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South Africa People 1996

Population:

total:

45,095,459 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:

40% (female 8,842,764; male 9,091,722)

15-64 years:

56% (female 12,825,617; male 12,508,039)

65 years and over:

4% (female 1,047,285; male 780,032) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

total:

2.61% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

33.39 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate:

7.42 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate:

0.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

45.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

65.42 years

male:

62.68 years

female:

68.25 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

4.35 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Nationality:

noun:

South African(s)

adjective:

South African

Ethnic divisions:

black 75.2%, white 13.6%, Colored 8.6%, Indian 2.6%

Religions:

Christian (most whites and Coloreds and about 60% of blacks), Hindu (60% of Indians), Muslim 2%

Languages:

eleven official languages, including Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu

Literacy:

age 15 and over can read and write (1980)

total population:

76%

male:

78%

female:

75%

Labor force:

13.4 million economically active (1990)

by occupation:

services 35%, agriculture 30%, industry 20%, mining 9%, other 6%

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