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Demography

South Africa · Population

Total mid-year population, all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship (World Bank, from the UN World Population Prospects, national statistical offices and Eurostat). For the World, the card splits the total between the countries Citoyen covers and the rest of the world.
64.7M
2025
+1.2 %vs 2024
min 47.2M 2000max 64.7M 2025
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Source: World Bank· Data 2025
Upd. 11/2026Y-axis truncated
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