
Buffalo City
Metropolitan Municipality in South Africa
Contents: Population
The population development of Buffalo City as well as related information and services (Wikipedia, Google, images).
Name | Status | Population Census 1996-10-09 | Population Census 2001-10-09 | Population Census 2011-10-09 | Population Estimate 2016-03-06 | |
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Buffalo City (East London) | Metropolitan Municipality | 685,727 | 704,855 | 755,200 | 810,528 | |
South Africa | Republic | 40,583,573 | 44,819,778 | 51,770,560 | 55,653,654 |
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) | |
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Males | 358,557 |
Females | 396,644 |
Population Group (C 2011) | |
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Black African | 642,753 |
White | 58,258 |
Asian | 6,241 |
Coloured | 45,442 |
Other group | 2,506 |
First Language (C 2011) | |
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Zulu | 3,154 |
Xhosa | 580,624 |
Afrikaans | 52,801 |
English | 81,050 |
Northern Sotho | 1,607 |
Tswana | 1,380 |
Sotho | 2,466 |
Tsonga | 558 |
Venda | 327 |
Southern Ndebele | 1,811 |
Sign Language | 5,289 |
Other language | 5,232 |