People Of South Africa

Population	42,718,530 note: South Africa took a census October 1996 that showed a population of 40,583,611 (after an official adjustment for a 6.8% underenumeration based on a postenumeration survey); estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2004 est.)
Age structure	0-14 years: 29.5% (male 6,337,468; female 6,254,925) 15-64 years: 65.3% (male 13,898,269; female 14,017,559) 65 years and over: 5.2% (male 886,801; female 1,323,508) (2004 est.)
Median age	total: 24.7 years male: 24.2 years female: 25.3 years (2004 est.)
Population growth rate	-0.25% (2004 est.)
Birth rate	18.38 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Death rate	20.54 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Net migration rate	-0.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Sex ratio	at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.67 male(s)/female total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
Infant mortality rate	total: 62.18 deaths/1,000 live births female: 58.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) male: 65.87 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 44.19 years male: 44.39 years female: 43.98 years (2004 est.)
Total fertility rate	2.18 children born/woman (2004 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	21.5% (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	5.3 million (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths	370,000 (2003 est.)
Nationality	noun: South African(s) adjective: South African
Ethnic groups	black 75.2%, white 13.6%, Colored 8.6%, Indian 2.6%
Religions	Christian 68% (includes most whites and Coloreds, about 60% of blacks and about 40% of Indians), Muslim 2%, Hindu 1.5% (60% of Indians), indigenous beliefs and animist 28.5%
Languages	11 official languages, including Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu
Literacy	conventional long form: Republic of South Africa conventional short form: South Africa former: Union of South Africa abbreviation: RSA

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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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