{"id":9468,"date":"2023-10-10T14:52:55","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T14:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/?p=9468"},"modified":"2023-10-10T14:52:55","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T14:52:55","slug":"south-african-population-grew-to-62-mln-last-year-census","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/9468\/south-african-population-grew-to-62-mln-last-year-census\/","title":{"rendered":"South African population grew to 62 mln last year: census"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-0\">South Africa&#8217;s population grew to 62.0 million people last year from 51.8 million in 2011, census data from the statistics agency showed on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-1\">The census found roughly eight in 10 people were Black African in 2022, while less than one in 10 people were white.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-2\">Statistics <a href=\"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/?s=South+Africa\">South Africa<\/a> said there were more than 2.4 million migrants in South Africa last year, with the highest percentage coming from neighbouring Zimbabwe at 45.5%, followed by Mozambique and Lesotho.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-3\">This was only the fourth census since the first democratic elections after the end of apartheid in 1994, and the first in over a decade due to disruptions in data collection caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa&#8217;s population grew to 62.0 million people last year from 51.8 million in 2011, census data from the statistics agency showed on Tuesday. The census found roughly eight in 10 people were Black African in 2022, while less than one in 10 people were white. 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