South Africa -
Republic of South Africa
geography
. 1,218,363 sq.km.
. A republic with nine provinces at the southernmost point of Africa.
. Relatively well-watered in the east; arid with increasing desertification towards the west coast.
population
2000 40,376,579
2010 42,514,924
2025 46,015,286
people
African 76.7%.
Caucasian 10.9%;
Coloured (mixed race) 8.9%.
Asian 2.6%.
Other 0.9%.
literacy
82% - Functional literacy is much lower at around 62%
language
National languages 11 — all the major ethnic languages.
English and Afrikaans are the main languages in higher education.
Languages with Scriptures 19Bi 1NT 1w.i.p.
religion
Freedom of religion.
A strong push to give all religions equal say has given high profile to the ethnic African religions, Islam, Hinduism, humanism and the interfaith movement at the expense of Christianity.
Religions
Christian
Traditional ethnic
non-religious/ other
Muslim
Hindu
Baha'i
Jewish
Buddhist/ Chinese |
Population %
73.52
15.00
8.08
1.45
1.25
0.50
0.17
0.03 |
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Country profiles supplied courtesy of Operation World. http://www.gmi.org/ow/
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