South Africa

Africa · Southern Africa

South Africa

Republic of South Africa
Africa · Southern Africa · Capital: Pretoria

Quick facts about South Africa

Official name	Republic of South Africa
Capital	Pretoria
Continent & subregion	Africa · Southern Africa
Population	63,212,384 people (world rank 24)
Area	1,221,037 km²
Density	52 people/km²
Share of world population	0.79% of 8,037,699,775
GDP (nominal)	US$381.4 billion
Urbanisation	63.6% urban population
Life expectancy	66.1 years
Currency	South African rand (R) — ZAR
Languages	Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Southern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu
Internet domain	`.za`
Calling code	+27
Status	Sovereign state

Development & environment in numbers

GDP per Capita	US$6,034 · see world ranking
Internet Users	78.3% · see world ranking
Fertility Rate	2.2 children per woman · see world ranking
Infant Mortality	24.3 per 1,000 births · see world ranking
CO₂ Emissions per Capita	6.8 tonnes CO₂ · see world ranking
Forest Cover	18.7% · see world ranking

These come from the World Bank Open Data 2023 series, the same source behind the world indicator rankings. A blank simply means South Africa did not report that figure.

Neighbours (land borders)

Botswana Lesotho Mozambique Namibia Eswatini Zimbabwe

The geographic position is roughly -29°, 24°.

Flags: flagcdn.com; population, GDP, urbanisation, life expectancy and every development indicator above: World Bank Open Data (2023 series); base data: the open-source world-countries package — all of it free, with no registration.