Editing Demographics of South Africa (section)

==Immigration==
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{{main|Immigration to South Africa}}
South Africa hosts a sizeable [[refugee]] and [[asylum seeker]] population. According to the ''World Refugee Survey 2008'', published by the [[U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants]], this population numbered approximately 144,700 in 2007.<ref name="World Refugee Survey 2008"/> Groups of refugees and asylum seekers numbering over 10,000 included people from [[Zimbabwe]] (48,400), the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] (24,800), and [[Somalia]] (12,900).<ref name="World Refugee Survey 2008"/> These populations mainly lived in [[Johannesburg]], [[Pretoria]], [[Durban]], [[Cape Town]], and [[Port Elizabeth]].<ref name="World Refugee Survey 2008">{{cite news|title=World Refugee Survey 2008|publisher=U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants|date=19 June 2008|url=http://www.refugees.org/survey|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071005040657/http://www.refugees.org/article.aspx?id=1941|archive-date=5 October 2007}}</ref> Many refugees have now also started to work and live in rural areas in provinces such as [[Mpumalanga]] and [[KwaZulu-Natal]].

[[Statistics South Africa|Statistics SA]] assumes in some of their calculations that there are fewer than 2 million immigrants in South Africa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statssa.gov.za/PublicationsHTML/P03022009/html/P03022009_6.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120805230305/http://www.statssa.gov.za/PublicationsHTML/P03022009/html/P03022009_6.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 August 2012|title=P03022009_6 |publisher=Statssa.gov.za |access-date=5 January 2014}}</ref> Other institutions, like the police and [[Médecins Sans Frontières]] place estimate the figure at 4 million.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2005-11-08|title=So where are Zimbabweans going?|language=en-GB|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4416820.stm|access-date=2023-02-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=SA het baie meer mense as geraam
| trans-title=SA population may be much larger than previously thought
| date= 1 June 2009
| last= Slabbert | first= Antoinette 
|url=http://www.sake24.com/articles/default/display_article.aspx?Channel=News_Home&ArticleId=6-1607_2524944&IsColumnistStory=False|access-date=2023-02-06|website=sake24.com|archive-date=15 July 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110715230442/http://www.sake24.com/articles/default/display_article.aspx?Channel=News_Home&ArticleId=6-1607_2524944&IsColumnistStory=False|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.home-affairs.gov.za/faq.asp |title=South African Department of Home Affairs |access-date=6 February 2016|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918042227/http://www.home-affairs.gov.za/faq.asp |archive-date=18 September 2010}}</ref><ref>[[South African Police Service]] [http://www.saps.gov.za/saps_profile/strategic_framework/annual_report/2008_2009/2_crime_situation_sa.pdf 2009 Annual Report] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725220235/http://www.saps.gov.za/saps_profile/strategic_framework/annual_report/2008_2009/2_crime_situation_sa.pdf |date=25 July 2013 }} page 9 indicating the number exceeds 3 million</ref>

===Immigration figures===

Main countries of immigration in South Africa according to the 2011 Census and 2022 Census: 
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
|-
! scope="col" colspan="4" | Source: [[2022 South African census]]<ref name="sacensus">{{cite web|url=https://census.statssa.gov.za/assets/documents/2022/P03014_Census_2022_Statistical_Release.pdf|title=STATISTICAL RELEASE; Census 2022|access-date=2024-01-10}}</ref> 
|-
! scope="col" | Place of birth
!  data-sort-type="number" | Population, 2011
!  data-sort-type="number" | Population, 2022
!  data-sort-type="number" | Difference
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Zimbabwe}} 
| 672,308
| 1,012,059
| 339,751 {{increase}}
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Mozambique}} 
| 393,231
| 416,564 
| 23,333 {{increase}}
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Lesotho}} 
| 160,806 
| 227,770
| 66,964 {{increase}}
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Malawi}} 
| 86,606 
| 198,807
| 112,201 {{increase}}
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|United Kingdom}} 
| 81,720
| 61,282
| -20,438 {{decrease}}
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Ethiopia}} 
| 28,230 
| 58,131 
| 29,901 {{increase}}
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Namibia}} 
| 40,575
| 36,140 
| -4,435 {{decrease}}
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|India}} 
| 31,165
| 27,350
| -3,815 {{decrease}}
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Nigeria}} 
| 26,341 
| 24,718 
| -1,623 {{decrease}}
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Zambia}} 
| 30,054 
| 24,625
| -5,429 {{decrease}}
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Congo}} 
| 26,061 
| 23,328
| -2,733 {{decrease}}
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Bangladesh}} 
| 19,696 
| 20,894 
| 1,198 {{increase}}
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|DRC}} 
| 25,630 
| 17,635  
| -7,995 {{decrease}}
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Somalia}} 
| 26,116 
| 15,838
| -10,278 {{decrease}}
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Pakistan}} 
| 17,241 
| 15,006 
| -2,235 {{decrease}}
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Germany}} 
| 20,494 
| 12,139 
| -8,355 {{decrease}}
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Botswana}} 
| 12,316
| 8,976 
| -3,340 {{decrease}}
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Portugal}} 
| 15,626
| 7,615 
| -8,011 {{decrease}}
|-
|}

Immigration assumptions by Statistics South Africa to South Africa based on race.  Negative numbers represent net migration from South Africa to other countries.<ref name="STATSmigration2014">{{cite web | url=http://www.statssa.gov.za/publications/P0302/P03022022.pdf | title=Mid-year population estimates 2022 | publisher=Statistics South Africa | date=28 July 2022 | access-date=14 November 2022}}</ref>
{{Image frame 
 | caption= Immigration to SA by Race {{br}}(Negative values indicate net migration from SA elsewhere)<!--{{br}}{{legend|darkred|African}}{{legend|purple|Asian}}{{legend|darkgreen|White}}-->
 | content = {{Graph:Chart
 | width=400
 | height=200
 | xAxisTitle=Year
 | yAxisTitle=Immigration by Race
 | type=rect
 | showSymbols=
 | legend= Race
 | colors=darkred, purple, darkgreen
 | xAxisAngle=-45
 | showValues=offset:5, fontcolor:gold
 | x=1985–2000, 2001–2006, 2006–2011, 2011–2016, 2016–2021
 | y1=632633, 565916, 815780, 972995, 894365
 | y2=36908, 25310, 43222, 54697, 49584
 | y3=-202868, -99574, -106787, -111346, -90956
 | y1Title= African
 | y2Title=Asian
 | y3Title=White
}}
}}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:80px;"|Year
! style="width:80pt;"|African
! style="width:80px;"|Asian
! style="width:80px;"|White
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 1985-2000
|| 632 633
|| 36 908
|| -202 868
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 2001-2006
|| 565 916
|| 25 310 
|| -99 574
|- style="text-align:right;" 
||2006-2011
|| 815 780 
|| 43 222
|| -106 787
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 2011-2016
|| 972 995
|| 54 697 
|| -111 346
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 2016-2021
|| 894 365
|| 49 584
|| -90 956
|}

{{clear}}