South Africa

Presentation

Capital: Pretoria

Population

Total Population (million): 47.59

Annual growth rate: -0.50%

Density: n.c. inhab./km²

Urban population: 60.00%

Population of principal urban areas: Cape Town (3.5); Durban (3.34); Johannesburg (3.2); Pretoria (1104479); Port Elizabeth (749921)

Ethnic Origins: Black African 79.6%, White 9.1%, Coloured 8.9%, Indian/Asian 2.5% (2007 Estimated)

Visit: Statistics South Africa

Official Language: Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu.

Other languages spoken: Fanagalo, Hindi, Sotho, Tsotsitaal, Venda,

Business language: English.However advertising in local languages has a wider reach.

Religion: Almost 80% of the population follows Christianity. Small segment of the society follows Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and traditional African beliefs.

Literacy rate: n.c.%

Local time:

It is %T:%M %A in Pretoria

Exchange rate on :

Country overview

Area: 1,219,090 km²

Type of State: South Africa is a federal republic state based on parliamentary democracy.

Type of economy: Upper-middle-income economy, Emerging Financial Market
The wealthiest country in Africa; the world's leading producer of gold.

HID*: 0.674

HDI (world rank): 121/177

Note: (*) The HDI, Human Development Index, is an indicator which synthesizes several data such as life expectancy, level of education, professional careers, access to culture etc.

Weather in Pretoria

F° | C°

21°

Low: 15° | High: 30°

Humidity: 68% | Wind: 21 km/h
Sunrise: 5:16 am | Sunset: 6:26 pm

Source: Yahoo Weather

Telecommunication

Telephone code:
To call from South Africa, dial 00
To call in South Africa, dial 27

Internet suffix: .za

Computers: 8.4 per 100 inhabitants

Telephone lines: 9.6 per 100 inhabitants

Internet users: 8.2 per 100 inhabitants