South Africa
Country statistics
Total area: 471,008 sq miles (1,219,912 sq km)
Population (2010 est.): 49,109,107 (growth rate: -0.05%); birth rate: 19.6/1000; infant mortality rate: 43.7/1000; life expectancy: 49.2; density per sq miles: 93
Capital City: Pretoria, Bloemfontein (Judicial capital)
Monetary unit: Rand
Languages: 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)
Ethnicity/race: black African 79%, white 9.6%, colored 8.9%, Indian/Asian 2.5% (2001)
Religions: Zion Christian 11%, Pentecostal/Charismatic 8%, Catholic 7%, Methodist 7%, Dutch Reformed 7%, Anglican 4%, other Christian 36%, Islam 2%, none 15% (2001)
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