1996 National Census Country Republic of South Africa Total population 40,583,573 ( 30.9%) Most populous region KwaZulu-Natal Least populous region Northern Cape
The National Census of 1996 was the 1st comprehensive national census of the Republic of South Africa , after the end of Apartheid . It undertook to enumerate every person present in South Africa on the census night at a cost of R 419,000,000.[1]
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Results [ edit ] Demographics [ edit ] Population change in the South Africa by race[2] Rank Race 1991 Census 1996 Census Difference Percent difference 1 Black African 21,646,000 31,127,631 9,481,631 43.8% 2 White 5,068,000 4,434,697 633,303 12.4% 3 Coloured 3,286,000 3,600,446 314,446 9.5% 4 Asian or Indian 987,000 1,045,596 58,596 5.9% Total population 30,987,000 40,583,573 9,596,573 30.9%
Population group by province (percentages)[3] First language Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Mpumalanga Northern Cape Northern Province North West Western Cape South Africa Black African 86.4 84.4 70 81.7 89.2 33.2 96.7 91.2 20.9 76.7 Coloured 7.4 3 3.8 1.4 0.7 51.8 0.2 1.4 54.2 8.9 Asian or Indian 0.3 0.1 2.2 9.4 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.3 1 2.6 White 5.2 12 23.2 6.6 9 13.3 2.4 6.6 20.8 10.9 Unspecified/Other 0.6 0.4 0.8 0.8 0.6 1.5 0.7 0.5 3.1 0.9 Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Population change in the South Africa by language[4] Rank First language 1991 Census 1996 Census Difference Percent Difference 1 IsiZulu 9,200,144 % 2 IsiXhosa 7,196,118 % 3 Afrikaans 5,811,547 % 4 Sepedi 3,695,846 % 5 Setswana 3,301,774 % 6 English 3,457,467 % 7 Sesotho 3,104,197 % 8 Xitsonga 1,756,105 % 9 SiSwati 1,013,193 % 10 Tshivenda 876,409 % 11 IsiNdebele 586,961 % 12 Other 228,275 %
Population change in the South Africa by gender [5] Rank Gender 1991 Census 1996 Census Difference Percent difference 1 Female 15,507,000 21,062,685 5,755,685 37.1% 2 Male 15,480,000 19,520,887 4,040,887 26.1%
Population change in the South Africa by province [6] Rank Province 1991 Census 1996 Census Difference Percent difference 1 KwaZulu-Natal 8,417,021 % 2 Gauteng 7,348,423 % 3 Eastern Cape 6,302,525 % 4 Limpopo 4,929,368 % 5 Western Cape 3,956,875 % 6 North West 3,354,825 % 7 Mpumalanga 2,800,711 % 8 Free State 2,633,504 % 9 Northern Cape 840,321 % Total population 40,583,573 %
Home language by province (percentages)[3] First language Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Mpumalanga Northern Cape Northern Province North West Western Cape South Africa Afrikaans 9.6 14.5 16.7 1.6 8.3 69.3 2.2 7.5 59.2 14.4 English 3.7 1.3 13.0 15.8 2.0 2.4 0.4 1.0 20.3 8.6 IsiNdebele 0 0.2 1.6 0 12.5 0 1.5 1.3 0.1 1.5 IsiXhosa 83.8 9.4 7.5 1.6 1.3 6.3 0.2 54.4 19.1 17.9 IsiZulu 0.4 4.8 21.5 79.8 25.4 0.3 0.7 2.5 0.1 22.9 Sepedi 0 0.2 9.5 0 10.5 0 52.7 4.0 0 9.2 Sesotho 2.2 62.1 13.1 0.5 3.2 0.9 1.1 5.1 0.4 7.7 SiSwati 0 0.1 1.3 0.1 30.0 0 1.2 0.5 0 2.5 Setswana 0 6.5 7.9 0 2.7 19.9 1.4 67.2 0.1 8.2 Tshivenda 0 0.1 1.4 0 0.1 0 15.5 0.4 0 2.2 Xitsonga 0 0.5 5.3 0 3.5 0 22.6 4.7 0 4.4 Other 0.2 0.3 1.3 0.5 0.4 0.8 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.6 Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Employment [ edit ] Economically active population by province amongst those aged 15 – 65 years[3] First language Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Mpumalanga Northern Cape Northern Province North West Western Cape South Africa Employed 786 818 701 175 2 564 243 1 570 573 605 925 215 523 570 129 725 287 1 374 174 9 113 847 Unemployed 742 427 299 948 1 007 766 1 008 944 297 290 86 060 486 554 443 546 299 114 4 671 647 Total 1 529 244 1 001 122 3 572 009 2 579 517 903 215 301 583 1 056 683 1 168 833 1 673 288 13 785 493 Unemployed as percentage of total 48% 29% 28% 39% 32% 28% 46% 37% 17% 33%
Labour market status of the population aged 15 - 65 years by population group – October 1996
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