South Africa

Demographics

National Demographics

Total Population:

57,398,421 1

Urban:

66.40% 1

Rural:

33.60% 1

Immigrants as % of Population:

5.8% 2

Homicides:

34.27 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3

Level of Public Corruption:

64 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4

Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics:

15 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 7

Fertility Rate:

2.34 births per adult woman 5

Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5:

4.10% 5

Life Expectancy at Birth:

58 years 5

Adult Literacy Rate:

92.88% 5

Internet Users:

49% 5

Gross National Income per Capita:

US$6,800 5

Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day:

16.6% 5

Catholic Demographics

These statistics are derived from the Vatican's official publication, Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022). The numbers may differ from data reported by other sources on this site.

Baptized Catholics:

3,974,000

Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population:

6.67%

Baptisms per Year (Under age 7):

28,400

Baptisms per Year (Over age 7):

11,907

First Communions per Year:

17,101

Confirmations per Year:

8,477

Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools:

75,163

Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools:

71,834

Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education:

2,791

Church Marriages per Year:

2,174

Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics:

1,223

Priests:

1,226

Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters):

1,918

Catholics per Priest:

3,241

Parishes:

829

Mission Stations (no resident priests):

1,527

Catholic Hospitals:

Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids:

1. United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision, Online Edition.
2.United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2015 revision.
3.United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, Homicide Statistics 2015.
4.Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index 2016.
5.UNICEF, State of the World's Children, 2016.
6. Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022).
7.World Economic Forum, The Global Gender Gap Report, 2016.

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