Editing Cape Colony (section)

==Demographics==
Population figures for the 1865, 1875, 1891 and 1904 censuses.{{sfn|Malherbe|1939|p=1038}} Groups marked "nd" are Not Distinguished in the censuses for those years.
{| class="wikitable"
|+Population of the Cape Colony exclusive of military.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Martin |first=Robert Montgomery |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ifk9AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA112 |title=The British Colonial Library: In 12 volumes |date=1836 |publisher=Mortimer |pages=112 |language=en}}</ref>
!Year
![[Christians|Christian]] Males*
!Christian Females*
!Free Blacks Males
!Free Blacks Females
![[Khoekhoe]] Males
!Khoekhoe Females
!Slaves Males
!Slaves Females
!Total
|-
|1807
|13,624
|11,990
|529
|605
|8,496
|8,935
|18,990
|10,313
|'''73,482'''
|-
|1817
|20,750
|18,884
|918
|958
|11,640
|11,796
|19,481
|12,565
|'''97,335'''
|-
|1823
|25,487
|23,212
|891
|1,098
|15,336
|15,213
|19,786
|13,412
|'''116,205'''
|-
|1833
|50,881
|45,210
|nd
|nd
|nd
|nd
|19,378
|14,244
|'''129,713'''
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Includes both free [[Coloureds|Coloured]] people and Whites

{| class="wikitable"
|+Settlement populations in 1833.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Martin |first=Robert Montgomery |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ifk9AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA112 |title=The British Colonial Library: In 12 volumes |date=1836 |publisher=Mortimer |pages=113 |language=en}}</ref>
!District areas
!Free Males
!Free Females
!Male Slaves
!Female Slaves
!Total population
|-
|[[Cape Town]]
|6,656
|7,016
|2,864
|2,691
|'''19,227'''
|-
|Cape District
|4,193
|3,489
|2,735
|1,523
|'''11,940'''
|-
|[[Stellenbosch]]
|3,929
|3,653
|5,492
|3,063
|'''16,137'''
|-
|[[Swellendam]]
|6,125
|5,717
|1,596
|1,428
|'''14,866'''
|-
|[[George, South Africa|George]]
|2,976
|2,669
|1,130
|1,100
|'''7,875'''
|-
|[[Uitenhage]]
|4,595
|3,199
|672
|626
|'''9,092'''
|-
|[[Albany, South Africa|Albany]]
|4,850
|4,525
|75
|69
|'''9,519'''
|-
|[[Somerset West|Somerset]]
|5,340
|4,649
|76
|680
|'''10,745'''
|-
|[[Graaff-Reinet]]
|6,397
|4,613
|1,505
|944
|'''13,459'''
|-
|Total
|45,061
|39,530
|16,145
|12,124
|'''112,860'''
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+Census data: 1865–1904
!Population group
! colspan="2" |1865 Census{{sfn|Malherbe|1939|p=1038}}
! colspan="2" |1875 Census{{sfn|Malherbe|1939|p=1038}}
! colspan="2" |1891 Census{{sfn|Malherbe|1939|p=1038}}
! colspan="2" |1904 Census{{sfn|Hancock|1962|p=219}}{{sfn|Malherbe|1939|p=1038}}
|-
!
! Number
! Per cent<br />(%)
!Number
!Per cent<br />(%)
!Number
!Per cent<br />(%)
!Number
!Per cent<br />(%)
|- style="text-align:right; background:gainsboro;"
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Black people#Southern Africa|Black]]
|nd
|*
|287,639
|39.89
|838,136
|54.87
|1,424,787
|59.12
|- style="text-align:right; background:white;"
| style="text-align:left; " |[[White South African|White]]
|181,592
|36.58
|236,783
|32.84
|376,987
|24.68
|579,741
|24.05
|- style="text-align:right; background:#eee;"
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Coloured]]
|nd
|*
|196,562
|27.26
|310,401
|20.32
|395,034
|16.39
|- style="text-align:right; background:#EEEEE0"
| style="text-align:left; " |[[Asian South African|Asian]]
|nd
|*
|nd
|*
|1,700
|0.11
|10,242
|0.42
|- style="text-align:right; "
| style="text-align:center;" |Total
|496,381
|100.00
|720,984
|100.00
|1,527,224
|100.00
|2,409,804
|100.00
|}