Editing Demographics of South Africa (section)

====2022 Census====
Source: ''Census 2022 Statistical Release''<ref>https://census.statssa.gov.za/assets/documents/2022/P03014_Census_2022_Statistical_Release.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="width:80%;"
|- style="text-align:center"
! {{diagonal split header|Pop. Group|Province}}
! [[Eastern Cape]]
! [[Free State (province)|Free State]]
! [[Gauteng]]
! [[KwaZulu-Natal]]
! [[Limpopo]]
! [[Mpumalanga]]
! [[Northern Cape]]
! [[North West (South African province)|North West]]
! [[Western Cape]]
! Total
! Percent
|- style="text-align:right; background:gainsboro;"
|  style="text-align:left;"|[[Bantu peoples in South Africa|Black]]
|  6,189,075  
|  2,630,556 
|  12,763,312 
|  10,535,830 
|  6,341,601 
|  4,898,063 
|  679,383 
|  3,562,524
|  2,884,511 
|  '''50,486,856 '''
|  {{percentage bar|width=50|81.4}}
|- style="text-align:right; background:#eee;"
|  style="text-align:left;"|[[Cape Coloureds|Coloured]]
|  547,741
|  78,141 
|  443,857 
|  183,019
|  18,409
|  32,100
|  563,605
|  60,720
|  3,124,757 
|  '''5,052,349'''
|  {{percentage bar|width=50|8.2}}
|- style="text-align:right; background:white;"
|  style="text-align:left; "|[[White South Africans|White]]
|  403,061  
|  235,915 
|  1,509,800 
|  513,377 
|  167,524 
|  185,731 
|  99,150 
|  171,887 
|  1,217,807 
|  '''4,504,252'''
|  {{percentage bar|width=50|7.3}}
|- style="text-align:right; background:#EEEEE0"
|  style="text-align:left; "|[[Indian South Africans|Indian]]
|  37,568 
|  12,978 
|  329,736 
|  1,157,542 
|  35,958 
|  25,882 
|  10,824 
|  2,654 
|  84,363 
|  '''1,697,506'''
|  {{percentage bar|width=50|2.7}}
|- style="text-align:right;
|  style="text-align:left; "|Other
|  48,339
|  4,274
|  35,890
|  27,442
|  7,172
|  440
|  2,667
|  5,894
|  115,235
|  '''247,353'''
|  {{percentage bar|width=50|0.4}}
|- style="text-align:right; background:honeydew;"
|  style="text-align:center;"|'''Total'''
|  '''7,225,784 '''
|  '''2,961,864'''
|  '''15,084,595'''
|  '''12,417,210'''
|  '''6,570,664'''
|  '''5,142,216'''
|  '''1,355,629'''
|  '''3,803,679'''
|  '''7,426,673'''
|  '''61,988,314'''
|  {{percentage bar|width=50|100.0}}
|- style="text-align:right; background:mintcream;"
| style="text-align:left;"|% of S.A.
|  {{percentage bar|width=70|11.7}}
|  {{percentage bar|width=70|4.8}}
|  {{percentage bar|width=70|24.3}}
|  {{percentage bar|width=70|20.0}}
|  {{percentage bar|width=70|10.6}}
|  {{percentage bar|width=70|8.3}}
|  {{percentage bar|width=70|2.2}}
|  {{percentage bar|width=70|6.1}}
|  {{percentage bar|width=70|12.0}}
|  {{percentage bar|width=70|100}}
|
|}
{{Graph:Chart
 | width=600
 | height=200
 | xAxisTitle=Year
 | yAxisTitle=Total Historical Population
 | type=rect
 | showSymbols=
 | colors=darkred, gold
 | xAxisAngle=-45
 | showValues=offset:5, fontcolor:gold
 | x=1820,1870,1904,1911,1913, 1921, 1936, 1946, 1950, 1955, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2011, 2016
 | y=1550000, 2547000, 5175463, 5972757, 6153000, 6927403, 9587863, 11415925, 13683162, 15384557, 17396367, 22502502, 29077143, 36793490, 41426810, 44819777, 48502063, 51770560, 55653654
}}

{{Historical populations|type=ZA|percentages = pagr
|1|100000
|1000|300000
|1500|600000
|1600|700000
|1700|1000000
|1820|1550000
|1870|2547000
|1904|5175463
|1911|5972757
|1913|6153000
|1921|6927403
|1936|9587863
|1946|11415925
|1950|13683162
|1955|15384557
|1960|17396367
|1970|22502502
|1980|29077143
|1990|36793490
|1995|41426810
|2001|44819777
|2007|48502063
|2011|51770560
|2016|55653654
|2022|62027503
|footnote=Note: Population estimates (1 AD - 1870 AD) are deduced from quantitative macroeconomic historical calculations.  1 (est.), 1000 (est.), 1500 (est.), 1600 (est.), 1700 (est.), 1820 (est.), 1870 (est.), 1913,<ref name="Maddison">{{cite web | url=http://www.ggdc.net/maddison/Historical_Statistics/horizontal-file_02-2010.xls | title=Statistics on World Population, GDP and Per Capita GDP, 1-2008 AD | publisher=[[University of Groningen]] | date=2010 | access-date=1 March 2016 | author=[[Angus Maddison]] | archive-date=30 January 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130172908/http://www.ggdc.net/maddison/historical_statistics/horizontal-file_02-2010.xls | url-status=dead }}</ref> 1904<ref name="Smuts"/>
1904-1946,<ref>''The Statesman's Year-Book 1977–1978'' (ed. John Paxton), St. Martin's Press, New York (& Macmillan, London), 1977, page 1296</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citypopulation.de/SouthAfrica-CapeTown.html|title=City of Cape Town / Isixeko Sasekapa, Stad Kaapstad: Metropolitan Municipality & Main Places – Statistics & Maps on City Population|website=Citypopulation.de|access-date=29 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829162554/http://www.citypopulation.de/SouthAfrica-CapeTown.html|archive-date=29 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citypopulation.de/SouthAfrica-UA.html|title=South Africa: Provinces and Major Urban Areas - Population Statistics in Maps and Charts|website=Citypopulation.de|access-date=29 August 2017}}</ref> 1950-2010,<ref name="WPP 2015">{{cite web | url=http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DVD/Files/1_Indicators%20(Standard)/EXCEL_FILES/1_Population/WPP2015_POP_F01_1_TOTAL_POPULATION_BOTH_SEXES.XLS | title=Total Population - Both Sexes (XLS, 3.74 MB) - 2015 revision | publisher=United Nations | date=2015 | access-date=1 March 2016 | author=Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222125602/http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DVD/Files/1_Indicators%20(Standard)/EXCEL_FILES/1_Population/WPP2015_POP_F01_1_TOTAL_POPULATION_BOTH_SEXES.XLS | archive-date=22 December 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref> [[South African National Census of 2001|2001]], [[South African National Census of 2011|2011]], 2015<ref name="stats2015">{{cite web | url=https://www.statssa.gov.za/publications/P0302/P03022015.pdf | title=Mid-year population estimates | publisher=Statistics South Africa | date=23 July 2015 | access-date=1 March 2016}}</ref>
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