South Africa 
Facts
Population: 43,997,828
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.).
Age structure: 0-14 years: 29.1% (male 6,447,623/female 6,370,909)
15-64 years: 65.5% (male 14,040,210/female 14,761,179)
65 years and over: 5.4% (male 917,227/female 1,460,680) (2007 est.).
Population growth rate: -0.46% (2007 est.).
Birth rate: 17.94 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Death rate: 22.45 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Net migration rate: -0.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population
note: there is an increasing flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa and Botswana in search of better economic opportunities (2007 est.).
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.012 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.951 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.628 male(s)/female
total population: 0.947 male(s)/female (2007 est.).
Infant mortality rate: total: 59.44 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 62.95 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 55.84 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 42.45 years
male: 43.21 years
female: 41.66 years (2007 est.).
Total fertility rate: 2.16 children born/woman (2007 est.).
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 21.5% (2003 est.).
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 5.3 million (2003 est.).
HIV/AIDS - deaths: 370,000 (2003 est.).
Nationality: noun: South African(s)
adjective: South African.
Ethnic groups: black African 79%, white 9.6%, colored 8.9%, Indian/Asian 2.5% (2001 census).
Religions: Zion Christian 11.1%, Pentecostal/Charismatic 8.2%, Catholic 7.1%, Methodist 6.8%, Dutch Reformed 6.7%, Anglican 3.8%, Muslim 1.5%, other Christian 36%, other 2.3%, unspecified 1.4%, none 15.1% (2001 census).
Languages: IsiZulu 23.8%, IsiXhosa 17.6%, Afrikaans 13.3%, Sepedi 9.4%, English 8.2%, Setswana 8.2%, Sesotho 7.9%, Xitsonga 4.4%, other 7.2% (2001 census).
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 86.4%
male: 87%
female: 85.7% (2003 est.).
GDP (purchasing power parity): $587.5 billion (2006 est.).
GDP - real growth rate: 5% (2006 est.).
GDP - per capita (PPP): $13,300 (2006 est.).
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 2.6%
industry: 30.3%
services: 67.1% (2006 est.).
Labor force: 16.09 million economically active (2006 est.).
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 30%
industry: 25%
services: 45% (1999 est.).
Population below poverty line: 50% (2000 est.).
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 1.1%
highest 10%: 45.9% (1994).
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 5% (2006 est.).
Unemployment rate: 25.5% (2006 est.).
Budget: revenues: $72.15 billion
expenditures: $75.93 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2006 est.).
Agriculture - products: corn, wheat, sugarcane, fruits, vegetables; beef, poultry, mutton, wool, dairy products.
Industries: mining (world's largest producer of platinum, gold, chromium), automobile assembly, metalworking, machinery, textiles, iron and steel, chemicals, fertilizer, foodstuffs, commercial ship repair.
Industrial production growth rate: 7.1% (2006 est.).
Electricity - production: 227.2 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - consumption: 207 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - exports: 12.4 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - imports: 8.026 billion kWh (2004).
Exports: $59.15 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Exports - commodities: gold, diamonds, platinum, other metals and minerals, machinery and equipment.
Exports - partners: Japan 9.9%, UK 9.7%, US 9.5%, Germany 6.5%, Netherlands 4.6% (2005).
Imports: $61.53 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum products, scientific instruments, foodstuffs.
Imports - partners: Germany 14.2%, China 9.1%, US 7.9%, Japan 6.8%, Canada 6.3%, UK 5.6%, France 4.5%, Iran 4.2% (2005).
Debt - external: $55.47 billion (30 June 2006 est.).
Economic aid - recipient: $487.5 million (2000).
Currency (code): rand (ZAR).
Exchange rates: rand per US dollar - 6.7649 (2006), 6.3593 (2005), 6.4597 (2004), 7.5648 (2003), 10.5407 (2002).
Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March.
Statistics: C.I.A. World Factbook. Updated: July 20, 2007.
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(Liberal), Durban
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Work in Progress
(African National Congress monthly), Braamfontein
South Africa in the News
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Worldpress.org reviews comment and analysis about the ascension of Jacob Zuma in the A.N.C electoral victory.
The drug trade is fast turning large parts of West Africa into areas that are all but ungovernable, with major implications for international security.
The backlog of applications for refugee status dates back to the late 1990's, when people from troubled African countries became attracted to South Africa after its transition to democracy.
Many left-leaning ideologues have responded to the spectacles of mass arson ongoing in the "townships" of Gauteng and elsewhere in South Africa with characteristic ambiguity.
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