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South Africa

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Capital
Bloemfontein (judiciary) · Cape Town (legislature) · Pretoria (executive branch)
Currency
rand
Continent
Africa
Area
1,221,037 km²
Country information: Wikidata · Q258 ↗ · Official languages: Afrikaans, English, Northern Sotho, Sesotho, South African Sign Language, Southern Ndebele, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu
AT A GLANCE

The essential numbers

Latest available · Reference years vary
Population ↗
64.75M · 2025
people
World Bank · SP.POP.TOTL
GDP ↗
427.18B · 2025
current US$
World Bank · NY.GDP.MKTP.CD
GDP per capita ↗
6,597.71 · 2025
current US$ / person
World Bank · NY.GDP.PCAP.CD
Inflation ↗
3.21 · 2025
%
World Bank · FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG
Unemployment ↗
32.39 · 2025
% of labor force
World Bank · SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
Fertility rate ↗
2.21 · 2024
births / woman
World Bank · SP.DYN.TFRT.IN
Life expectancy ↗
66.31 · 2024
years
World Bank · SP.DYN.LE00.IN
LOOKING BACK

Change over time

Population

All countries ↗
people · 2006–2025
2025South Africa: 64.75M
South Africa · Population48.52M52.95M57.37M61.8M66.22M2006201220192025
Source: World Bank · SP.POP.TOTLGaps indicate missing observations.
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South Africa · Population · people
YearSouth Africa
202564,747,319
202464,007,187
202363,212,384
202262,378,410
202161,502,603
202060,562,381
201959,587,885
201858,613,001
201757,635,162
201657,259,551
201556,723,537
201455,594,838
201354,678,791
201253,782,567
201152,995,205
201052,344,051
200951,728,516
200851,114,599
200750,528,584
200649,998,277

GDP

All countries ↗
current US$ · 2006–2025
2025South Africa: 427.18B
South Africa · GDP288.42B334.73B381.03B427.33B473.63B2006201220192025
Source: World Bank · NY.GDP.MKTP.CDGaps indicate missing observations.
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South Africa · GDP · current US$
YearSouth Africa
2025427,184,325,997.31
2024401,144,998,373.59
2023381,440,724,491.23
2022407,596,043,067.89
2021419,986,284,375.37
2020337,974,655,408.06
2019389,330,032,224.27
2018405,260,723,892.52
2017381,448,814,653.46
2016323,585,509,674.48
2015346,709,790,458.56
2014381,198,869,776.11
2013400,886,013,595.57
2012434,400,545,085.81
2011458,199,494,830.83
2010417,363,822,801.71
2009329,754,060,647.13
2008316,131,258,616.31
2007333,077,117,253.68
2006303,858,675,363.64

GDP per capita

All countries ↗
current US$ / person · 2006–2025
2025South Africa: 6,597.71
South Africa · GDP per capita5,274.066,193.697,113.338,032.978,952.62006201220192025
Source: World Bank · NY.GDP.PCAP.CDGaps indicate missing observations.
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South Africa · GDP per capita · current US$ / person
YearSouth Africa
20256,597.71
20246,267.19
20236,034.27
20226,534.25
20216,828.76
20205,580.6
20196,533.71
20186,914.18
20176,618.34
20165,651.21
20156,112.27
20146,856.73
20137,331.65
20128,076.98
20118,646.06
20107,973.47
20096,374.71
20086,184.75
20076,591.86
20066,077.38

Inflation

All countries ↗
% · 2006–2025
2025South Africa: 3.21
South Africa · Inflation2.544.556.568.5710.582006201220192025
Source: World Bank · FP.CPI.TOTL.ZGGaps indicate missing observations.
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South Africa · Inflation · %
YearSouth Africa
20253.21
20244.36
20236.08
20227.04
20214.62
20203.23
20194.1
20184.51
20175.19
20166.6
20154.52
20146.13
20135.78
20125.74
20115
20104.07
20097.24
20089.91
20076.18
20063.24

Unemployment

All countries ↗
% of labor force · 2006–2025
2025South Africa: 32.39
South Africa · Unemployment21.0924.6128.1331.6635.182006201220192025
Source: World Bank · SL.UEM.TOTL.ZSGaps indicate missing observations.
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South Africa · Unemployment · % of labor force
YearSouth Africa
202532.39
202432.28
202332.1
202233.27
202134.01
202029.22
201928.47
201826.91
201727.04
201626.54
201525.15
201424.89
201324.56
201224.73
201124.64
201024.68
200923.52
200822.41
200722.26
200622.3

Fertility rate

All countries ↗
births / woman · 2006–2025
2025South Africa: —
South Africa · Fertility rate2.162.32.442.582.732006201220192025
Source: World Bank · SP.DYN.TFRT.INGaps indicate missing observations.
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South Africa · Fertility rate · births / woman
YearSouth Africa
2025No data available
20242.21
20232.22
20222.23
20212.25
20202.26
20192.26
20182.27
20172.28
20162.26
20152.36
20142.42
20132.43
20122.45
20112.44
20102.45
20092.5
20082.68
20072.55
20062.55

Life expectancy

All countries ↗
years · 2006–2025
2025South Africa: —
South Africa · Life expectancy53.0156.6460.2763.8967.522006201220192025
Source: World Bank · SP.DYN.LE00.INGaps indicate missing observations.
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South Africa · Life expectancy · years
YearSouth Africa
2025No data available
202466.31
202366.14
202265.45
202162.01
202065.15
201966.07
201865.73
201765.42
201664.75
201564.05
201463.18
201362.39
201261.74
201160.6
201058.89
200957.41
200855.98
200754.95
200654.22
Source: World Bank ↗Snapshot · Sep 21, 2026Methodology ↗

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