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Demographic and Social

Profile of South Africa

BRICS Seminar

Hazyview

1 – 3 March, 2014

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Introduction

• Statistics SA is the National Statistics

Office of the South African government

and is responsible for providing statistics

related to the economy, population and

society of the South African people

• I will today present a profile of the social

and demographic situation in South Africa

by referring to various data sources

collected by Statistics SA

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Population

42000000 44000000 46000000 48000000 50000000 52000000 54000000

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

45808736

46409243

47019452

47639556

48269753

48910248

49561256

50222996

50895698

51579599

52274945

52981991

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Sex Ratio (Men per 100 Women)

92,00

92,50

93,00

93,50

94,00

94,50

95,00

95,50

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

0,00

5,00

10,00

15,00

20,00

25,00

30,00

35,00

40,00

0-14 15-24 25-49 50-64 65 and over

2001

2011

Percentage Distribution of Population by Age: Census 2001 and 2011

33,4

21,2

33,3

8,2

3,8

30,8

20,2

33,9

9,2

6,0

30,3

20,6

35,3

9,7

4,1

28,1

19,5

34,8

11,2

6,5

40,0 30,0 20,0 10,0 0,0 10,0 20,0 30,0 40,0

0-14

15-24

25-49

50-64

65 and over

Males Females

Census 2011 Census 2001

Shaping the future of tourism...

2001

0 - 4

5 - 9

10 - 14

15 - 19

20 - 24

25 - 29

30 - 34

35 - 39

40 - 44

45 - 49

50 - 54

55 - 59

60 - 64

65 - 69

70 - 74

70 - 79

80+

Elderly

Working

age

Young

2002

0 - 4

5 - 9

10 - 14

15 - 19

20 - 24

25 - 29

30 - 34

35 - 39

40 - 44

45 - 49

50 - 54

55 - 59

60 - 64

65 - 69

70 - 74

70 - 79

80+

Elderly

Working

age

Young

2003

0 - 4

5 - 9

10 - 14

15 - 19

20 - 24

25 - 29

30 - 34

35 - 39

40 - 44

45 - 49

50 - 54

55 - 59

60 - 64

65 - 69

70 - 74

70 - 79

80+

Elderly

Working

age

Young

2004

0 - 4

5 - 9

10 - 14

15 - 19

20 - 24

25 - 29

30 - 34

35 - 39

40 - 44

45 - 49

50 - 54

55 - 59

60 - 64

65 - 69

70 - 74

70 - 79

80+

Elderly

Working

age

Young

2005

0 - 4

5 - 9

10 - 14

15 - 19

20 - 24

25 - 29

30 - 34

35 - 39

40 - 44

45 - 49

50 - 54

55 - 59

60 - 64

65 - 69

70 - 74

70 - 79

80+

Elderly

Working

age

Young

2006

0 - 4

5 - 9

10 - 14

15 - 19

20 - 24

25 - 29

30 - 34

35 - 39

40 - 44

45 - 49

50 - 54

55 - 59

60 - 64

65 - 69

70 - 74

70 - 79

80+

Elderly

Working

age

Young

2007

0 - 4

5 - 9

10 - 14

15 - 19

20 - 24

25 - 29

30 - 34

35 - 39

40 - 44

45 - 49

50 - 54

55 - 59

60 - 64

65 - 69

70 - 74

70 - 79

80+

Elderly

Working

age

Young

2008

0 - 4

5 - 9

10 - 14

15 - 19

20 - 24

25 - 29

30 - 34

35 - 39

40 - 44

45 - 49

50 - 54

55 - 59

60 - 64

65 - 69

70 - 74

70 - 79

80+

Elderly

Working

age

Young

2009

0 - 4

5 - 9

10 - 14

15 - 19

20 - 24

25 - 29

30 - 34

35 - 39

40 - 44

45 - 49

50 - 54

55 - 59

60 - 64

65 - 69

70 - 74

70 - 79

80+

Elderly

Working

age

Young

2010

0 - 4

5 - 9

10 - 14

15 - 19

20 - 24

25 - 29

30 - 34

35 - 39

40 - 44

45 - 49

50 - 54

55 - 59

60 - 64

65 - 69

70 - 74

70 - 79

80+

Elderly

Working

age

Young

2011

0 - 4

5 - 9

10 - 14

15 - 19

20 - 24

25 - 29

30 - 34

35 - 39

40 - 44

45 - 49

50 - 54

55 - 59

60 - 64

65 - 69

70 - 74

70 - 79

80+

Elderly

Working

age

Young

2012

0 - 4

5 - 9

10 - 14

15 - 19

20 - 24

25 - 29

30 - 34

35 - 39

40 - 44

45 - 49

50 - 54

55 - 59

60 - 64

65 - 69

70 - 74

70 - 79

80+

Elderly

Working

age

Young

2013

0 - 4

5 - 9

10 - 14

15 - 19

20 - 24

25 - 29

30 - 34

35 - 39

40 - 44

45 - 49

50 - 54

55 - 59

60 - 64

65 - 69

70 - 74

70 - 79

80+

Elderly

Working

age

Young

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Net-migration 2001-2011

WC EC NC FS KZN NW GP MP LP

Net-Migration 303.824 -278.259 -6.732 -24.298 -30.684 107.163 1.037.867 52.841 -152.852

-400.000

-200.000

0

200.000

400.000

600.000

800.000

1.000.000

1.200.000

Nu

mb

er

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Lifetime immigrants into South Africa

WC EC NC FS KZN NW GP MP LP RSA

Pre 2001 102.807 26.763 9.366 26.980 76.338 52.824 413.547 60.813 41.135 810.573

2001-2011 160.923 51.352 9.944 41.861 98.642 95.017 683.624 85.141 118.527 1.345.031

0

200.000

400.000

600.000

800.000

1.000.000

1.200.000

1.400.000

1.600.000

Nu

mb

er

Number of birth occurrences in South Africa, 1992–2012 Updated at 30 June 2013

Births reached a peak in 2008 with

1,09 million births 0,97 million births

occurred in 2012

Shaping the future of tourism... Fertility (births)

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

25 24

23 22 21

Crude birth rate

2.7 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.3

Total fertility rate (TFR)

Shaping the future of tourism... Mortality (deaths)

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

53 52 53 54 56 57 58 60

Life expectancy

Crude death rate

14 15 14 13 12 11

63,5 62,6 60,1

58,0 55,6 53,6

50,8 49,1

47,1 45,1 43,5

41,7 Infant

mortality rate

*

93 92 89

85

81

77

72 69

59

65 62

57 Under-5

mortality

rate *

Deaths by age and sex, 2010

Age group

1-4

5-9

10-1

4

15-1

9

20-2

4

25-2

9

30-3

4

35-3

9

40-4

4

45-4

9

50-5

4

55-5

9

60-6

4

65-6

9

70-7

4

75-7

9

80-8

4

85-8

9

90+

Male deaths peak at 35-39

Female deaths peak at 30-34

% D

eath

s

10%

9%

8%

7%

6%

5%

4%

3%

2%

1%

0

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Year of death

0

700,000

Main categories of causes of death, 2010

300,000

500,000

100,000

90,000

70,000

30,000

10,000

7,000

3,000

5,000

1,000

THE SOUTH AFRICA I KNOW, THE HOME I UNDERSTAND

Unemployment Rates 2008-2013

34,0%

24,1%

STATS SA

The current official

unemployment

rates is the lowest

rate observed in

the last 7 quarters

Expanded unemployment rate

Official unemployment rate

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

0,0

5,0

10,0

15,0

20,0

25,0

30,0

35,0

40,0

International Poverty Lines (Headcount)

$1 $1,25 $2 $2,50

2000 11,3 17,0 33,5 42,2

2006 5 9,71 25,3 34,8

2009 5,9 10,7 27,2 36,4

2011 4,0 7,4 20,8 29,2

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

Poverty Headcounts 2006 2009 2011

Percentage of the population that is poor

57,2% 56,8% 45,5%

Number of poor persons (millions)

27.1 27.8 23.0

Percentage of the population living in extreme poverty

26,6% 32,4% 20,2%

Number of extremely poor persons (millions)

12.6 15.8 10.2

National Poverty Lines (Headcount)

Poverty incidence by sex of household

head (upper bound poverty line)

55,7 54,6

43,9

33,6 34,8

25,7

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

2006 2009 2011

Female

Male

Poverty incidence by education level of

household head (upper bound poverty line)

0,0

10,0

20,0

30,0

40,0

50,0

60,0

70,0

80,0

90,0

2006 2009 2011

None

Some primary

Primary

Some secondary

Matric

Higher

Incidence of poverty by age

(upper bound poverty line)

68,9

60,2

46,6 45,1 44,8 45,9

55,6

55,7 50,7

38,7 35,0 33,6 35,0 36,2

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

0-17 yrs 18-24 yrs 25-34 yrs 35-44 yrs 45-54 yrs 55-64 yrs 65+ yrs

% 2006 2011

Grade 12

Post-school

None

Grade 7

21,9%

27,2%

9,3%

12,3%

10,6% 5,8%

7% 5,3%

Females more likely to have completed at least grade 7 in the age group 20-39, better than older

generations 100

90

80

70

60

50

40

30

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Female 60+

3,4%

Male 60+

Female 40-59

Male 40-59

Male 20-39

Female 20-39

29,9%

45,3% 43,6%

12,7%

29,6% 27,5%

Households

Population

58%

19,3%

16,2%

2,2%

4,3%

2002-2012

Decrease in

use of wood

and paraffin,

increased use

of electricity

& 2002

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