South Africa
South Africa is a parliamentary republic, located in Southern Africa. Christianity is the predominant religion. Its capital is Pretoria. About 64.7 million people live there (2025).
- Capital
- Pretoria
- Population
- 64,747,319 (2025)
- Region
- Africa (Southern Africa)
- Area
- 1,221,037 km²
- Demonym
- South African
- Languages
- Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, Southern Sotho, Swati, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu
- Form of Government
- Parliamentary republic
- Religion
- Christianity (86%)
Folk/Indigenous religions (5.4%)
Non-religious (5.2%) - Currency
- South African rand (ZAR)
- GDP
- $427.2B (2025)