Demographic information
Location: Southern Africa, at the southern tip of the continent of Africa
Capital City: Pretoria (administrative capital)
Population: 44,187,637
Gross domestic production (GDP)
: 4.9% (2005 est.)
GDP per capita: $12,000 (2005
est.)
GDP composition by : |
Agriculture: 2.5%
Industry: 30.3%
Services: 67.1% (2005 est.)
Surface area | Land use |
Total: 1,219,912 sq km | Arable land: 12.1% |
Land: 1,219,912 sq km | Permanent crops: 0.79% |
Water: 0 sq km | Other: 87.11% (2005) |
(note: surface area incl Prince Edward Islands (Marion Island & | |
Information source: CIA World Factbook
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