List of South African provinces by population density information
Since the election of 27 April 1994, South Africa has been divided into nine provinces. They vary widely in population density, from the highly urbanized Gauteng with nearly 700 people per square kilometre, to the mostly-desert Northern Cape with less than four people per square kilometre. The following table shows the provincial population density according to the Statistics South Africa Census.[1]
Rank
Province
Population
Area (km²)
Density (per km²)
1
Gauteng
15,099,422 (census, 2022)
18,178.0
831
2
KwaZulu-Natal
12,423,907 (census, 2022)
94,361.0
132
3
Mpumalanga
5,143,324 (census, 2022)
76,495.0
67.2
4
Western Cape
7,113,776 (est, 2021)
129,462.0
54.9
5
Limpopo
6,572,720 (census, 2022)
125,754.0
52.3
6
Eastern Cape
7,230,204 (census, 2022)
168,966.0
42.8
7
North West
3,804,548 (census, 2022)
104,882
36.3
8
Free State
2,964,412 (census, 2022)
129,825.0
22.8
9
Northern Cape
1,355,946 (census, 2022)
372,889.0
3.64
South Africa
62,027,503 (census, 2022)
1,221,037
50.8
^Africa, Statistics South. "Statistics South Africa". Retrieved 2 March 2022.
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