This reference page collects south africa country data in one place: iso3 ZAF; population 63,212,384; surface area 1,219,090 km2; gdp $381.44 billion. Figures are refreshed automatically by a scheduled build and cached locally so the page keeps its values even when the upstream API is temporarily unavailable. Use the table below for exact numbers, or the related pages for the same dataset for neighbouring periods and locations.
ISO3 ZAF
Population 63,212,384
Surface area 1,219,090 km2
GDP $381.44 billion
GDP per capita $6,034
Capital Pretoria
Income group Upper middle income
Region Sub-Saharan Africa
Reading the South Africa profile
South Africa sits in Sub-Saharan Africa and is classified as Upper middle income by the World Bank. GDP per capita of $6,034 divides GDP of $381.44 billion by the population of 63,212,384 people. Coordinates in the source record: -25.746, 28.1871.
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