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City of Johannesburg

Metropolitan Municipality in South Africa

Contents: Population

The population development of City of Johannesburg as well as related information and services (Wikipedia, Google, images).

City of JohannesburgMetropolitan Municipality2,638,4703,226,0604,434,8274,949,347
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)
Males2,225,137
Females2,209,690
Population Group (C 2011)
Black African3,389,278
White544,530
Asian216,198
Coloured247,276
Other group37,545
First Language (C 2011)
Zulu1,022,747
Xhosa298,523
Afrikaans318,063
English878,230
Northern Sotho317,277
Tswana335,713
Sotho420,117
Tsonga287,625
Venda141,435
Southern Ndebele126,587
Sign Language18,793
Other language168,566

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