South Africans

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South Africans
Total population
~63 million in total

(~62 million residing in South Africa (2022 South African census information)[1][2] and 915,000 (2020 UN diaspora estimate)[3]
Regions with significant populations
 South Africa~62,000,000 (2022)[1]
 United Kingdom>217,180 (2021)[4]
 Australia189,207 (2021)[5]
 United States123,461 (2021)[6]
 United Arab Emirates~100,000 (2014)[7]
 New Zealand71,382 (2018)[8]
 Canada51,590 (2021)[9]
 Netherlands41,300 (2023)[10]
 Israel22,315 (2021)[11]
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 (officially the Republic of South Africa [RSA]).

These individuals include those residing within the borders of South Africa, as well as the South African diaspora.

  1. ^ a b "People of South Africa". The Government of South Africa. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Census 2022 Statistical Release" (PDF). Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  3. ^ "International Migrant Stock [Total, origin]". United Nations.
  4. ^ "International migration, England and Wales: Census 2021". Office for National Statistics.
  5. ^ "People in Australia who were born in South Africa". Australian Bureau of Statistics.
  6. ^ "B05006PLACE OF BIRTH FOR THE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES". United States Census Bureau.
  7. ^ "UAE's population - by nationality". BQ Magazine. Archived from the original on 2017-03-21.
  8. ^ "2018 Census totals by topic – national highlights". Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 2019-09-23.
  9. ^ "Immigrant population by selected places of birth, admission category and period of immigration, 2021 Census". Statistics Canada.
  10. ^ "Population; sex, age, country of origin, country of birth, 1 January". Statistics Netherlands.
  11. ^ "IMMIGRANTS,(1) BY PERIOD OF IMMIGRATION, COUNTRY OF BIRTH AND LAST COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE" (PDF). Central Bureau of Statistics.

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