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South Africa
Basic information
The official national name of South Africa is Republic of South Africa
Source: Atlapedia
South Africa capital is Pretoria
Source: Atlapedia
The official currency is the Rand (R) divided into 100 Cents.
Source: Atlapedia
Demographic
The population of South Africa is 49,052,489 (July 2010 est.).
Source: CIA Factbook
The population of South Africa is growing at a rate of 0.281% (2010 est.).
Source: CIA Factbook
The median age of the population of South Africa is 24.7 years (2010 est.). source: CIA Factbook
The age structure of South Africa is as follows:
0-14 years: 28.9%,
15-64 years: 65.8%,
65 years and over: 5.4% (2010 est.). source: CIA Factbook
The urban composition of the population of South Africa is 61% of total population (2008). source: CIA Factbook
The population (in percent) that each ethnic group comprises in South Africa is: black African 79%, white 9.6%, colored 8.9%, Indian/Asian 2.5% (2001 census) source: CIA Factbook
The major languages spoken in South Africa: IsiZulu 23.8%, IsiXhosa 17.6%, Afrikaans 13.3%, Sepedi 9.4%, English 8.2%, Setswana 8.2%, Sesotho 7.9%, Xitsonga 4.4%, other 7.2% (2001 census) source: CIA Factbook
the official language are The official languages are Afrikaans, derived principally from the Dutch language and dialects, English, Zulu, Xhosa, Swazi, Ndebele, Venda, Tsonga, Northern Sotho, Western Sotho and Southern Sotho. source: Atlapedia
The major religion of the country are : Zion Christian 11.1%, Pentecostal/Charismatic 8.2%, Catholic 7.1%, Methodist 6.8%, Dutch Reformed 6.7%, Anglican 3.8%, Muslim 1.5%, other Christian 36%, other 2.3%, unspecified 1.4%, none 15.1% (2001 census)
Source: CIA Factbook
Source: CIA Factbook
The life expectancy for residents of South Africa is 48.98 years (2010 est.). source: CIA Factbook.
The fertility rate for women in South Africa is 2.33 children born per woman (2010 est.).