Cape Town, South Africa – The population of South Africa
increased by more than half a million, 530 000 to be exacy. The
amount of people now living in South Africa is 49.99 million
according to Statistics South Africa’s Mid-year population
estimates. There are also more females in South Africa than
males with females making 51% of the population. There are 79
percent black people making 39.68 million and 4.58 million white
people with 4.42 million coloured following. Gauteng has the
biggest population in South Africa standing at 11.19million
followed by KwaZulu-Natal with 21.3 percent. The Northern Cape
has the least amount of people according to Stats SA.