South Africa Analytics
LANGUAGES
- Official Language:
- 1. English
: 5,800,000
- 2. Northern Sotho
: 4,700,000
Mother Tongue : English
Literacy Rate (%) : 95
Country Capital | : | Pretoria |
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GDP Per capita | : | 6,766 |
GDP Per Capita Rank | : | 93rd/195 |
Life Expectancy | : | 62 |
Unemployment Rate | : | 33 |
Number of Internet Users | : | 42,480,000 |
Internet Users Rank | : | 24th/195 |
Area | : | 99 |
Area Rank | : | 23rd/195 |
Total Population | : | 59,392 |
Total Population Rank | : | 24th/195 |
Continent: Africa
South Africa Highlights
South Africa is the 24th ranked country in population and 23rd 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. South Africa is the 1st highest ranked in Sugarcane prod. out of 195 countries in the world. This is indicative of a more fertile land, suitable for producing high quantities of sugarcane, or the country being a large exporter of sugar as compared to other countries.
- 2. The average Flourite prod. of 195 countries in the world is 231,501. South Africa is the 3rd 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. Out of the 195 countries in the world, South Africa is the 5th 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 62nd 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 Doctors (Per 10,000) of the countries in the world is 20. South Africa is the 74th worst-ranked country out of 195 countries. This may indicate worse healthcare infrastructure investment by the country or may indicate lower population.
- 3. Out of the 195 countries in the world, South Africa is the 94th 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
Language Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Above than World Average- |
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1 | Northern Sotho | # People | 24,102 | 1 | 1128 | ||
2 | Sotho | # People | 33,988 | 1 | 1125 | ||
3 | Swazi | # People | 11,794 | 1 | 1127 | ||
4 | Afrikaans as a % of total Afrikaans speakers | % People | 0 | 1 | 1125 | ||
5 | Northern Sotho as a % of total Northern Sotho speakers | % People | 0 | 1 | 1127 | ||
6 | Swazi as a % of total Swazi speakers | % People | 0 | 1 | 1128 | ||
7 | Tsonga as a % of total Tsonga speakers | % People | 0 | 1 | 1127 | ||
8 | Tswana as a % of total Tswana speakers | % People | 0 | 1 | 1127 | ||
9 | Zulu as a % of total Zulu speakers | % People | 0 | 1 | 1127 | ||
10 | Ndebele | # People | 20,528 | 2 | 1130 | ||
11 | Venda | # People | 15,384 | 2 | 1125 | ||
12 | Xhosa | # People | 12,820 | 2 | 1130 | ||
13 | Ndebele as a % of total Ndebele speakers | % People | 0 | 2 | 1125 | ||
14 | Sotho as a % of total Sotho speakers | % People | 0 | 2 | 1126 | ||
15 | Venda as a % of total Venda speakers | % People | 0 | 2 | 1125 | ||
16 | Xhosa as a % of total Xhosa speakers | % People | 0 | 2 | 1127 | ||
17 | English | # People | 3,175,743 | 10 | 1125 | ||
18 | English as a % of total English speakers | % People | 0 | 11 | 1128 | ||
Below than World Average- |
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1 | Standard Chinese | # People | 6,821,357 | 31 | 1232 | ||
2 | Swahili | # People | 104,667 | 16 | 1232 | ||
3 | Telugu | # People | 536,655 | 14 | 1234 | ||
4 | Telugu as a % of total Telugu speakers | % People | 0 | 12 | 1235 |
Culture Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Above than World Average- |
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1 | Cricket Playing Nations (ICC Members) | Count | 1 | 1 | 1125 | ||
2 | Christian Population | # People | 11,763,461 | 15 | 1128 | ||
3 | World Heritage Sites | Count | 7 | 31 | 1128 | ||
Below than World Average- |
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1 | Islamic Population | # People | 9,744,062 | 78 | 1235 | ||
2 | # Olympic Medals | Count | 126 | 33 | 1232 | ||
3 | Jewish Population | # People | 77,566 | 12 | 1231 |
Nature Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Above than World Average- |
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1 | Sugarcane prod. | Weight | 2,422,324 | 1 | 1130 | ||
2 | Sugarcane Produced/Total Sugarcane Produced.% | Weight | 2 | 1 | 1127 | ||
3 | Flourite prod. | Weight | 231,501 | 3 | 1127 | ||
4 | Flourite Produced/Total Flourite Produced % | Weight | 4 | 3 | 1128 | ||
5 | Potatoes prod. | Weight | 2,516,782 | 25 | 1130 | ||
6 | Number of Trees | Count | 15,642,617,148 | 30 | 1129 | ||
Below than World Average- |
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1 | Tree density. | Density | 22,685 | 113 | 1234 | ||
2 | Rice prod. | Weight | 6,871,329 | 102 | 1230 | ||
3 | Natural Gas Prod. | Mass | 216,389 | 77 | 1233 | ||
4 | Oil Prod. | 4,369,531 | 86 | 1233 | |||
5 | Tree density . | Density | 828 | 75 | 1231 | ||
6 | Honey Produced /Total Honey Produced % | Weight | 0 | 72 | 1234 | ||
7 | Honey prod. | Weight | 14,821 | 72 | 1230 | ||
8 | Barley prod. | Weight | 1,558,004 | 45 | 1235 | ||
9 | Barley Produced/Total Barley Produced.% | Weight | 1 | 45 | 1235 | ||
10 | Sweet Potatoes prod. | Weight | 833,178 | 43 | 1235 | ||
11 | Sweet Potatoes Produced/Total Sweet Potatoes Produced % | Weight | 0 | 43 | 1233 | ||
12 | Forest Area. | Area | 21,142,892 | 40 | 1235 | ||
13 | Country forest area / Global Forest area % | 0 | 39 | 1233 | |||
14 | Wheat prod. | Weight | 6,681,335 | 39 | 1233 | ||
15 | Wheat Produced /Total Wheat Produced. %. | Weight | 0 | 39 | 1235 | ||
16 | Potatoes Produced /Total Potatoes Produced % | Weight | 0 | 25 | 1235 | ||
17 | Soyabean prod. | Weight | 3,628,152 | 11 | 1234 | ||
18 | Uranium prod. | Weight | 2,543 | 11 | 1233 | ||
19 | Soyabean Produced/Total Soyabean Produced % | Weight | 1 | 11 | 1233 | ||
20 | Uranium Produced/Total Uranium Produced % | Weight | 5 | 11 | 1233 | ||
21 | Gold Prod. | Weight | 125 | 8 | 1232 | ||
22 | Gold Produced/Total Gold Produced %. | 4 | 8 | 1230 | |||
23 | Diamond prod. | Weight | 10 | 4 | 1232 | ||
24 | Diamond Produced/Total Diamond Produced % | Weight | 10 | 4 | 1231 |
Work Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Above than World Average- |
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1 | Unemployment Rate. | % People | 13 | 2 | 1128 | ||
2 | Unemployed Labour Force. | # People | 1,648,234 | 5 | 1127 | ||
3 | Labour Force Participation | # People | 11,624,528 | 23 | 1130 | ||
4 | Formal Jobs | # People | 10,227,722 | 24 | 1127 | ||
5 | Employment in Services | # People | 9,747,273 | 27 | 1128 | ||
6 | Total Labour Force (2021) | # People | 19,636,200 | 28 | 1126 | ||
7 | Non-Agricultural Labour Force | # People | 14,402,736 | 28 | 1129 | ||
8 | Wage & Salaried Workers / Total Labour Force % | % People | 58 | 75 | 1128 | ||
9 | Employment in Services / Total Labour Force %. | % People | 55 | 79 | 1127 | ||
10 | Employment in services/Total Labour force %. | % People | 55 | 79 | 1129 | ||
11 | Non-Agri Labour force/Total Labour force %. | % People | 75 | 97 | 1128 | ||
Below than World Average- |
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1 | Total Labour Force/Total Pop. | % People | 43 | 118 | 1234 | ||
2 | Employment in Services /Total pop.%. | % People | 24 | 86 | 1231 | ||
3 | Employment in Agri. / Total Labour Force % . | % People | 24 | 82 | 1235 | ||
4 | Employment in Agriculture/Total Labour force %. | % People | 24 | 82 | 1230 | ||
5 | Employment in Agriculture /Total Pop. %. | % People | 9 | 77 | 1230 | ||
6 | Employment in Agriculture | # People | 5,233,463 | 30 | 1234 | ||
7 | Teachers in primary edu. | # People | 357,113 | 23 | 1232 |
Urbanization Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Above than World Average- |
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1 | # Cities>5M | # Cities | 0 | 9 | 1128 | ||
2 | # Cities>5M | # Cities | 0 | 11 | 1126 | ||
3 | # Cities>1M | # Cities | 1 | 17 | 1127 | ||
4 | # Cities>1M | # Cities | 2 | 20 | 1125 | ||
5 | Urban Population (2021) | # People | 22,563,215 | 23 | 1128 | ||
6 | # Cities>500000 | # Cities | 5 | 24 | 1126 | ||
7 | # Cities>300000 | # Cities | 7 | 25 | 1125 | ||
8 | # Cities>500000 | # Cities | 4 | 25 | 1129 | ||
9 | # Cities>300000 | # Cities | 8 | 29 | 1127 | ||
10 | Rural Pop. | # People | 18,013,759 | 29 | 1127 | ||
11 | # Cities>100000 | # Cities | 21 | 31 | 1125 | ||
12 | # Cities>100000 | # Cities | 23 | 32 | 1129 | ||
13 | 1M+ Cities per 100000 ( 1M+ Cities/ Tot Pop.)* 100000 | 0 | 56 | 1126 | |||
14 | Urban Population / Total Population % . | % People | 59 | 79 | 1128 | ||
15 | Pop. with access to Electricity (%) | % People | 85 | 136 | 1126 | ||
16 | Pop. without Electricity access | # People | 3,489,572 | 31 | 1130 | ||
Below than World Average- |
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1 | Rural Pop. /Total Pop. % | % People | 41 | 118 | 1234 | ||
2 | 1M+ Cities Ratio ( 1M+ Cities/ # Cities> 100000) | 0 | 53 | 1231 |
Media Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Above than World Average- |
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1 | # Phone Numbers /Total Pop. % | Percent | 101 | 10 | 1130 | ||
2 | # Mobile phone numbers | Count | 40,393,496 | 17 | 1128 |
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Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Above than World Average- |
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1 | Christian Pop./Total Christian Pop.% | % People | 0 | 15 | 1129 | ||
2 | Christian Pop./Total Pop.% | % People | 42 | 74 | 1130 | ||
Below than World Average- |
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1 | Islamic Pop./Total Pop.% | % People | 22 | 123 | 1235 | ||
2 | Islamic Pop./Total Islamic Pop.% | % People | 0 | 75 | 1233 | ||
3 | Jewish Pop./Total Pop.% | % People | 0 | 18 | 1232 | ||
4 | Jewish Pop./Total Jewish Pop. % | % People | 0 | 12 | 1232 |
Internet Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Above than World Average- |
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1 | LinkedIn users | # People | 5,792,754 | 17 | 1127 | ||
2 | LinkedIn Users as a % of Total LinkedIn Users | # People | 0 | 17 | 1130 | ||
3 | Internet Users | # People | 25,030,008 | 24 | 1126 | ||
4 | Facebook users | # People | 17,943,893 | 24 | 1130 | ||
5 | Twitter users | # People | 3,240,046 | 30 | 1126 | ||
6 | Twitter Users as a % of Total Twitter Users | # People | 0 | 30 | 1126 | ||
7 | Int. Users / Total Pop.% | % People | 66 | 107 | 1129 | ||
Below than World Average- |
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1 | FB Users / Total Int. Users %. | % People | 76 | 118 | 1232 | ||
2 | FB Users / Total Pop. %. | % People | 60 | 114 | 1232 | ||
3 | Twitter Users as a % of Total Internet Users | # People | 16 | 104 | 1233 | ||
4 | Twitter Users as a % of Total Population | # People | 14 | 100 | 1231 | ||
5 | LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Population | # People | 29 | 77 | 1234 | ||
6 | LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Internet Users | # People | 34 | 64 | 1231 |
Governance Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Above than World Average- |
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1 | Police Officers | # People | 138,224 | 22 | 1128 | ||
Below than World Average- |
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1 | Military Force/Total Pop. % | % People | 0 | 134 | 1235 | ||
2 | Judges Per 100K | People Per 100K | 11 | 66 | 1232 | ||
3 | Military Force/Total World Military Force %. | % People | 0 | 55 | 1233 | ||
4 | Total Military Force | # People | 122,909 | 55 | 1231 | ||
5 | Military Budget (in Billion $) | $ Billion | 15 | 51 | 1232 | ||
6 | Military Budget/Total World Military Budget %. | Percent | 0 | 50 | 1231 | ||
7 | Lawyers Per 100K | People Per 100K | 129 | 27 | 1232 |
Demography Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Above than World Average- |
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1 | Total Population (2021) | # People (In Thousands) | 40,345 | 24 | 1130 | ||
2 | Male Population | # People (In Thousands) | 20,393 | 24 | 1126 | ||
3 | Female Population | # People (In Thousands) | 20,160 | 24 | 1129 | ||
4 | Births | # People (In Thousands) | 688 | 25 | 1126 | ||
5 | Female % of Total Pop. | % People | 49 | 32 | 1128 | ||
6 | Gender Ratio | Ratio of female per male, Country total female/ Country total male | 0 | 32 | 1125 | ||
7 | Total Deaths | # People (In Thousands) | 355 | 20 | 1128 | ||
Below than World Average- |
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1 | Male % of Total Pop. | % People | 50 | 163 | 1234 | ||
2 | Density ( Pop/Land Area Ratio) | Density | 342 | 136 | 1234 | ||
3 | Population Growth Rate (%) | % People | 1 | 94 | 1234 |
Education Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Above than World Average- |
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1 | Total Literate Pop. | # People | 34,125,548 | 24 | 1130 | ||
2 | Literacy Rate (%) | % People | 86 | 102 | 1126 | ||
Below than World Average- |
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1 | Enrolment in Tertiary Edu/Total Literate Pop. %. | % People | 9 | 108 | 1230 | ||
2 | Enrolment in Tertiary Edu./ Total Pop. %. | % People | 9 | 105 | 1232 | ||
3 | # Students per teacher in Primary edu. | Ratio | 260 | 74 | 1234 | ||
4 | Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Literate Pop. | % People | 28 | 72 | 1232 | ||
5 | Enrolment in Primary Edu./ Total Literate Pop %. | % People | 36 | 63 | 1233 | ||
6 | Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Pop %. | % People | 23 | 57 | 1230 | ||
7 | Enrolment in Primary Edu./Total Pop %. | % People | 27 | 53 | 1230 | ||
8 | Teachers in secondary edu. | # People | 659,923 | 36 | 1235 | ||
9 | Enrolment in tertiary edu.(all programmes) | # People | 4,618,191 | 35 | 1233 | ||
10 | Enrolment in secondary edu. | # People | 9,727,510 | 23 | 1230 | ||
11 | Enrolment in primary edu. | # People | 9,629,078 | 19 | 1232 | ||
12 | # Total Students (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary) | # People | 38,831,325 | 19 | 1231 | ||
13 | # Students per teacher in secondary edu. | Ratio | 57 | 18 | 1234 |
Wealth Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Above than World Average- |
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1 | Import Ban(Number of products) | Count | 12 | 27 | 1125 | ||
2 | FDI / Total FDI of the World %. | 0 | 38 | 1127 | |||
3 | FDI (millions USD) | Amount | 7,895 | 39 | 1126 | ||
Below than World Average- |
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1 | Imports /Total GDP of the Country %. | 52 | 112 | 1230 | |||
2 | Exports/Total GDP of the Country %. | 45 | 94 | 1235 | |||
3 | GDP Per Capita (USD) | $ | 18,253 | 93 | 1234 | ||
4 | Import of Goods and Services (in Million $) | Amount | 182,282 | 41 | 1233 | ||
5 | Imports/Total Imports of the World %. | 0 | 40 | 1234 | |||
6 | GDP as a % of Total GDP | Percent | 0 | 35 | 1234 | ||
7 | GDP (Billions USD) 2022 | $ Billions | 531 | 37 | 1234 | ||
8 | Export of Goods and Services (in Million $) | Amount | 184,833 | 37 | 1232 | ||
9 | Exports /Total Exports of the World %. | 0 | 37 | 1232 | |||
10 | No. of Companies Listed in NYSE | Count | 65 | 17 | 1235 |
Health Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Below than World Average- |
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1 | Life Expectancy at Birth, both sexes | Age | 71 | 163 | 1231 | ||
2 | Pharmacists (Per 10,000) | People Per 10,000 | 4 | 134 | 1230 | ||
3 | Nurses(per 10000) | People per 10000 | 44 | 127 | 1235 | ||
4 | Doctors (Per 10,000) | People Per 10,000 | 20 | 122 | 1230 | ||
5 | Total Nursing | # People | 163,061 | 48 | 1233 | ||
6 | Total No. of Doctors | # People | 73,975 | 41 | 1231 |
South Africa Language Details
Sr. | Language | % of people speaking the language in country. |
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1 | English | 9.77 % |
2 | Northern Sotho | 7.91 % |
3 | Sotho | 7.73 % |
4 | Swazi | 3.87 % |
5 | Venda | 2.19 % |
6 | Ndebele | 2.14 % |
7 | Xhosa | 1.35 % |
8 | Standard Chinese | 0.04 % |
9 | Telugu | 0.01 % |
List of cities having more than 100K population in South Africa
Sr. | City | Total City Population (2023) |
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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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