Catalina Espinosa
Research expert covering society, economy, and politics for Europe and the EU
Demographics of South Africa - statistics & facts
Around 59.3 million people lived within the borders of South Africa, which ranked the country among the six most populated on the African continent. The largest inhabited provinces were Gauteng (its capital city is Johannesburg) and KwaZulu-Natal (capital city Pietermaritzburg) with roughly 15.9 million and 11.7 million residents respectively. Cape Town, Durban, and Johannesburg were the , with close to 3.4 million, 3.1 million, and two million citizens. Moreover, the majority of the nation's population was Black Africans, while the smallest ethnic group were individuals with Indian or Asian backgrounds.
