Thursday, March 3, 2011

Demography

Population (2010): 49.99 million
Composition: Black 79.4%; white 9.2%
Annual population growth rate (2009): 1.2%.
Languages: Official languages include Afrikaans, English, isiNdebele, isiXhosa, isiZulu, Sepedi, Sesotho, Setswana, siSwati, Tshivenda, and Xitsonga
Religions: Predominantly Christian; traditional African, Hindu, Muslim, Jewish.
Infant mortality rate (2010):47 per 1,000 live births. 

Life expectancy: 55.2 years for women, 53.3 years for men


http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2898.htm#people

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