south africa

South Africa

Population: 

Current 50,586,757 

SA's POPULATION: CENSUS 2011
Population group	Number	% of total
African	41 000 938	79.2%
White	4 586 838	8.9%
Coloured	4 615 401	8.9%
Indian/Asian	1 286 930	2.5%
Other	280 454	0.5%
TOTAL	51 770 560	100%

Read more:http://www.southafrica.info/about/people/population.htm#.UT-V5JjO-JU#ixzz2NMRuQj1h

SOUTH AFRICAN LANGUAGES – 2011
Language	Number of speakers*	% of total
Afrikaans	6 855 082	13.5%
English	4 892 623	9.6%
IsiNdebele	1 090 223	2.1%
IsiXhosa	8 154 258	16%
IsiZulu	11 587 374	22.7%
Sepedi	4 618 576	9.1%
Sesotho	3 849 563	7.6%
Setswana	4 067 248	8%
Sign language	234 655	0.5%
SiSwati	1 297 046	2.5%
Tshivenda	1 209 388	2.4%
Xitsonga	2 277 148	4.5%
Other	828 258	1.6%
TOTAL	50 961 443**	100%

Read more:http://www.southafrica.info/about/people/population.htm#.UT-V5JjO-JU#ixzz2NMS8SOmg

Economic growth:

Source: tradingeconomics.com

Politics:

African National Congress (ANC)

264 seats in the National Assembly

Democratic Alliance (DA)

67 seats in the National Assembly

Congress of the People (Cope)

30 seats in the National Assembly

Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP)

18 seats in the National Assembly

Independent Democrats (ID)

Four seats in the National Assembly

United Democratic Movement (UDM)

Four seats in the National Assembly

Freedom Front/Vryheidsfront Plus (FF+)

Four seats in the National Assembly

African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP)

Three seats in the National Assembly

United Christian Democratic Party (UCDP)

Three seats in the National Assembly

Pan Africanist Congress (PAC)

One seat in the National Assembly

Minority Front (MF)

Azanian People's Organisation (Azapo)

African People's Convention (APC)

One seat in the National Assembly

South African Communist Party (SACP)

New National Party (NNP)