Stats SA reported that South Africa’s population is now estimated at 57.7 million people, up just over 2% from the 56.5 million reported in 2017. Demographic statistics according to the World Population Review in 2019.[38]. According to the Census 2011, South African English is the first languageof 36% of the white population group and Afrikaans is the first language of 61% of the white population group. Here are Top 10 African Countries With Highest White Population as of 2016. ), 1820 (est. The Dutchmen aboard cleared the land for the cultivation and built settlements. PIP: This article presents vital statistics on the Black population in South Africa. Statistics SA assumes in some of their calculations that there are fewer than 2 million immigrants in South Africa. South Africa’s population was 55.7 million in 2018 versus 40.4 million in 1994. THE 'WHITE' POPULATION OF SOUTH AFRICA IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 219 men and women who never married rests on decidedly dubious assumptions. Africa South Africa whites feel the pain of poverty, too. [27], The white percentage of the population has sharply declined. Some believe that many people claiming no affiliation with any organised religion adhered to traditional indigenous religions. In the group’s breakdown of the data, it includes demographic shifts, showing how South Africa’s various population groups are changing. This includes Protestant (36.6%), Zionist Christian (11.1%), Pentecostal/Charismatic (8.2%), Roman Catholic (7.1%), Methodist (6.8%), Dutch Reformed (6.7%), Anglican (3.8%); members of other Christian churches accounted for another 36% of the population. South Africa has eleven official languages:[30] IsiZulu[27] 22.7%, IsiXhosa[27] 16%, Afrikaans[27] 13.5%, English[27] 9.6%, Sepedi[27] 9.1%, Setswana[27] 8%, Sesotho[27] 7.6%, Xitsonga[27] 4.5%, siSwati[27] 2.5%, Tshivenda[27] 2.4% and isiNdebele[27] 2.1%. Economy of South Africa . AFRICANGLOBE – Africa has a long history of harbouring Europeans, Asians and even South Americans. Black South Africans make up around 81% of the total, coloured people 9%, whites 8% and Indians 3%. The following demographic are from the CIA World Factbook[39] unless otherwise indicated. A child plays in a local restaurant in Vosloorus, a large township in Gauteng province. After three decades as a quiet backwater, Orania is booming. [40] Groups of refugees and asylum seekers numbering over 10,000 included people from Zimbabwe (48,400), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (24,800), and Somalia (12,900). [21] (Natural increase or decrease over a time period is the difference between that period's live births and deaths, before accounting for inward or outward migration. Apartheid South Africa looked after white people and nobody else. A fraction of South Africa's white population lives in poverty similar to that of many of the country's black township residents. Many people have syncretic religious practices combining Christian and indigenous influences. In 2011, the first language was Zulu for 28.1% of African residents, Xhosa for 19.8%, Northern Sotho for 11.2%, Tswana for 9.7%, Sesotho for 9.3%, Tsonga for 5.5%, Swati for 3.1%, Venda for 2.9%, English for 2.8%, Southern Ndebele for 2.6%, Afrikaans for 1.5%, while 3.4% had another first language. Inequality Report: SA’s white population has highest annual average income Statistics SA (Stats SA) released the Inequality Trends in South Africa Report on Thursday, 14 November 2019. Its population – currently around 1,700 – has doubled over the last seven years. Of the total South African population at the time, 79.4 percent declared themselves to be Black African while 9.2 percent were shown as White, 8.8 percent colored and 2.6 percent Indian or Asian. The following statistics are obtained from the mid-year population estimates published by Stats SA:[22], The Population Department of the United Nations prepared the following estimates. Other languages accounted for the remaining 5.9%. The first census in South Africa in 1911 showed that whites made up 22% of the population. [32], According to the 2001 national census, Christians accounted for 79.7% of the population. ), 1700 (est. [27], African Indigenous Churches made up the largest of the Christian groups. The 2011 census puts it at 51.5-million. [5] However, reports[specify] suggest that is an underestimation. Some are converts due to the efforts of ISKCON. Source:[8], Sources: Statesman's Year-Book 1967–1968;[9] Europa Year Book 1969[10], Source: The People of South Africa: Population Census, 1996[11], Source: Statistics South Africa: Census 2001[12]. ), 1000 (est. 1 (est. They have been marginalised to a great extent, and many of their languages are in danger of becoming extinct. African Countries With Highest White Population 8) Zambia – White Population: 40,000 Just before its independence in 1964, Zambia had approximately 70,000 Europeans (mostly British) in Northern Rhodesia, making up roughly 2.3% of the 3 million inhabitants at the time. All income classes are represented in the white population of South Africa. The population of South Africa is about 58.8 million people of diverse origins, cultures, languages, and religions. He lives in a squatter camp for poor white South Africans called Coronation Park. Comments section policy: Any attacks on BusinessTech, its journalists, or other readers will result in a ban. The real figure may be as high as five million,[6] including some three million Zimbabweans. [32], Among whites, Afrikaans was the first language for 59.1% of the population, compared to 35.0% for English. Statistics South Africa has published it latest mid-year population estimates, showing that there are over 1.2 million more people in the country than a year ago. Address: Regus Business Centre 1st Floor, Block B, … Currently, 66.3 % of the population of South Africa is urban (38,820,239 people in 2019) Population Density The 2019 population density in South Africa is 48 people per Km 2 (125 people per mi 2 ), calculated on a total land area of 1,213,090 Km2 (468,376 sq. [4], In 2011, Statistics South Africa counted 2.1 million foreigners in total. [40] Many refugees have now also started to work and live in rural areas in provinces such as Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal. Twenty years on, the exodus shows signs of … These people, who are a physically distinct population from other Africans, have their own cultural identity based on their hunter-gatherer societies. The 2018 estimations show that there has been a turn in the white South African population numbers, which has seen steady decline over the past five years. The Hindu population has its roots in the British colonial period, but later waves of immigration from India have also contributed to it. They have been joined by black or white South African converts as well as immigrants from other parts of Africa. French Huguenots later increased the white population. Between 2013 and 2018, Stat SA’s data shows that the white population in South Africa saw a net decline of 82,300 people. Prior to, and after the era of colonialism in Africa, White Africans commonly called European Africans have been entrenched in the continent. [35] South African Muslims claim that their faith is the fastest-growing religion of conversion in the country, with the number of black Muslims growing sixfold, from 12 000 in 1991 to 74 700 in 2004[35][36]. 87.9% of Black residents are Christian, 9.5% have no religion, 0.2% are Muslim, 0.0% are Jewish, 1.22% are Hindu and 2.3% have other or undetermined beliefs. [31] These unofficial languages may be used in certain official uses in limited areas where it has been determined that these languages are prevalent. The primary sign language of deaf South Africans is South African Sign Language. 10) Zimbabwe – White Population: 30,000 Formerly known as Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), a small number of people of European ethnicity first settled there in the late nineteenth century. ), 1600 (est. South Africa’s black African population has grown from 38.5 million people in 2008 to 46.7 million in 2018 (80.9% of the total); the coloured population has grown from 4.4 million people in 2008 to 5.07 million in 2018 (8.8%); and the Indian/Asian population has grown from 1.24 million people to 1.45 million people over the same period (2.5%). ), 1500 (est. The African country with the largest white population of European descent is South Africa with 7.8% of the total population of 56.5 million people, the second is Botswana with 7% of the total population of 2.3 million, third is Namibia with 6% of the total population … This is unfortunate because it has been argued that discrepancies in this regard are of considerable importance in the development of South African … [7], South African Population Figures for the 1904 Census. 10. The RSAA numbers about 20,000 soldiers mainly from the British states. Many white South Africans also speak other European languages, such as Portuguese (also spoken by black Angolans and Mozambicans), German, and Greek, while some Indians and other Asians in South Africa speak South Asian languages, such as Tamil, Hindi, Gujarati, Urdu and Telugu. 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Other minority religions in South Africa are Sikhism, Jainism, Baháʼí Faith and Judaism.[37]. The distribution of South Africa's population groups reveals the country's history. From extremely poor (& homeless) to extremely rich. Although it has only 4 % of Africa’s area it produces about 25% of the continents goods and services. There are estimated to be 4.52 million white South Africans in the country in 2018, up from 4.49 million in 2017 – an increase of almost 27,000. The Land Issue centres itself in a racial and political dispute. 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According to the World Refugee Survey 2008, published by the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, this population numbered approximately 144,700 in 2007. It is pointed out that apartheid interfered with data collection and quality, demographic dynamics, and population activities and research. South Africa has 56.5-million people, according to 2017 estimates. The most recent census estimates growth of … Largest white populace in Africa. White population in South Africa is about 3 million as most see South Africa now as a nice climate for Europeans. Most Hindus are of South Asian origin, but there are many who come from mixed racial stock. No!!! However, this swing is not enough to counter the shrinking of the white population in the country seen since 2013. Other sign languages among indigenous peoples are also used. In 2016, the results of Andreotti’s seven-year study revealed only 353 to 522 white sharks are roaming the country’s coastline, comprising one single population with low genetic diversity. The percentage of Black population increased from 68.6% to 76% during 1946-90. [42][43][44][45][46], Immigration assumptions by Statistics South Africa to South Africa based on race. Although whites make up just over 30% of the population, they own 72% of the total farms and agricultural holdings in the country, according to a 2017 South African Department of … ), 1870 (est. Smuts I: The Sanguine Years 1870–1919, W.K. Nevertheless, their populations are not such that they require nationwide recognition. In this regard it is third only to Bolivia and India in number. South Africa hosts a sizeable refugee and asylum seeker population. Statistics South Africa asks people to describe themselves in the census in terms of five racial population groups. [21] All population estimates are rounded to the nearest thousand. In country, it is almost unbelievable that no one seems to care. The role of “white monopoly capital” in post-apartheid South Africa has been in the news lately. In 1652, the first Dutch ship landed on the shores of the Cape of Good Hope. "According to Statistics South Africa, the white population still [occupies] many senior positions, both in the public and the private sector. The Statistics South Africa Census 2011 showed that there were about 4,586,838 white people in South Africa, amounting to 8.9% of the country's population. [40] These populations mainly lived in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban, Cape Town, and Port Elizabeth. Ian sent me his tweet hoping I could help share the information, near desperation borne out of the real sense that no one is listening, no one is seeing what is happening to white South Africans, now down to 4% and close to extinction. The white population has also shrunk to its lowest proportion, now accounting for only 7.8% of the total population. Muslims accounted for 1.5% of the population, Other 2.3%, and 1.4% were Unspecified and None 15.1%. ), 1913, This page was last edited on 12 March 2021, at 12:08. [26] The 2011 census figures for these groups were Black African at 80.2%, White at 8.4%, Coloured at 8.8%, Indian/Asian at 2.5%, and Other/Unspecified at 0.5%. Hundreds of thousands of whites left South Africa following the ANC's landslide election victory in 1994. At 4,602,000 South Africa has the highest population of white people in Africa. [41] Other institutions, like the police and Médecins Sans Frontières place estimate the figure at 4 million. HOUSING According to the data, the shrinking population can largely be attributed to emigration, with Stats SA showing that over 612,000 white South Africans will have left the country since between 1985 and 2021 – 430,000 of which will have left in the 20 year period between 2001 and 2021 (at a rate of 21,000 a year, in-line with most of the population declines). Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. Essentially, it is about the unfair share of land between South Africa’s white populous and its black populous. According to the 2011 census, the three most spoken first languages are Zulu (22.7%), Xhosa (16.0%), and Afrikaans (13.5%). 10) Zimbabwe – White Population: 30,000. However it is mostly the white population that has built up most of the country’s wealth.They owned the major companies for a long time. Now some of its white communities face a level of deprivation, or of violence, which threatens their future in the country. While most white South Africans still enjoy lives of privilege and relative wealth, the number of poor whites has risen since the end of apartheid. [29]:23–25 Despite the fact that English is recognised as the language of commerce and science, it ranked fourth, and was spoken by only 9.6% of South Africans as a first language in 2011.[29]:23–25. Fertility rate (TFR) (Wanted Fertility Rate) by ethnic group. [47], "Urban areas contain about two-thirds of the population; many of these consist of huge informal or squatter settlements. "[48], Population pyramid by population group, 2011, Age and population estimates: 1950 to 2030, Age distribution within each racial group, Racial composition of each age group in 2015 (estimates), Racial composition of each age group in 2020 (estimates), Fertility rate (The Demographic Health Survey), School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education). Find out more with these maps of where black, coloured, Indian and white South Africans live … Between 2016 and 2021, South Africa is expected to have 1.02 million more people in the country due to migration. The 2011 census figures for these groups were Black African at 80.2%, White at 8.4%, Coloured at 8.8%, Indian/Asian at 2.5%, and Other/Unspecified at 0.5%. definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.). The country also recognises several unofficial languages, including Sekholokoe, Fanagalo, Khoe, Lobedu, Nama, Northern Ndebele, Phuthi, San and South African Sign Language. 71.8% of White residents are Christian, 23.8% have no religion, 0.2% are Muslim, 1.4% are Jewish, and 0.0% are Hindu. Negative numbers represent net migration from South Africa to other countries. ), Fertility rate (TFR) (Wanted Fertility Rate) and CBR (Crude Birth Rate):[24]. 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The majority of white South Africans identify themselves as primarily South African, regardless of their first language or ance… According to the 2019 revision of the United Nations Secretariat's World Population Prospects, South Africa's total population was 55,386,000 in 2015, compared to only 13,628,000 in 1950. In Livingstone Botha, MacKinnon, and Douglas Haig meet to discuss several scenarios on African wars against other Europeans in Spring. This decline stands in contrast to all other demographics in South Africa which show solid increases, year on year. This declined to 16% in 1980,[28] and 8.9% in 2011.[29]:21. South Africa is the richest country in Africa. Note: Population estimates (1 AD - 1870 AD) are deduced from quantitative macroeconomic historical calculations. Lukas Gouws, 29, is one of them. Turning to demographics, the bureau in charge of providing statistics provided an estimate in 2010, which included five racial groups. This is a 6.8% increase since the 2001 census. As many as 1.072 million black Africans are expected to make South Africa home, along with 59,432 Indian or Asian people. Many of the "unofficial languages" of the San and Khoikhoi people contain regional dialects stretching northwards into Namibia and Botswana, and elsewhere. There are estimated to be 4.52 million white South Africans in the country in 2018, up from 4.49 million in 2017 – an increase of almost 27,000. South Africa– Blue Sky Publications (Pty) Ltd T/A TheSouthAfrican Number: 2005/028472/07. [1][2] The 2011 South African census was the most recent held and the next will be in 2021. miles). In 2015, 29.3% of the people were children under the age of 15, 65.7% were between 15 and 64 years of age, and 5.0% were 65 or older. [34], Muslims are largely found among the Coloured and Indian ethnic groups. Roughly about 80 per cent of South Africa’s population are people of colour, yet they hold only 13 per cent of the land. Although many South Africans are of Huguenot (French) origin, South African French is spoken by fewer than 10,000 individuals country-wide. Congolese French is also spoken in South Africa by migrants. Life expectancy from 1950 to 2020 (UN World Population Prospects):[25], Statistics South Africa asks people to describe themselves in the census in terms of five racial population groups. 2.7% have other or undetermined beliefs. Read: South Africa’s population hits 57.7 million. 115,000 white South Africans are expected to migrate out of the country. While all the languages are formally equal, some languages are spoken more than others.