South Africa

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currency: South African rand
capital city: Pretoria
region: Southern Africa
continent: Africa
land area: 1,213,090 km²
population: 63,212,384 people
political leader: Cyril Ramaphosa (President)

Classified as: place

Location on a map: [-29°0′S, 24°0′E]

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Summary

South Africa is a country. The capital city is Pretoria, located in the Southern Africa region of Africa. It has a land area of 1,213,090 km², a population of 63,212,384 people and uses the currency South African rand. The President is Cyril Ramaphosa.

Environment

South Africa is one of the countries in Africa, countries in Southern Africa and 194 countries in our database.

Agricultural land: 963,410.00 km²
Alternative and nuclear energy: 2.66 % of total energy use
Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 404.97 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Access to electricity: 86.50 % of population
Electricity production from coal sources: 92.71 % of total
Electricity production from natural gas sources: 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 0.32 % of total
Electricity production from nuclear sources: 5.53 % of total
Electricity production from oil sources: 0.07 % of total
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 1.93 % of total
Net energy imports: -14.48 % of energy use
Fertility rate: 2.34 births per woman
Forest area: 169,772 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption: 86.79 % of total
Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 533.82 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Median age: 24.20
Methane emissions: 95.17 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions: 18.13 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Female population: 32,461,907 people
Male population: 30,750,477 people
Renewable energy consumption: 9.70 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area: 1,204,427.39 km²
Rural population: 19,710,253 people
Urban land area: 15,118.66 km²
Urban population: 43,502,131 people
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.11 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in South Africa by population

Cities in South Africa

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Evolution of historical forest area in South Africa

Distribution of sites in South Africa by inscription year

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Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in South Africa

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Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in South Africa

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Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban land area in South Africa

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban population in South Africa

Evolution of historical land area in South Africa

Evolution of historical median age in South Africa

Evolution of historical methane emissions in South Africa

Relationship between methane and nitrous oxide emissions in South Africa

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Geographical distribution of sites in South Africa by area

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in South Africa

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and population in South Africa

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Relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions in South Africa

Evolution of historical population in South Africa

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Evolution of historical female population in South Africa

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Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in South Africa

Evolution of historical rural land area in South Africa

Evolution of historical rural population in South Africa

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Evolution of historical urban land area in South Africa

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Evolution of historical urban population in South Africa

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in South Africa

Relationship between population and date in South Africa

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in South Africa

Evolution of historical agricultural land in South Africa

Relationship between agricultural land and methane emissions in South Africa

Relationship between agricultural land and nitrous oxide emissions in South Africa

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in South Africa

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in South Africa

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and GDP in South Africa

Relationship between carbon dioxide and methane emissions in South Africa

Relationship between carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions in South Africa

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and urban land area in South Africa

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and urban population in South Africa

Evolution of historical access to electricity in South Africa

Relationship between access to electricity and fertility rate in South Africa

Relationship between access to electricity and life expectancy at birth in South Africa

Relationship between access to electricity and renewable energy consumption in South Africa

Relationship between access to electricity and self-employed workers in South Africa

Sites in South Africa

Relationship between access to electricity and vulnerable employment in South Africa

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in South Africa

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in South Africa

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in South Africa

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in South Africa

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in South Africa

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in South Africa

Evolution of historical net energy imports in South Africa

Evolution of historical fertility rate in South Africa

Relationship between fertility rate and life expectancy at birth in South Africa

Proportion of transboundary sites in South Africa

Geographical distribution of wildfires in South Africa by mean width

Wildfires in South Africa

Relationship between mean length and mean width of wildfires in South Africa

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Politics

Armed forces personnel: 89,000 people
Democracy score: 7.24
Democracy type: Flawed democracy
Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 620 people
Individuals using the internet: 74.70 % of population
Military expenditure: 0.74 % of GDP
Net migration: 228,222 people
Press freedom: 3.52
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 45.86 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in South Africa

Relationship between armed forces personnel and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in South Africa

Relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel in South Africa

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Relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel in South Africa

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in South Africa

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in South Africa

Evolution of historical military expenditure in South Africa

Evolution of historical net migration in South Africa

Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in South Africa

Political parties in South Africa

Distribution of politicians from South Africa by birth year

Proportion of politicians per gender in South Africa

Politicians from South Africa

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Business

Central government debt: 76.24 % of GDP
Expense: 33.48 % of GDP
Gdp: 380,699,271,814.51 current US$
Inflation: 6.07 annual %
Self-employed workers: 28.99 % of total employment
Tax revenue: 26.01 % of GDP
Unemployment: 27.99 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment: 24.22 % of total employment

Shops in South Africa

Proportion of CEOs per gender in South Africa

Companies from South Africa

Proportion of employee types in companies from South Africa

Distribution of companies founded in South Africa by year

Proportion of revenue types by company in South Africa

Evolution of historical central government debt in South Africa

Evolution of historical expense in South Africa

Evolution of historical GDP in South Africa

Relationship between GDP and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in South Africa

Evolution of historical inflation in South Africa

Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in South Africa

Relationship between self-employment and vulnerable employment in South Africa

Evolution of historical tax revenue in South Africa

Evolution of historical unemployment in South Africa

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in South Africa

Exchanges in South Africa

Proportion of shops per country in South Africa

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Health

Birth rate: 19.31 per 1,000 people
Death rate: 12.03 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita: 583.67 current US$
Health expenditure: 8.27 % of GDP
Incidence of hiv: 3.15 per 1,000 uninfected population
Hospital beds: 2.28 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth: 61
Suicide mortality rate: 23.50 per 100,000 population

Evolution of historical birth rate in South Africa

Relationship between birth rate and access to electricity in South Africa

Relationship between birth rate and fertility rate in South Africa

Relationship between birth rate and life expectancy at birth in South Africa

Relationship between birth rate and median age in South Africa

Relationship between birth rate and proportion of self-employed workers in South Africa

Relationship between birth rate and vulnerable employment in South Africa

Evolution of historical death rate in South Africa

Relationship between death rate and life expectancy at birth in South Africa

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in South Africa

Evolution of historical health expenditure in South Africa

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in South Africa

Evolution of historical hospital beds in South Africa

Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in South Africa

Relationship between life expectancy and the proportion of self-employed workers in South Africa

Relationship between life expectancy and vulnerable employment in South Africa

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in South Africa

Diseases in South Africa

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in South Africa

Proportion of diseases in South Africa by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in South Africa by start date

Evolution of historical cases in South Africa

Evolution of historical deaths in South Africa

Relationship between cases and deaths in South Africa

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from South Africa by birth year

Proportion of athletes per gender in South Africa

Athletes from South Africa

Proportion of competitions per city in South Africa

Competitions in South Africa

Proportion of competitions per country in South Africa

Distribution of competitions in South Africa by start date

Proportion of medals won by South Africa in the Olympics

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Culture

Artists from South Africa

Distribution of artists from South Africa by birth year

Proportion of artists per gender in South Africa

Geographical distribution of museums in South Africa by visitors

Museums in South Africa

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in South Africa by total students

Distribution of universities in South Africa per foundation year

Universities in South Africa

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In literature

There are 2,326 books written about South Africa in the database

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This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

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