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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| ~915,000[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 United Kingdom | >217,180 (2021)[2] |
 Australia | 189,207 (2021)[3] |
 United States | 123,461 (2021)[4] |
 United Arab Emirates | ~100,000 (2014)[5] |
 New Zealand | 71,382 (2018)[6] |
 Canada | 51,590 (2021)[7] |
 Netherlands | 41,300 (2023)[8] |
 Israel | 22,315 (2021)[9] |
| Languages | |
| South African English, Afrikaans, Zulu, Xhosa, Languages of South Africa | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (68%), Islam (2%), Hinduism (1.5%) and indigenous beliefs (28.5%) | |
South Africans are the citizens of South Africa, as well as the global diaspora of South Africa.
People born in South Africa before October 6, 1995, are South African citizens.[10]
History
[edit]The first modern inhabitants of South Africa were the San and the Khoi people.[11]
Ethnic groups
[edit]Diaspora
[edit]Classification
[edit]See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "International Migrant Stock [Total, origin]". United Nations.
- ^ "International migration, England and Wales: Census 2021". Office for National Statistics.
- ^ "People in Australia who were born in South Africa". Australian Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "B05006PLACE OF BIRTH FOR THE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES". United States Census Bureau.
- ^ "UAE's population - by nationality". BQ Magazine. Archived from the original on 2017-03-21.
- ^ "2018 Census totals by topic – national highlights". Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Immigrant population by selected places of birth, admission category and period of immigration, 2021 Census". Statistics Canada.
- ^ "Population; sex, age, country of origin, country of birth, 1 January". Statistics Netherlands.
- ^ "IMMIGRANTS,(1) BY PERIOD OF IMMIGRATION, COUNTRY OF BIRTH AND LAST COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE" (PDF). Central Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "South African Citizenship".
- ^ People and Culture of South Africa
External links
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