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South Africa - Total population, both sexes

52,981,991 (Persons) in 2013

Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. The values shown are midyear estimates.

Date Value Change, %
2013 52,981,991 1.35%
2012 52,274,945 1.35%
2011 51,579,599 1.34%
2010 50,895,698 1.34%
2009 50,222,996 1.34%
2008 49,561,256 1.33%
2007 48,910,248 1.33%
2006 48,269,753 1.32%
2005 47,639,556 1.32%
2004 47,019,452 1.31%
2003 46,409,243 1.31%
2002 45,808,736

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