South Africa

  • President:Cyril Ramaphosa
  • Deputy President:David Mabuza
  • Capital city:Pretoria (administrative capital), Cape Town (legislative capital), Bloemfontein, (judicial capital)
  • Languages:IsiZulu (official) 22.7%, IsiXhosa (official) 16%, Afrikaans (official) 13.5%, English (official) 9.6%, Sepedi (official) 9.1%, Setswana (official) 8%, Sesotho (official) 7.6%, Xitsonga (official) 4.5%, siSwati (official) 2.5%, Tshivenda (official) 2.4%, isiNdebele (official) 2.1%, sign language 0.5%, other 1.6% (2011 est.)
  • Government
  • National statistics office
  • Population, persons:6,43,86,489 (2025)
  • Area, sq km:12,13,090
  • GDP per capita, US$:6,023 (2023)
  • GDP, billion current US$:380.7 (2023)
  • GINI index:63.0 (2014)
  • Ease of Doing Business rank:84

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    • सितम्बर 2021
      Source: World Life Expectancy
      Uploaded by: Akshata Biradarpatil Venkappa B Patil
      Accessed On: 15 सितम्बर, 2021
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    • जून 2024
      Source: Sustainable Development Solutions Network
      Uploaded by: Knoema
      Accessed On: 19 जून, 2024
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      Data Cited at - Sachs, J., Schmidt-Traub, G., Kroll, C., Lafortune, G., Fuller, G. (2019): Sustainable Development Report 2019. New York: Bertelsmann Stiftung and Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN). The Sustainable Development Report 2020 presents the SDG Index and Dashboards for all UN member states and frames the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in terms of six broad transformations. It was prepared by teams of independent experts at the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and the Bertelsmann Stiftung.