Total population of South Africa 2022, by province
largest city in South Africa with nearly 3.43 million inhabitants in 2021, whereas Durban counted 3.12 million citizens. However, looking at cities including municipalities, Johannesburg ranks first.
As of 2022, South Africa's population increased and counted approximately 61.4 million inhabitants in total, of which the majority inhabited Gauteng, Kwazulu-Natal, and the Western-Eastern Cape. Gauteng (includes Johannesburg) is the smallest province in South Africa, though highly urbanized with a population of just over 16 million people according to the estimates. Cape Town, on the other hand, is the