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Total population | |
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~915,000[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
![]() | >217,180 (2021)[2] |
![]() | 189,207 (2021)[3] |
![]() | 123,461 (2021)[4] |
![]() | ~100,000 (2014)[5] |
![]() | 71,382 (2018)[6] |
![]() | 51,590 (2021)[7] |
![]() | 41,300 (2023)[8] |
![]() | 22,315 (2021)[9] |
Languages | |
South African English, Afrikaans, Zulu, Xhosa, Languages of South Africa | |
Religion | |
Christianity (68%), Islam (2%), Hinduism (1.5%) and indigenous beliefs (28.5%) |
South Africans are the citizens of South Africa, as well as the global diaspora of South Africa.
People born in South Africa before October 6, 1995, are South African citizens.[10]
The first modern inhabitants of South Africa were the San and the Khoi people.[11]
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