South Africa Size

Country in Africa

Area Size
• Total	1,221,037 km (471,445 sq mi) (24th)
• Water (%)	0.380
Population Size
• 2019 estimate	59,622,350 (23rd)
• 2011 census	51,770,560
• Density	42.4/km (109.8/sq mi) (169th)

More Information About South Africa

Republic of South Africa 10 other official names
Capital	Pretoria (executive) Cape Town (legislative) Bloemfontein (judicial)
Official languages	11 languages English isiZulu isiXhosa Afrikaans Sepedi Setswana Sesotho Xitsonga siSwati (Swazi) Tshivenda isiNdebele Languages with special status Khoi languages Nama San languages South African Sign Language German Greek Gujarati Hindi Portuguese Telugu Tamil Urdu Arabic Hebrew Sanskrit
Ethnic groups (2019)	80.7% Black African 8.8% Coloured 7.9% White 2.6% Asian
Religion (2016)	78.0% Christianity —58.3% Protestantism —19.7% Other Christian 10.9% No religion 4.4% Traditional faiths 1.6% Islam 1.0% Hinduism 2.7% Others 1.4% Undetermined
GDP (PPP)	2021 estimate
• Total	$748 billion (32nd)
• Per capita	$12,351 (96th)
GDP (nominal)	2021 estimate
• Total	$317 billion (35th)
• Per capita	$5,236 (89th)
Gini (2014)	63.0 very high
HDI (2019)	0.709 high · 114th
Currency	South African rand (ZAR)
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Date format	Short formats: yyyy/mm/dd yyyy-mm-dd
Driving side	left
Calling code	+27

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