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Introduction

Capital: Pretoria

Population

Total Population: 47,850,700
Annual growth rate: 1.0%
Density: 39 inhabitant/km²
Urban population: 60.3%
Population of main cities including suburbs: Johannesburg (5,700,000); Johannesburg (town) (3,200,000); Durban (3,100,000); Cape Town (2,900,000); Pretoria (2,000,000).
Ethnic Origins: Black African 79.6%, White (Italians, Germans, English...) 9.1%, Coloured 8.9%, Indian/Asian 2.5%.
For more information, visit Statistics South Africa.
Official Language: Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu.
Other languages spoken: Fanagalo, Hindi, Sotho, Tsotsitaal, Venda,
Business language: English and Afrikaans. Advertising in local languages has a wider reach.
Religion: Almost 80% of the population follows Christianity. Small segment of the society follows Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and traditional African beliefs.

Local time:

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Exchange rate on :

National currency: South African Rand (ZAR)


Country overview

Type of State: South Africa is a federal republic state based on parliamentary democracy.
Type of economy: Upper-middle-income economy, Emerging Financial Market.
The wealthiest country in Africa; the world's leading producer of gold.
HDI*: 0,670/1
HDI (world rank): 125th/177

Note: (*) The HDI, Human Development Index, is an indicator which synthesizes several data such as life expectancy, level of education, professional careers, access to culture etc.


Telecommunication

Telephone code:
To call from South Africa, dial 00
To call in South Africa, dial +27
Internet suffix: .za
Computers: 8.4 per 100 inhabitants
Telephone lines: 9.2 per 100 inhabitants
Internet users: 8.4 per 100 inhabitants
Access to electricity: 70% of the population

Foreign trade in figures

 
Foreign trade indicators 20032004200520062007
Imports of goods (millions USD) 35,27048,51856,27969,94281,890
Exports of goods (millions USD) 38,70048,23755,28463,84176,184
Imports of services (millions USD) 8,04510,32812,15514,29116,612
Exports of services (millions USD) 8,2989,68211,15712,01413,562

Source: World Bank

 

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