Facts
- As of July 2013 the population of South Africa was at 48,601,098. (Approximately 44% of Africa’s Population)
- People aging from 0-14 years of age make up 28.3% of the population of South Africa. ( 6,909,066 male/6,866,163 female)
- People 15-24 years of age are 20.6% of the Population. ( 5,041,412 Male/4,960,190 Female)
- People ranging from 25-54 years old are 38.1% of the population.(9,561,452Male/8,948,398 Female)
- People 55-64 years of age make 6.9% of the population. (1,450,420 Male/1,916,960 Female)
- Elderly people over 65 years of age and above are 6.1% of the population. (1,177,999 Male/1,769,038 Female)
- African People are 79.2% of South Africa (41 000 938 people)
- Just over half the population of South Africa live in the Cites.
- Around 25.6% of the population are unemployed. (Don’t have jobs)
- Approximately 12% of people in South Africa can’t read.
- Roughly 68% of South Africans are Christian.
- 2% of the South African population are Muslims
- 1.5% of the population are Hindu.
- 28.5% of the population have indigenous beliefs or are animists.
- English is understood by the majority of the South African population. 9.7% of South Africans speak English as their home language.
- IsiZulu is the most spoken home language in South Africa at 22.7% (11 587 374 people) of the South African population speaking it.
- Some of the people in South Africa are Afrikaners which are people that are descendants of the Dutch, French, and German settlers.
Comparing With Brunei
There is 412,238 people in Brunei, if you compare this to South Africa there is a huge difference between them.(48,188,860 to be exact) Unlike South Africa, people over the age of 55 are only 7% of the population in Brunei while people over the age of 55 in South Africa are 13%. Like South Africa people within the age group of 25-54 make up most of the population.