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Which municipality has the smallest population?

Khâi-Ma in Northern Cape has the smallest population of any municipality: Census 2022 counted 8 510 people there, according to Stats SA's Provinces at a glance.

The 10 municipalities with the fewest people, Census 2022
  1. Khâi-MaNorthern Cape8 510
  2. RenosterbergNorthern Cape10 843
  3. KareebergNorthern Cape10 961
  4. LaingsburgWestern Cape11 366
  5. Karoo HooglandNorthern Cape11 691
  6. KamiesbergNorthern Cape15 130
  7. UbuntuNorthern Cape15 836
  8. Prince AlbertWestern Cape17 836
  9. KgatelopeleNorthern Cape19 854
  10. !KheisNorthern Cape21 954

Source: Stats SA, Census 2022 Provinces at a glance (Report no. 03-01-43), Person indicators per municipality, pages 6 to 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

All 213 municipalities ranked by the Census 2022 population in the person tables of Provinces at a glance, smallest first.

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