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This population is dispersed across South Africa with 34.0% under the age of 15, 21.6% from 15 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 11.8% from 45 to 64 and 4.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age of a 'Black' South African is 21 years. For every 100 females there are 91.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 86.2 males. [14]
Contents. Demographics of South Africa. According to the 2022 census, the population of South Africa is about 62 million people of diverse origins, cultures, languages, and religions. With a majority being Black Africans. [ 3 ] The South African National Census of 2022 was the most recent census held; the next will be in 2032. [ 4 ] In 2011 ...
The South African census of 1960 was the final census undertaken in the Union of South Africa. The ethno-linguistic status of some 15,994,181 South African citizens was projected by various sources through sampling language, religion, and race. At least 1.6 million South Africans were white Afrikaans speakers, or 10% of the total population.
KwaXhosa. The Xhosa people, or Xhosa -speaking people (/ ˈkɔːsə / KAW-sə, / ˈkoʊsə / KOH-sə; [2][3][4] Xhosa pronunciation: [kǁʰɔ́ːsa] ⓘ) are a Bantu ethnic group native to South Africa. They are the second largest ethnic group in South Africa and are native speakers of the isiXhosa language.
Each vertical bar represents individual. Coloureds (Afrikaans: Kleurlinge) are a group of multiracial people in South Africa, Namibia and to a lesser extent, Zimbabwe and Zambia. They descend from the interracial mixing/ miscegenation in Southern Africa between the White and the Black: and to a certain extent, the Asians as well.
Khoekhoe (/ˈkɔɪkɔɪ/ KOY-koy) (or Khoikhoi in former orthography) [a] are the traditionally nomadic pastoralist indigenous population of South Africa. They are often grouped with the hunter-gatherer San (literally "Foragers") peoples. [2] The designation "Khoekhoe" is actually a kare or praise address, not an ethnic endonym, but it has been ...
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 African English, Afrikaans, Zulu, Xhosa, Languages of South Africa. Religion. Christianity (68%), Islam (2%), Hinduism (1.5%) and indigenous beliefs (28.5%) South Africans are the citizens of South Africa (officially the Republic of South Africa [RSA]). These individuals include those residing within the borders of South Africa, as well ...