Africa collective grouping. Density. 44 per sq km (2019 est.) Growth rate. 2.5% per annum (2017 est.) Map of Africa indicating Human Development Index (2021). 0.800–0.849.
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.It is bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi) of coastline that stretches along the South Atlantic and Indian Ocean; [18] [19] [20] to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; and to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini.
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 ...
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.
Despite being the smallest province by area, it has the highest population of any South African province. As of the census of 2022, there are 15,099,422 people and 5,318,665 households residing in Gauteng. The population density is 831/km 2. The density of households is 155.86/km 2. About 22.1% of all households are made up of individuals.