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Is South Africa's population growing?

Yes: Census 2022 counted 62 027 503 people, 19.8% more than the 51 770 561 counted in Census 2011, according to Stats SA's Provinces at a glance.

Population change in each province, Census 2011 to 2022. Western Cape grew fastest.
  1. Western Cape5 822 734 to 7 433 020+27.7%
  2. Mpumalanga4 039 939 to 5 143 324+27.3%
  3. Gauteng12 272 263 to 15 099 422+23.0%
  4. Limpopo5 404 868 to 6 572 721+21.6%
  5. KwaZulu-Natal10 267 300 to 12 423 907+21.0%
  6. Northern Cape1 145 861 to 1 355 945+18.3%
  7. Eastern Cape6 562 053 to 7 230 204+10.2%
  8. North West3 509 953 to 3 804 548+8.4%
  9. Free State2 745 590 to 2 964 412+8.0%

Source: Stats SA, Census 2022 Provinces at a glance (Report no. 03-01-43), Person indicators per municipality, province rows, pages 6, 10, 16, 20, 24, 32, 36, 40, 44. Source released . Checked on SA Data Hub . Original data: Stats SA. Any calculation shown is SA Data Hub's own processing.

How this was worked out

The percentage change between the two census counts, worked out by SA Data Hub from the province rows of Provinces at a glance.

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