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South Africa
Republic of South Africa
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Population
63.10M
Capital
Pretoria
Area
1,221,037 km²
Currency
ZAR
South African rand
Statistics
Latest values from the World Bank. Click any metric for the full trend.
GDP (current US$)
$401.14B
as of 2024
GDP per capita
$6,267
as of 2024
Population
64.01M
as of 2024
Population growth (annual %)
1.2%
as of 2024
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
4.4%
as of 2024
Unemployment (% of labor force)
32.3%
as of 2024
Internet users (% of population)
78.4%
as of 2024
Life expectancy at birth
66.31
as of 2024
Healthcare spending (% of GDP)
8.9%
as of 2023
Education spending (% of GDP)
6.0%
as of 2024
Urban population (% of total)
63.7%
as of 2024
Fertility rate
2.21
as of 2024
CO₂ emissions per capita
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no data
Trade (% of GDP)
61.6%
as of 2024
Land area (km²)
1.21M
as of 2023
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About South Africa
- Languages
- Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Southern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu
- Currencies
- South African rand (ZAR)
- Timezones
- UTC+02:00
- Demonym
- South African
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- ISO codes
- ZA · ZAF
- Map
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