South Africa

Brief information

General Information

Official Name: The Republic of South Africa

Short Name: ZA

Continent: Africa

Codes

Calling Code: +27

ISO3: ZAF

Capital City: Pretoria

Domain: .za

Statistics

Area(Sqre/KM): 1213090 SqKM

Population: About 59308690 as of 2024

Population Density: 48.89

Population By Religion:

Politics

Nationality: South Africans

Travel

Currency: Rand

Latitude: -30.559482

Longitude: 22.937506

Language

Lanugages: IsiZulu (official) 22.7%, IsiXhosa (official) 16%, Afrikaans (official) 13.5%, English (official) 9.6%, Sepedi (official) 9.1%, Setswana (official) 8%, Sesotho (official) 7.6%, Xitsonga (official) 4.5%, siSwati (official) 2.5%, Tshivenda (official) 2.4%, isiNdebele (official) 2.1%, sign language 0.5%, other 1.6% (2011 est.)