Total area and population
Total area1 223 201 km2
Population (1996 census - estimates)37859

South Africa is divided into nine provinces
	(km2)	Thousand
Northern Cape	361 830	746
Eastern Cape	169 580	5 865
Free State	129 480	2 470
Western Cape	129 370	4 118
Northern Province	123 910
North-West Province	116 320	3 043
Kwazulu/Natal	92 100	7 672
Mpumalanga	79 490	2 646
Gauteng	17 010	7 171

For Bar Chart of Urbanisation Rate (1996 estimates),
click here.

For Pie Chart of Percentage of Total Population, click here.