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2 Ethnic groups  





3 Diaspora  





4 Classification  





5 See also  





6 References  





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South Africans
Total population
~915,000[1]
Regions with significant populations
 United Kingdom>217,180 (2021)[2]
 Australia189,207 (2021)[3]
 United States123,461 (2021)[4]
 United Arab Emirates~100,000 (2014)[5]
 New Zealand71,382 (2018)[6]
 Canada51,590 (2021)[7]
 Netherlands41,300 (2023)[8]
 Israel22,315 (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]

History

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The first modern inhabitants of South Africa were the San and the Khoi people.[11]

Ethnic groups

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Diaspora

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Classification

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "International Migrant Stock [Total, origin]". United Nations.
  • ^ "International migration, England and Wales: Census 2021". Office for National Statistics.
  • ^ "People in Australia who were born in South Africa". Australian Bureau of Statistics.
  • ^ "B05006PLACE OF BIRTH FOR THE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES". United States Census Bureau.
  • ^ "UAE's population - by nationality". BQ Magazine. Archived from the original on 2017-03-21.
  • ^ "2018 Census totals by topic – national highlights". Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 2019-09-23.
  • ^ "Immigrant population by selected places of birth, admission category and period of immigration, 2021 Census". Statistics Canada.
  • ^ "Population; sex, age, country of origin, country of birth, 1 January". Statistics Netherlands.
  • ^ "IMMIGRANTS,(1) BY PERIOD OF IMMIGRATION, COUNTRY OF BIRTH AND LAST COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE" (PDF). Central Bureau of Statistics.
  • ^ "South African Citizenship".
  • ^ People and Culture of South Africa
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