South Africa

Area of South Africa	1,220,803.2 km²
Population	54.4 million
Population change from 1975 to 2015	+112.1%
Population change from 2000 to 2015	+21.4%
Timezone	South Africa Standard Time

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa, is the southernmost country in Africa. Source: Wikipedia

COVID-19 Data for South Africa

Last Updated: February 28, 2021

1,513,393
Total Cases

49,993
Total Deaths

1,430,259
Total Recovered

Total Coronavirus (COVID-19) Cases in South Africa

Total Coronavirus (COVID-19) Deaths in South Africa

Total Cases per 10M population	277,979
Deaths per 10M population	9,183
Total Cases per 1M population	27,798
Deaths per 1M population	918

New Coronavirus (COVID-19) Cases / Deaths in South Africa

Date	Total Cases	New Cases	Total Deaths	New Deaths
2/28/21	1,513,393	+1,168	49,993	+52
2/27/21	1,512,225	+1,447	49,941	+157
2/26/21	1,510,778	+1,654	49,784	+117
2/25/21	1,509,124	+1,676	49,667	+144
2/24/21	1,507,448	+1,862	49,523	+110
2/23/21	1,505,586	+998	49,413	+263
2/22/21	1,504,588	+792	49,150	+97
2/21/21	1,503,796	+1,429	49,053	+113
2/20/21	1,502,367	+1,690	48,940	+81
2/19/21	1,500,677	+1,911	48,859	+151
2/18/21	1,498,766	+2,327	48,708	+230
2/17/21	1,496,439	+2,320	48,478	+165
2/16/21	1,494,119	+1,210	48,313	+219
2/15/21	1,492,909	+1,102	48,094	+195
2/14/21	1,491,807	+1,744	47,899	+78
2/13/21	1,490,063	+2,382	47,821	+151
2/12/21	1,487,681	+2,781	47,670	+288
2/11/21	1,484,900	+2,488	47,382	+237
2/10/21	1,482,412	+3,159	47,145	+276
2/9/21	1,479,253	+1,742	46,869	+396
2/8/21	1,477,511	+1,376	46,473	+183
2/7/21	1,476,135	+2,435	46,290	+110
2/6/21	1,473,700	+3,184	46,180	+278
2/5/21	1,470,516	+3,749	45,902	+297
2/4/21	1,466,767	+3,751	45,605	+261
2/3/21	1,463,016	+4,058	45,344	+398
2/2/21	1,458,958	+2,649	44,946	+547
2/1/21	1,456,309	+2,548	44,399	+235
1/31/21	1,453,761	+4,525	44,164	+213
1/30/21	1,449,236	+5,297	43,951	+318
1/29/21	1,443,939	+6,141	43,633	+528
1/28/21	1,437,798	+7,150	43,105	+555
1/27/21	1,430,648	+7,070	42,550	+753
1/26/21	1,423,578	+6,041	41,797	+680
1/25/21	1,417,537	+4,551	41,117	+243
1/24/21	1,412,986	+8,147	40,874	+300
1/23/21	1,404,839	+12,271	40,574	+498
1/22/21	1,392,568	+11,761	40,076	+575
1/21/21	1,380,807	+11,381	39,501	+647
1/20/21	1,369,426	+12,710	38,854	+566
1/19/21	1,356,716	+9,780	38,288	+839
1/18/21	1,346,936	+9,010	37,449	+344
1/17/21	1,337,926	+12,267	37,105	+254
1/16/21	1,325,659	+13,973	36,851	+384
1/15/21	1,311,686	+14,880	36,467	+615
1/14/21	1,296,806	+18,503	35,852	+712
1/13/21	1,278,303	+18,555	35,140	+806
1/12/21	1,259,748	+13,105	34,334	+755
1/11/21	1,246,643	+15,046	33,579	+416
1/10/21	1,231,597	+17,421	33,163	+339
1/9/21	1,214,176	+21,606	32,824	+399
1/8/21	1,192,570	+21,980	32,425	+616
1/7/21	1,170,590	+20,999	31,809	+441
1/6/21	1,149,591	+21,832	31,368	+844
1/5/21	1,127,759	+14,410	30,524	+513
1/4/21	1,113,349	+12,601	30,011	+434
1/3/21	1,100,748	+11,859	29,577	+402
1/2/21	1,088,889	+15,002	29,175	+288
1/1/21	1,073,887	+16,726	28,887	+418
12/31/20	1,057,161	+18,000	28,469	+436
12/30/20	1,039,161	+17,710	28,033	+465
12/29/20	1,021,451	+9,580	27,568	+497
12/28/20	1,011,871	+7,458	27,071	+336
12/27/20	1,004,413	+9,502	26,735	+214
12/26/20	994,911	+11,552	26,521	+245
12/25/20	983,359	+14,796	26,276	+293
12/24/20	968,563	+14,305	25,983	+326
12/23/20	954,258	+14,046	25,657	+411
12/22/20	940,212	+9,501	25,246	+339
12/21/20	930,711	+8,789	24,907	+216
12/20/20	921,922	+9,445	24,691	+152
12/19/20	912,477	+10,939	24,539	+254
12/18/20	901,538	+8,725	24,285	+274
12/17/20	892,813	+9,126	24,011	+184
12/16/20	883,687	+10,008	23,827	+166
12/15/20	873,679	+7,552	23,661	+210
12/14/20	866,127	+5,163	23,451	+175
12/13/20	860,964	+7,999	23,276	+170
12/12/20	852,965	+7,882	23,106	+154
12/11/20	845,083	+8,319	22,952	+205
12/10/20	836,764	+8,166	22,747	+173
12/9/20	828,598	+6,709	22,574	+142
12/8/20	821,889	+4,011	22,432	+183
12/7/20	817,878	+3,313	22,249	+43
12/6/20	814,565	+4,116	22,206	+139
12/5/20	810,449	+4,645	22,067	+104
12/4/20	805,804	+4,932	21,963	+160
12/3/20	800,872	+4,400	21,803	+94
12/2/20	796,472	+4,173	21,709	+65
12/1/20	792,299	+2,295	21,644	+109
11/30/20	790,004	+2,302	21,535	+58
11/29/20	787,702	+2,563	21,477	+38
11/28/20	785,139	+3,198	21,439	+61
11/27/20	781,941	+3,370	21,378	+89
11/26/20	778,571	+3,069	21,289	+88
11/25/20	775,502	+3,250	21,201	+118
11/24/20	772,252	+2,493	21,083	+115
11/23/20	769,759	+2,080	20,968	+65
11/22/20	767,679	+2,270	20,903	+58
11/21/20	765,409	+2,646	20,845	+86
11/20/20	762,763	+3,105	20,759	+88
11/19/20	759,658	+2,514	20,671	+115
11/18/20	757,144	+2,888	20,556	+124
11/17/20	754,256	+1,987	20,432	+118
11/16/20	752,269	+1,245	20,314	+73
11/15/20	751,024	+1,842	20,241	+35
11/14/20	749,182	+2,237	20,206	+53
11/13/20	746,945	+2,213	20,153	+77
11/12/20	744,732	+2,338	20,076	+65
11/11/20	742,394	+2,140	20,011	+60
11/10/20	740,254	+1,729	19,951	+106
11/9/20	738,525	+1,247	19,845	+36
11/8/20	737,278	+1,372	19,809	+20
11/7/20	735,906	+1,731	19,789	+40
11/6/20	734,175	+1,761	19,749	+72
11/5/20	732,414	+1,866	19,677	+92
11/4/20	730,548	+1,712	19,585	+46
11/3/20	728,836	+1,241	19,539	+74
11/2/20	727,595	+772	19,465	+54
11/1/20	726,823	+1,371	19,411	+135
10/31/20	725,452	+1,770	19,276	+46
10/30/20	723,682	+1,912	19,230	+66
10/29/20	721,770	+2,056	19,164	+53
10/28/20	719,714	+1,863	19,111	+58
10/27/20	717,851	+1,092	19,053	+45
10/26/20	716,759	+891	19,008	+40
10/25/20	715,868	+1,622	18,968	+24
10/24/20	714,246	+1,834	18,944	+53
10/23/20	712,412	+1,897	18,891	+48
10/22/20	710,515	+2,156	18,843	+102
10/21/20	708,359	+2,055	18,741	+85
10/20/20	706,304	+1,050	18,656	+164
10/19/20	705,254	+1,461	18,492	+21
10/18/20	703,793	+1,662	18,471	+63
10/17/20	702,131	+1,928	18,408	+38
10/16/20	700,203	+2,019	18,370	+61
10/15/20	698,184	+1,770	18,309	+158
10/14/20	696,414	+1,877	18,151	+123
10/13/20	694,537	+1,178	18,028	+165
10/12/20	693,359	+888	17,863	+83
10/11/20	692,471	+1,575	17,780	+107
10/10/20	690,896	+2,544	17,673	+126
10/9/20	688,352	+1,461	17,547	+139
10/8/20	686,891	+1,736	17,408	+160
10/7/20	685,155	+1,913	17,248	+145
10/6/20	683,242	+1,027	17,103	+87
10/5/20	682,215	+926	17,016	+40
10/4/20	681,289	+1,573	16,976	+38
10/3/20	679,716	+1,883	16,938	+29
10/2/20	677,833	+1,749	16,909	+43
10/1/20	676,084	+1,745	16,866	+132
9/30/20	674,339	+1,767	16,734	+67
9/29/20	672,572	+903	16,667	+81
9/28/20	671,669	+903	16,586	+188
9/27/20	670,766	+1,268	16,398	+22
9/26/20	669,498	+969	16,376	+64
9/25/20	668,529	+1,480	16,312	+29
9/24/20	667,049	+1,861	16,283	+77
9/23/20	665,188	+1,906	16,206	+88
9/22/20	663,282	+1,346	16,118	+126
9/21/20	661,936	+725	15,992	+39
9/20/20	661,211	+1,555	15,953	+13
9/19/20	659,656	+2,029	15,940	+83
9/18/20	657,627	+2,055	15,857	+85
9/17/20	655,572	+2,128	15,772	+67
9/16/20	653,444	+1,923	15,705	+64
9/15/20	651,521	+772	15,641	+142
9/14/20	650,749	+956	15,499	+52
9/13/20	649,793	+1,579	15,447	+20
9/12/20	648,214	+1,816	15,427	+49
9/11/20	646,398	+1,960	15,378	+113
9/10/20	644,438	+2,007	15,265	+97
9/9/20	642,431	+1,990	15,168	+82
9/8/20	640,441	+1,079	15,086	+82
9/7/20	639,362	+845	15,004	+115
9/6/20	638,517	+1,633	14,889	+110
9/5/20	636,884	+1,806	14,779	+101
9/4/20	635,078	+2,063	14,678	+115
9/3/20	633,015	+2,420	14,563	+174
9/2/20	630,595	+2,336	14,389	+126
9/1/20	628,259	+1,218	14,263	+114
8/31/20	627,041	+1,985	14,149	+121
8/30/20	625,056	+2,505	14,028	+47
8/29/20	622,551	+2,419	13,981	+238
8/28/20	620,132	+1,846	13,743	+115
8/27/20	618,286	+2,585	13,628	+126
8/26/20	615,701	+2,684	13,502	+194
8/25/20	613,017	+1,567	13,308	+149
8/24/20	611,450	+1,677	13,159	+100
8/23/20	609,773	+2,728	13,059	+72
8/22/20	607,045	+3,707	12,987	+144
8/21/20	603,338	+3,398	12,843	+225
8/20/20	599,940	+3,880	12,618	+195
8/19/20	596,060	+3,916	12,423	+159
8/18/20	592,144	+2,258	12,264	+282
8/17/20	589,886	+2,541	11,982	+143
8/16/20	587,345	+3,692	11,839	+162
8/15/20	583,653	+4,513	11,677	+121
8/14/20	579,140	+6,275	11,556	+286
8/13/20	572,865	+3,946	11,270	+260
8/12/20	568,919	+2,810	11,010	+259
8/11/20	566,109	+2,511	10,751	+130
8/10/20	563,598	+3,739	10,621	+213
8/9/20	559,859	+6,671	10,408	+198
8/8/20	553,188	+7,712	10,210	+301
8/7/20	545,476	+7,292	9,909	+305
8/6/20	538,184	+8,307	9,604	+306
8/5/20	529,877	+8,559	9,298	+414
8/4/20	521,318	+4,456	8,884	+345
8/3/20	516,862	+5,377	8,539	+173
8/2/20	511,485	+8,195	8,366	+213
8/1/20	503,290	+10,107	8,153	+148
7/31/20	493,183	+11,014	8,005	+193
7/30/20	482,169	+11,046	7,812	+315
7/29/20	471,123	+11,362	7,497	+240
7/28/20	459,761	+7,232	7,257	+190
7/27/20	452,529	+7,096	7,067	+298
7/26/20	445,433	+11,233	6,769	+114
7/25/20	434,200	+12,204	6,655	+312
7/24/20	421,996	+13,944	6,343	+250
7/23/20	408,052	+13,104	6,093	+153
7/22/20	394,948	+13,150	5,940	+572
7/21/20	381,798	+8,170	5,368	+195
7/20/20	373,628	+9,300	5,173	+140
7/19/20	364,328	+13,449	5,033	+85
7/18/20	350,879	+13,285	4,948	+144
7/17/20	337,594	+13,373	4,804	+135
7/16/20	324,221	+13,172	4,669	+216
7/15/20	311,049	+12,757	4,453	+107
7/14/20	298,292	+10,496	4,346	+174
7/13/20	287,796	+11,554	4,172	+93
7/12/20	276,242	+12,058	4,079	+108
7/11/20	264,184	+13,497	3,971	+111
7/10/20	250,687	+12,348	3,860	+140
7/9/20	238,339	+13,674	3,720	+118
7/8/20	224,665	+8,810	3,602	+100
7/7/20	215,855	+10,134	3,502	+192
7/6/20	205,721	+8,971	3,310	+111
7/5/20	196,750	+8,773	3,199	+173
7/4/20	187,977	+10,853	3,026	+74
7/3/20	177,124	+9,063	2,952	+108
7/2/20	168,061	+8,728	2,844	+95
7/1/20	159,333	+8,124	2,749	+92
6/30/20	151,209	+6,945	2,657	+128
6/29/20	144,264	+6,130	2,529	+73
6/28/20	138,134	+6,334	2,456	+43
6/27/20	131,800	+7,210	2,413	+73
6/26/20	124,590	+6,215	2,340	+48
6/25/20	118,375	+6,579	2,292	+87
6/24/20	111,796	+5,688	2,205	+103
6/23/20	106,108	+4,518	2,102	+111
6/22/20	101,590	+4,288	1,991	+61
6/21/20	97,302	+4,621	1,930	+53
6/20/20	92,681	+4,966	1,877	+46
6/19/20	87,715	+3,825	1,831	+94
6/18/20	83,890	+3,478	1,737	+63
6/17/20	80,412	+4,078	1,674	+49
6/16/20	76,334	+2,801	1,625	+57
6/15/20	73,533	+3,495	1,568	+88
6/14/20	70,038	+4,302	1,480	+57
6/13/20	65,736	+3,809	1,423	+69
6/12/20	61,927	+3,359	1,354	+70
6/11/20	58,568	+3,147	1,284	+74
6/10/20	55,421	+2,430	1,210	+48
6/9/20	52,991	+2,112	1,162	+82
6/8/20	50,879	+2,594	1,080	+82
6/7/20	48,285	+2,312	998	+46
6/6/20	45,973	+2,539	952	+44
6/5/20	43,434	+2,642	908	+60
6/4/20	40,792	+3,267	848	+56
6/3/20	37,525	+1,713	792	+37
6/2/20	35,812	+1,455	755	+50
6/1/20	34,357	+1,674	705	+22
5/31/20	32,683	+1,716	683	+40
5/30/20	30,967	+1,727	643	+32
5/29/20	29,240	+1,837	611	+34
5/28/20	27,403	+1,466	577	+25
5/27/20	25,937	+1,673	552	+28
5/26/20	24,264	+649	524	+43
5/25/20	23,615	+1,032	481	+52
5/24/20	22,583	+1,240	429	+22
5/23/20	21,343	+1,218	407	+10
5/22/20	20,125	+988	397	+28
5/21/20	19,137	+1,134	369	+30
5/20/20	18,003	+803	339	+27
5/19/20	17,200	+767	312	+26
5/18/20	16,433	+918	286	+22
5/17/20	15,515	+1,160	264	+3
5/16/20	14,355	+831	261	+14
5/15/20	13,524	+785	247	+9
5/14/20	12,739	+665	238	+19
5/13/20	12,074	+724	219	+13
5/12/20	11,350	+698	206	0
5/11/20	10,652	+637	206	+12
5/10/20	10,015	+595	194	+8
5/9/20	9,420	+525	186	+8
5/8/20	8,895	+663	178	+17
5/7/20	8,232	+424	161	+8
5/6/20	7,808	+236	153	+5
5/5/20	7,572	+352	148	+10
5/4/20	7,220	+437	138	+7
5/3/20	6,783	+447	131	+8
5/2/20	6,336	+385	123	+7
5/1/20	5,951	+304	116	+13
4/30/20	5,647	+297	103	0
4/29/20	5,350	+354	103	+10
4/28/20	4,996	+203	93	+3
4/27/20	4,793	+247	90	+3
4/26/20	4,546	+185	87	+1
4/25/20	4,361	+141	86	+7
4/24/20	4,220	+267	79	+4
4/23/20	3,953	+318	75	+10
4/22/20	3,635	+170	65	+7
4/21/20	3,465	+165	58	0
4/20/20	3,300	+142	58	+4
4/19/20	3,158	+124	54	+2
4/18/20	3,034	+251	52	+2
4/17/20	2,783	+178	50	+2
4/16/20	2,605	+99	48	+14
4/15/20	2,506	+91	34	+7
4/14/20	2,415	+143	27	0
4/13/20	2,272	+99	27	+2
4/12/20	2,173	+145	25	0
4/11/20	2,028	+25	25	+1
4/10/20	2,003	+69	24	+6
4/9/20	1,934	+89	18	0
4/8/20	1,845	+96	18	+5
4/7/20	1,749	+63	13	+1
4/6/20	1,686	+31	12	+1
4/5/20	1,655	+70	11	+2
4/4/20	1,585	+80	9	0
4/3/20	1,505	+43	9	+4
4/2/20	1,462	+82	5	0
4/1/20	1,380	+27	5	0
3/31/20	1,353	+27	5	+2
3/30/20	1,326	+46	3	+1
3/29/20	1,280	+93	2	+1
3/28/20	1,187	+17	1	0
3/27/20	1,170	+243	1	+1
3/26/20	927	+218	0	0
3/25/20	709	+155	0	0
3/24/20	554	+152	0	0
3/23/20	402	+128	0	0
3/22/20	274	+34	0	0
3/21/20	240	+38	0	0
3/20/20	202	+52	0	0
3/19/20	150	+34	0	0
3/18/20	116	+54	0	0
3/17/20	62	0	0	0
3/16/20	62	+11	0	0
3/15/20	51	+13	0	0
3/14/20	38	+14	0	0
3/13/20	24	+7	0	0
3/12/20	17	+4	0	0
3/11/20	13	+6	0	0
3/10/20	7	+4	0	0
3/9/20	3	0	0	0
3/8/20	3	+2	0	0
3/7/20	1	0	0	0
3/6/20	1	0	0	0

South Africa Population

Years 1975 to 2015

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015
Population	25,664,532	36,744,324	44,845,639	54,442,709
Population Density	21.0 / km²	30.1 / km²	36.7 / km²	44.6 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

South Africa Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1870 to 2100

Year	Est. Population	Avg 10 year growth %	Avg 10 year growth
1900	4,065,794	n/a	n/a
1910	5,457,777	34.2%	1,391,983
1920	6,762,054	23.9%	1,304,277
1930	8,429,275	24.7%	1,667,221
1940	10,245,601	21.5%	1,816,326
1950	13,565,900	32.4%	3,320,299
1960	17,270,027	27.3%	3,704,127
1970	22,375,045	29.6%	5,105,018
1990	36,744,324	28.1%	7,184,639
2000	44,845,639	22%	8,101,315
2020	56,866,785	12.6%	6,010,573
2030	60,806,194	6.9%	3,939,409
2040	63,580,794	4.6%	2,774,600
2050	65,447,442	2.9%	1,866,648
2060	66,491,083	1.6%	1,043,641
2070	66,483,602	0%	-7,481
2080	65,301,053	-1.8%	-1,182,549
2090	63,349,808	-3%	-1,951,245
2100	60,740,285	-4.1%	-2,609,523

Sources:
1. JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
2. CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
3. [Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Sources: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. & Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

South Africa Annual Weather Averages

March Historical Weather Data (1850 to 2020)

Average Temp

21.6°C

70.9°F

Average High

28.0°C

82.4°F

Average Low

15.1°C

59.3°F

Record High Temperature

47.3°C

117.1°F

Record Low Temperature

-0.3°C

31.5°F

Average Precipitation

73.5 mm

2.9 in

Average Precipitation Days (≥ 0.254 mm)

6.5 days

Sources:
1. NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
2. Lawrimore, Jay H.; Ray, Ron; Applequist, Scott; Korzeniewski, Bryant; Menne, Matthew J. (2016): Global Summary of the Month (GSOM), Version 1. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://doi.org/10.7289/V5QV3JJ5. Accessed Fri, 08 May 2020 06:54:17 GMT.

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Landslide	Medium (6)
Drought	High (6.2)
Flood	High (10)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:
1. Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
2. Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and International Research Institute for Climate and Society - IRI - Columbia University. 2005. Global Drought Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4VX0DFT.
3. Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Flood Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4668B3D.
4. Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and Norwegian Geotechnical Institute - NGI. 2005. Global Landslide Hazard Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4P848VZ.

Top places in South Africa

Places in South Africa

Place	Area	Population	Population Density
Eastern Cape	168,925.6 km²	6.6 million	39.1 / km²
Free State	129,834.8 km²	2.7 million	21.1 / km²
Gauteng	18,176.3 km²	13.5 million	743.6 / km²
Kwazulu-Natal	93,341.5 km²	10.5 million	112.0 / km²
Limpopo	125,633.1 km²	5.5 million	44.1 / km²
Mpumalanga	76,495.3 km²	4.3 million	56.3 / km²
North West	104,850.8 km²	3.7 million	35.5 / km²
Northern Cape	372,834.1 km²	1.2 million	3.28 / km²
Western Cape	130,709.2 km²	6.4 million	48.8 / km²

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