Mid-year stats have just seen South Africa’s colourful population standing at an estimated 55.9 million people.
While I am not too sure how they are able to estimate the population in a country where many of the people live in absolute squalor, I am sure they have their ways.
The stats were released at a briefing by Statistician General Pali Lehohla. Here’s what he told us:
The stats information also contained a lot about HIV/AIDs, a prevalent issue in our country. According to bdlive:
The overall HIV prevalence rate at about 12.7% of the total population. The total number of people living with HIV is estimated at about 7.03 million this year.
For adults aged 15-49 years, an estimated 18.9% of the population is HIV positive.
Then, there’s information about migration. Every year, thousands of people migrate to look for job opportunities in order to obtain a better life.
Between 2011-2016, 247 437 people migrated from the Eastern Cape and 305 030 from Limpopo. In that same period, Gauteng received 1,2 million people, while the Western Cape only had an influx of 363 114.
Gauteng is also the most populous province with 13.5 million people (that’s 24% of the population), followed by KZN with 11.1 million (19.9%).
And there you have it.
[source:bdlive]
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