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Province in South Africa

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NameStatusPopulation
Census
1996-10-09		Population
Census
2001-10-09		Population
Census
2011-10-09		Population
Estimate
2016-03-06
GautengProvince7,834,1259,388,85412,272,26313,399,725
City of JohannesburgMetropolitan Municipality2,638,4703,226,0604,434,8274,949,347
City of Tshwane (Pretoria)Metropolitan Municipality1,792,3602,142,3202,921,4883,275,152
Ekurhuleni (East Rand)Metropolitan Municipality2,026,9802,481,7603,178,4703,379,104
EmfuleniLocal Municipality597,285657,949721,663733,445
LesediLocal Municipality66,20671,86899,520112,472
Merafong CityLocal Municipality209,727210,481197,520188,843
MidvaalLocal Municipality53,35364,27195,301111,612
Mogale CityLocal Municipality226,446295,505362,422383,864
RandfonteinLocal Municipality107,711128,842149,286156,985
WestonariaLocal Municipality115,592109,799111,767108,902
South AfricaRepublic40,583,57344,819,77851,770,56055,653,654

Source: Statistics South Africa (web).

Explanation: The 2016 population figures refer to the Community Survey 2016. Area figures for municipalities are calculated from geospatial data.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2011)
Males6,189,875
Females6,082,388
Population Group (C 2011)
Black African9,493,684
White1,913,884
Asian356,574
Coloured423,594
Other group84,527
First Language (C 2011)
Zulu2,390,036
Xhosa796,841
Afrikaans1,502,940
English1,603,464
Northern Sotho1,282,896
Tswana1,094,599
Sotho1,395,089
Tsonga796,511
Venda272,122
Southern Ndebele380,494
Sign Language52,744
Other language371,575

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