South Africans
Citizens of South Africa
Ethnic group
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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]
History
The first modern inhabitants of South Africa were the San and the Khoi people.[11]
Ethnic groups
Diaspora
Classification
See also
References
- ^ "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
External links
- South Africa's people
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