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Population : 44.344.136 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to aids; this can result in lower life expectancy. higher infant mortality and death rates. lower population and growth rates. and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (july 2005 est.)
Age Structure
: 0-14 years: 30.3% (male 6.760.137/female 6.682.013) 15-64 years: 64.5% (male 13.860.727/female 14.750.496) 65 years and over: 5.2% (male 893.360/female 1.397.403) (2005 est.)
Median Age : total: 23.98 years male: 23.12 years female: 24.86 years (2005 est.)
Population growth rate :
-0.31% (2005 est.)
Birth rate: 18.48 births/1.000 population (2005 est.)
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Death rate :
21.32 deaths/1.000 population (2005 est.)
Net Migration rate
: -0.22 migrant(s)/1.000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio : at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.94 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.64 male(s)/female total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
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HIV / AIDS - Adult Prevalence rate:
21.5% (2003 est.)
HIV / AIDS People living with HIV/AIDS
: 5.3 million (2003 est.)
Nationality : noun: south african(s) adjective: south african
Ethnic groups
:black african 79%. white 9.6%. colored 8.9%. indian/asian 2.5% (2001 census)
Religions : zion christian 11.1%. pentecostal/charismatic 8.2%. catholic 7.1%. methodist 6.8%. dutch reformed 6.7%. anglican 3.8%. other christian 36%. islam 1.5%. other 2.3%. unspecified 1.4%. none 15.1% (2001 census)
Languages
: isizulu 23.8%. isixhosa 17.6%. afrikaans 13.3%. sepedi 9.4%. english 8.2%. setswana 8.2%. sesotho 7.9%. xitsonga 4.4%. other 7.2% (2001 census)
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