Government type Parliamentary republic
Area 1,220,813 kmē (471,359 sq mi)
Population 51,771,000 inh. (2011 census)
Population 60,305,000 inh. (2021 est.)
Population density 49 inh/kmē (128 inh/miē)
Capital Pretoria (1,619,000 pop.) executive
Capital Cape Town (3,433,000 pop., 4,353,000 urban aggl.) legislative
Capital Bloemfontein (528,000 pop.) judicial
Currency South African rand
Human development index 0.709 (114th place)
Languages Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Sepedi, Sesotho, Setswana, Swati, Tshivenda, Tsonga, Xhosa, Zulu (all official)
Life expectancy M 63 years, F 69 years