South Africa 'Analytics'

Language

Official Language:
1. English : 5,800,000
2. Northern Sotho : 4,700,000

Mother Tongue : English

Literacy Rate (%) : 95

Country Capital	:	Pretoria
GDP Per Capita	:	6,396
GDP Per Capita Rank	:	105^th/195
Life Expectancy	:	66
Unemployment Rate	:	32
Number of Internet Users	:	47,530,029
Internet Users Rank	:	23^rd/195
Area	:	1,220,807
Area Rank	:	23^rd/195
Total Population	:	64,747
Total Population Rank	:	24^th/195

Continent: Africa

Cities with > 100K popln: 33

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South Africa Highlights

South Africa is the 24^th ranked country in population and 23^rd ranked in area out of 195 countries in the world. Please keep the country rank in perspective, for the highlights below.

Better than World Average-

1. 3^rdSouth Africa is the highest ranked in HIV Infections (Per 1000) out of 195 countries in the world.
2. 3^rdThe average Flourite prod. of 195 countries in the world is 231,501. South Africa is the highest ranked country out of 195 countries. This implies that the country has a robust aluminium/steel/ceramics industry or may be a huge exporter of Flourite.
3. 3^rdOut of the 195 countries in the world, South Africa is the highest ranked in Unemployed Labour Force. . This implies adequacy of job availability in this country when compared to other countries.

Worse than World Average-

1. South Africa is the 62^nd worst ranked in Pharmacists (Per 10,000) out of 195 countries in the world. This may indicate worse healthcare infrastructure investment by the country or may indicate lower population.
2. The average GDP Per Capita (USD) of the countries in the world is 6,447. South Africa is the 91^st worst-ranked country out of 195 countries. This implies that this country is a developing country.
3. Out of the 195 countries in the world, South Africa is the 94^th worst ranked in Rice prod. . This is indicative of less focus on the production of rice, or scarcity of fertile land, or higher industrialisation as compared to other countries.

South Africa Metrics

Culture

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Internet

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Northern Sotho	# People	24,102	1	1129
2	Sotho	# People	33,988	1	1127
3	Swazi	# People	11,794	1	1125
4	Tsonga	# People	20,967	1	1127
5	Tswana	# People	36,401	1	1127
6	Afrikaans as a % of total Afrikaans speakers	% People	0	1	1128
7	Northern Sotho as a % of total Northern Sotho speakers	% People	0	1	1129
8	Swazi as a % of total Swazi speakers	% People	0	1	1125
9	Tsonga as a % of total Tsonga speakers	% People	0	1	1127
10	Tswana as a % of total Tswana speakers	% People	0	1	1128
11	Zulu as a % of total Zulu speakers	% People	0	1	1127
12	Ndebele	# People	20,528	2	1127
13	Venda	# People	15,384	2	1125
14	Xhosa	# People	12,820	2	1126
15	Ndebele as a % of total Ndebele speakers	% People	0	2	1126
16	Sotho as a % of total Sotho speakers	% People	0	2	1129
17	Venda as a % of total Venda speakers	% People	0	2	1129
18	Xhosa as a % of total Xhosa speakers	% People	0	2	1129
19	English	# People	3,175,743	10	1130
20	English as a % of total English speakers	% People	0	11	1127
Below World Average
1	Standard Chinese	# People	6,821,357	31	1235
2	Swahili	# People	104,667	16	1235
3	Telugu	# People	536,655	14	1233
4	Telugu as a % of total Telugu speakers	% People	0	12	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Cricket Playing Nations (ICC Members)	Count	1	1	1130
2	Christian Population	# People	11,885,917	14	1128
3	Christian Pop./Total Christian Pop.%	% People	0	14	1127
4	World Heritage Sites	Count	7	27	1125
5	Christian Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	42	66	1129
Below World Average
1	Islamic Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	22	124	1233
2	Islamic Pop./Total Islamic Pop.%	% People	0	76	1233
3	Islamic Population	# People	9,936,734	77	1233
4	# Olympic Medals	Count	157	36	1232
5	# Oscar Wins – Best International Feature Film		2	16	1235
6	Share of Best International Feature Film Wins (% World)		3	16	1235
7	Jewish Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	0	24	1232
8	Jewish Population	# People	78,295	11	1233
9	Jewish Pop./Total Jewish Pop. %	% People	0	11	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Tree density.	Density	9	1	1128
2	Tree density .	Density	8	1	1128
3	Flourite prod.	Tons	231,501	3	1129
4	Flourite Produced/Total Flourite Produced %	Weight	4	3	1127
5	Coal Production (in 1000 metric tons)	Weight	121,850	6	1125
6	Coal Production (% of Total Coal Production)	Percent	1	6	1130
7	Iron Production (in 1000 metric tons)	Weight	33,258	7	1126
8	Iron Production (% of Total Iron Production)	Percent	2	7	1125
9	Cow Beef Production (in tonnes)	Weight	320,761	12	1127
10	Apple Production (in tonnes)	Weight	1,044,287	12	1126
11	Cow Beef Production (% of Total Cow Beef Production)	Percent	0	12	1125
12	Apple Production (% of Total Apple Production)	Percent	1	12	1128
13	Orange Production (in tonnes)	Weight	618,959	13	1129
14	Orange Production (% of Total Orange Production)	Percent	0	13	1128
15	Chicken Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	588,164	14	1125
16	Chicken Meat Production (% of Total Chicken Meat Production)	Percent	0	14	1127
17	Cows (% of Total Cows)	Percent	0	15	1126
18	Number of Cows	Count	8,697,624	28	1128
19	Number of Trees	Count	15,642,617,148	30	1126
Below World Average
1	Rice prod.	Tons	5,090,580	102	1235
2	Natural Gas Prod.	Million cubic meters	216,389	77	1235
3	Oil Prod.	Barrels/day	4,369,531	86	1233
4	Honey Produced /Total Honey Produced %	Weight	0	77	1232
5	Honey prod.	Tons	16,211	77	1230
6	Goat Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	46,111	50	1234
7	Goat Meat Production (% of Total Goat Meat Production)	Percent	0	50	1234
8	Barley prod.	Tons	1,576,534	46	1231
9	Sweet Potatoes prod.	Tons	895,180	46	1235
10	Barley Produced/Total Barley Produced.%	Weight	1	46	1233
11	Sweet Potatoes Produced/Total Sweet Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	45	1232
12	Cotton Production (% of Total Cotton Production)	Percent	1	40	1230
13	Forest Area.	Area	21,142,892	40	1235
14	Country forest area / Global Forest area %		0	39	1234
15	Cotton Production (in 1000 480 lb. Bales)	Weight	1,707	40	1230
16	Wheat prod.	Tons	6,698,590	39	1235
17	Wheat Produced /Total Wheat Produced. %.	Weight	0	38	1235
18	Cow Milk Production (in tonnes)	Weight	3,855,383	32	1234
19	Cow Milk Production (% of Total Cow Milk Production)	Percent	0	32	1230
20	Onion prod.	Tons	773,539	27	1233
21	Onion Produced/Total Onion Produced %	Weight	0	27	1230
22	Potatoes Produced /Total Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	25	1234
23	Potatoes prod.	Tons	2,538,925	25	1232
24	Sugarcane prod.	Tons	52,039,862	13	1233
25	Sugarcane Produced/Total Sugarcane Produced.%	Weight	2	13	1234
26	Soyabean prod.	Tons	3,684,006	12	1235
27	Soyabean Produced/Total Soyabean Produced %	Weight	1	12	1233
28	Uranium prod.	Tons	2,516	11	1230
29	Uranium Produced/Total Uranium Produced %	Weight	5	11	1235
30	Gold Prod.	Weight	125	8	1230
31	Gold Produced/Total Gold Produced %.		4	8	1234
32	Diamond prod.	Tons	10	4	1232
33	Diamond Produced/Total Diamond Produced %	Weight	10	4	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Unemployment Rate.	% People	7	2	1126
2	Unemployed Labour Force.	# People	1,511,199	3	1125
3	Formal Jobs	# People	10,605,934	18	1126
4	Labour Force Participation	# People	14,659,929	23	1129
5	Total Labour Force (2021)	# People	20,409,734	25	1127
6	Employment in Services	# People	10,251,634	25	1130
7	Non-Agricultural Labour Force	# People	15,067,127	25	1127
8	Wage & Salaried Workers / Total Labour Force %	% People	58	44	1125
9	Employment in Services / Total Labour Force %.	% People	56	74	1129
10	Employment in services/Total Labour force %.	% People	56	74	1125
11	Employment in Services /Total pop.%.	% People	25	74	1126
12	Total Labour Force/Total Pop.	% People	43	88	1128
13	Non-Agri Labour force/Total Labour force %.	% People	76	94	1127
Below World Average
1	Employment in Agri. / Total Labour Force % .	% People	23	84	1233
2	Employment in Agriculture/Total Labour force %.	% People	23	84	1230
3	Employment in Agriculture /Total Pop. %.	% People	9	76	1231
4	Employment in Agriculture	# People	5,314,003	29	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	HIV Infections (Per 1000)	People Per 1,000	0	3	1129
2	Doctors (Per 10,000)	People Per 10,000	7	125	1126
3	No. of people HIV infected/Total pop.	# People	5,202	1	1129
Below World Average
1	Life Expectancy at Birth, both sexes	Age	73	161	1230
2	Pharmacists (Per 10,000)	People Per 10,000	4	134	1231
3	Nurses to doctor ratio	Ratio	46	127	1235
4	Total No. of Pharmacists	# People	19,528	68	1230
5	Total Nursing	# People	163,061	48	1231
6	Nurses(per 10000)	People per 10000	164,032	48	1232
7	Total No. of Doctors	# People	78,648	44	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	# Cities>5M	# Cities	0	9	1130
2	# Cities>5M	# Cities	0	11	1125
3	# Cities>1M	# Cities	1	17	1125
4	Urban Population (2021)	# People	23,726,053	20	1127
5	# Cities>1M	# Cities	2	20	1128
6	1M+ Cities per 100000 ( 1M+ Cities/ Tot Pop.)* 100000		0	20	1129
7	# Cities>500000	# Cities	5	24	1129
8	# Cities>300000	# Cities	7	25	1126
9	# Cities>500000	# Cities	4	25	1130
10	# Cities>300000	# Cities	8	29	1125
11	Rural Pop.	# People	18,013,759	29	1125
12	# Cities>100000	# Cities	21	31	1126
13	# Cities>100000	# Cities	23	32	1128
14	Urban Population / Total Population % .	% People	60	77	1127
15	Pop. with access to Electricity (%)	% People	86	139	1130
16	Pop. without Electricity access	# People	3,455,508	26	1128
Below World Average
1	Rural Pop. /Total Pop. %	% People	40	119	1231
2	1M+ Cities Ratio ( 1M+ Cities/ # Cities> 100000)		0	52	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	# Phone Numbers /Total Pop. %	Percent	101	10	1125
2	# Mobile phone numbers	Count	40,393,496	17	1130

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	LinkedIn users	# People	6,723,222	18	1126
2	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total LinkedIn Users	% People	0	18	1128
3	Internet Users	# People	28,408,774	23	1126
4	Facebook users	# People	6,811,338	30	1126
5	Twitter users	# People	2,940,933	30	1129
6	Twitter Users as a % of Total Twitter Users	% People	0	30	1130
7	Int. Users / Total Pop.%	% People	70	108	1126
Below World Average
1	FB Users / Total Int. Users %.	% People	31	125	1230
2	Facebook Users as a % of Total facebook Users	% People	31	125	1233
3	FB Users / Total Pop. %.	% People	25	124	1232
4	Facebook CPC in Rs.	Absolute	5	117	1232
5	Twitter Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	14	105	1230
6	Twitter Users as a % of Total Population	% People	13	99	1235
7	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Population	% People	32	73	1235
8	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	36	68	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Police Officers	# People	138,224	22	1128
Below World Average
1	Military Force/Total Pop. %	% People	1	140	1235
2	Military Force/Total World Military Force %.	% People	0	71	1233
3	Total Military Force	# People	358,465	73	1230
4	Judges Per 100K	People Per 100K	11	66	1233
5	Military Budget (in Billion $)	$ Billion	15	51	1235
6	Military Budget/Total World Military Budget %.	Percent	0	50	1233
7	Lawyers Per 100K	People Per 100K	160	34	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Total Literate Pop.	# People	34,678,001	23	1128
2	Literacy Rate (%)	% People	86	102	1128
Below World Average
1	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu/Total Literate Pop. %.	% People	9	108	1232
2	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu./ Total Pop. %.	% People	9	105	1230
3	# Students per teacher in Primary edu.	Ratio	260	74	1231
4	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Literate Pop.	% People	28	72	1230
5	Enrolment in Primary Edu./ Total Literate Pop %.	% People	36	63	1235
6	# Students per teacher in secondary edu.	Ratio	57	58	1233
7	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	23	57	1233
8	Enrolment in Primary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	27	53	1234
9	Teachers in secondary edu.	# People	659,923	36	1232
10	Enrolment in tertiary edu.(all programmes)	# People	4,618,191	35	1230
11	Enrolment in secondary edu.	# People	9,727,510	23	1234
12	Teachers in primary edu.	# People	357,113	23	1235
13	Enrolment in primary edu.	# People	9,629,078	19	1231
14	# Total Students (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	38,831,325	19	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Total Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	42,003	24	1126
2	Male Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	21,226	24	1126
3	Female Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	20,993	24	1126
4	Births	# People (In Thousands)	681	24	1127
5	Gender Ratio	Ratio of female per male, Country total female/ Country total male	1	28	1127
6	Female % of Total Pop.	% People	50	38	1128
7	Population Growth Rate (%)	% People	0	83	1130
8	Total Deaths	# People (In Thousands)	319	22	1128
Below World Average
1	Male % of Total Pop.	% People	50	156	1234
2	Density ( Pop/Land Area Ratio)	Density	265	133	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Import Ban(Number of products)	Count	12	27	1130
2	FDI (millions USD)	Amount	3,115	49	1126
3	FDI / Total FDI of the World %.		0	49	1129
4	Corporate Tax Rates in %	Rate	23	62	1125
Below World Average
1	GDP Per Capita at PPP (USD)	$	30,228	159	1234
2	Exports/Total GDP of the Country %.		53	116	1231
3	GDP Per Capita (USD)	$	6,447	105	1230
4	Imports /Total GDP of the Country %.		46	96	1234
5	Import of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	183,299	41	1230
6	Export of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	186,399	41	1231
7	Imports/Total Imports of the World %.		0	41	1231
8	Exports /Total Exports of the World %.		0	40	1234
9	GDP (Billions USD) 2025	$ Billions	597	38	1234
10	GDP as a % of Total GDP	Percent	0	38	1230
11	No. of Companies Listed in NYSE	Count	65	17	1231

South Africa Language Details

Sr.	Language	% of people speaking the language in country.
1	English	8.96 %
2	Tswana	7.63 %
3	Northern Sotho	7.26 %
4	Sotho	7.09 %
5	Tsonga	6.31 %
6	Swazi	3.55 %
7	Venda	2.01 %
8	Ndebele	1.96 %
9	Xhosa	1.24 %
10	Standard Chinese	0.03 %
11	Telugu	0.01 %

Sr.	City	Total City Population (2023)
1	Benoni	178,997
2	Bloemfontein	523,767
3	Botshabelo	204,840
4	Cape Town	3,867,941
5	Carletonville	168,088
6	Durban	3,140,799
7	East London	333,245
8	Embalenhle	134,042
9	Evaton	682,611
10	George	177,445
11	Johannesburg	8,861,879
12	Kimberley	253,879
13	Klerksdorp	213,633
14	Ladysmith	134,944
15	Mdantsane	193,341
16	Middelburg	184,660
17	Mthatha	155,123
18	Newcastle	328,623
19	Paarl	222,877
20	Pietermaritzburg	535,717
21	Polokwane	256,360
22	Port Elizabeth	988,010
23	Potchefstroom	167,750
24	Pretoria	1,987,858
25	Rustenburg	351,621
26	Sasolburg	127,842
27	Somerset West	211,942
28	Soshanguve	820,824
29	Stanger	151,629
30	Uitenhage	273,834
31	Vereeniging	426,026
32	Welkom	237,871
33	Witbank	351,395

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