@South Africa:People
Population: 42,834,520 (July 1998 est.) note: South Africa took a census 10 October 1996 which showed a total of 37,859,000 (after a 6.8% adjustment for underenumeration based on a post-enumeration survey); this figure is still about 10% below projections from earlier censuses; since the full results of the census have not been released for analysis, the numbers shown for South Africa do not take into consideration the results of this 1996 census
Age structure: 0-14 years: 35% (male 7,502,396; female 7,366,144) 15-64 years: 61% (male 12,947,521; female 13,079,892) 65 years and over: 4% (male 778,767; female 1,159,800) (July 1998 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.42% (1998 est.)
Birth rate: 26.43 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Death rate: 12.28 deaths/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Net migration rate: 0.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.67 male(s)/female (1998 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 52.04 deaths/1,000 live births (1998 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 55.65 years male: 53.56 years female: 57.8 years (1998 est.)