South Africa

Capital

Pretoria, Cape Town, Bloemfontein

Population

64.7M 2025

Major cities

Pretoria 741.7K · 2011
Cape Town 3.8M · 2021
Bloemfontein 256.2K · 2011
Johannesburg 4.8M · 2022
Pietermaritzburg 750.8K
Durban 595.1K · 2011
East London 478.7K
Welkom 431.9K

Area

1,221,037 km²

Languages

English, Afrikaans, Zulu, Northern Sotho +8 more

Currency

Rand R

GDP

$377.8B 2023
$5,976 per person

Time zone

UTC+2