APPENDIX:
STATISTICS
NOTE: South African statistics are particularly poor before World War II and at all
times suspect concerning Africans. During the later apartheid years, inhabitants of
"independent Homelands" were excluded from official statistics; however, they
have been incorporated in these tables. To illustrate South Africa's place in the con-
temporary world, I have included tables comparing South Africa with other coun-
tries.
Table 1
Population of South Africa, in millions, 1911-1996
1911
1936
~1960
1980
1996
----
----
N
(%)
N
(%)
N
(%)
N
(%)
N
.(%)
African
4.0
(67)
6.6
(69)
10.9
(68)
20.8
(72)
31.1
(77)
Coloured
0.5
(9)
0.8
(8)
1.5
(9)
2.6
(9)
3.6
(9)
Indian
0.2
(3)
0.2
(2)
0.5
(3)
0.8
(3)
1.0
(0.3)
White
'1.3
(21)
2.0
(21)
3.1
(19)
4.5
(16)
4.4
(10.9)
Total
6.0
9.6
16.0
28.7
40.6
SOURCES: 1911, 1.936, 1960, and 1980: census returns from Merle Lipton, Capi-
talism and Apartheid (Totowa, N.J., 1985), 378; the 1996 data are derived from
Statistics South Africa, The People of South Africa Population Census, 1996: Pri-
mary Tables (Pretoria, 1999),38-39.
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