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South Africa

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Key facts

  • currency: South African rand
  • capital city: Pretoria
  • region: Southern Africa
  • continent: Africa
  • land area: 1,213,090 km²
  • population: 60,414,495
  • political leader: Cyril Ramaphosa (President)

Location on a map: [-29°0′S, 24°0′E]

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South Africa is a country in Southern Africa, Africa. It has a land area of 1,213,090 km² and a population of 60,414,495. The capital city is Pretoria. The political leader is Cyril Ramaphosa whose title is President.

In the news

South Africa has been mentioned 2040 times in the news, here is the latest (trend):

South African police say 95 Libyans detained at suspected military camp
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95 Libyan nationals arrested in South Africa at suspected secret military training camp
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South Africa's Ramaphosa vows to turn country into a 'construction site'
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Rabies is Spreading in South African Seals, Scientists Say
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Environment

South Africa is one of the countries in Africa and one of the countries in Southern Africa.
There are cities in South Africa. There are wildfires in South Africa.
  • Agricultural land: 963,410.00 km²
  • Alternative and nuclear energy: 2.66 % of total energy use
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 393,241.60 kt
  • 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: 2.37 births per woman
  • Forest area: 170,136 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 86.79 % of total
  • Other greenhouse gas emissions, hfc, pfc and sf6: 49,022.16 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 23.50 years
  • Methane emissions: 72,213.22 kt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 17,992.99 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 30,962,518.00
  • Male population: 29,451,976.00
  • Renewable energy consumption: 9.70 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 1,204,427.39 km²
  • Rural population: 18,837,844.00
  • Urban land area: 15,118.66 km²
  • Urban population: 41,576,651.00
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.11 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in South Africa by population

Evolution of historical agricultural land in South Africa

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy (% of total energy use) in South Africa

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in South Africa

Evolution of historical access to electricity in South Africa

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in South Africa (% of total)

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in South Africa

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in South Africa

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in South Africa (% of total)

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in South Africa

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources in South Africa

Evolution of historical net energy imports in South Africa

Evolution of historical fertility rate in South Africa

Evolution of historical forest area in South Africa

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption (% of total) in South Africa

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in South Africa

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in South Africa

Evolution of historical internet access in South Africa

Evolution of historical land area in South Africa

Evolution of historical median age in South Africa

Evolution of historical methane emissions in South Africa

Evolution of historical net migration in South Africa

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in South Africa

Evolution of historical population in South Africa

Evolution of historical female population in South Africa

Evolution of historical male population in South Africa

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in South Africa

Evolution of historical total rural land area in South Africa

Evolution of historical rural population in South Africa

Evolution of historical total urban land in South Africa

Evolution of historical urban population in South Africa

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in South Africa

Distribution of sites in South Africa by inscription year

Geographical distribution of sites in South Africa by area

Distribution of transboundary sites in South Africa

Geographical distribution of wildfires in South Africa by total fire area

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Source

This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

Updated: 1 day ago

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