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Largest cities or towns in South Africa. 2016 Community Survey [1], World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision [2] Rank Name Province Pop. Johannesburg Cape Town: 1:
South Africa's cities and main towns A. Name ... List of populated places in South Africa. 29 languages ...
This is a list of the largest urban agglomerations in Africa. Figures are from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects report, as well as from citypopulation.de. Figures for administrative areas are also given.
Population (2016) [3] Pop. density km 2 sq mi per km 2 per sq mi Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality: BUF Eastern Cape: East London: 2,750 1,060 834,997 303.6 786 City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality: CPT Western Cape: Cape Town: 2,446 944 4,005,016 1,637.6 4,241 City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality: EKU Gauteng: Germiston ...
They vary widely in population, from the mostly-urban Gauteng, which contains over 20% of the national population, to the mostly-desert Northern Cape, which contains less than 3%. The following table shows the provincial populations according to the 2011 National Census , [ 1 ] the 2016 Community Survey, [ 2 ] and the most recent 2022 Census.
According to the 2019 revision of the United Nations Secretariat's World Population Prospects, South Africa's total population was 55,386,000 in 2015, compared to only 13,628,000 in 1950. In 2015, 29.3% of the people were children under the age of 15, 65.7% were between 15 and 64 years of age, and 5.0% were 65 or older. [ 23 ]
Since the election of 27 April 1994, South Africa has been divided into nine provinces. They vary widely in population density, from the highly urbanized Gauteng with nearly 700 people per square kilometre, to the mostly-desert Northern Cape with less than four people per square kilometre.
Seaside of Egypt's third-largest city and its ancient capital: Alexandria, the largest port in this bicontinental country. East Africa's central business hub and Kenya's capital, Nairobi. Cape Peninsula of Cape Town, Africa's southernmost city and the second largest one in South Africa, also its legislative capital. Kampala is the hub of Uganda.