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South Africa

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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.

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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)

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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: 16.31 % of total employment
tax revenue: 26.01 % of GDP
unemployment: 32.10 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 10.91 % of total employment
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: 75.70 % of population
military expenditure: 0.73 % of GDP
net migration: 228,222 people
press freedom: 3.52
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 45.86 %
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
agricultural land: 963,410.00 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 2.66 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 397.37 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): 522.12 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 24.20
methane emissions: 90.34 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 19.58 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

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