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Market Research in South Africa – Fast Facts

  • Population: 48.7 mil [24]* (5)**
  • GDP: $467.8 billion [25] (1)
  • GDP – Real Growth Rate: 5.1%
  • Inflation: 7.1%
  • Internet Users: 5.1million [41] (4)
  • Telephones / Mobile-Cellular: 42.3 million [20] (1)
  • Illiteracy: 12.2%
  • Education Expenditure: 5.4% of GDP [53] (11)
  • Unemployment Rate: 24.3% [169] (15)
  • Languages: IsiZulu 23.8%, IsiXhosa 17.6%, Afrikaans 13.3%, Sepedi 9.4%, English 8.2%, Setswana 8.2%, Sesotho 7.9%, Xitsonga 4.4%, other 7.2%
  • Religion: Christianity & Islam

*[World ranking]
**(Africa ranking)

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