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1996 South African census
The National Census of 1996 was the 1st comprehensive national census of the Republic of South Africa, after the end of Apartheid. It undertook to enumerate every person present in South Africa on the census night at a cost of R 419,000,000.
| 1996 National Census |
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| 9 October 1996 (1996-10-09) |
| Republic of South Africa |
| 40,583,573 ( 30.9%) |
| KwaZulu-Natal |
| Northern Cape |
The National Census of 1996 was the 1st comprehensive national census of the Republic of South Africa, after the end of Apartheid. It undertook to enumerate every person present in South Africa on the census night at a cost of R 419,000,000.
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| Rank | Race | 1991 Census | 1996 Census | Difference | Percentdifference |
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| 1 | Black African | 21,646,000 | 31,127,631 | 9,481,631 | 43.8% |
| 2 | White | 5,068,000 | 4,434,697 | 633,303 | 12.4% |
| 3 | Coloured | 3,286,000 | 3,600,446 | 314,446 | 9.5% |
| 4 | Asian or Indian | 987,000 | 1,045,596 | 58,596 | 5.9% |
| Rank | First language | 1991 Census | 1996 Census | Difference | PercentDifference |
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| 1 | IsiZulu | 9,200,144 | % | ||
| 2 | IsiXhosa | 7,196,118 | % | ||
| 3 | Afrikaans | 5,811,547 | % | ||
| 4 | Sepedi | 3,695,846 | % | ||
| 5 | Setswana | 3,301,774 | % | ||
| 6 | English | 3,457,467 | % | ||
| 7 | Sesotho | 3,104,197 | % | ||
| 8 | Xitsonga | 1,756,105 | % | ||
| 9 | SiSwati | 1,013,193 | % | ||
| 10 | Tshivenda | 876,409 | % | ||
| 11 | IsiNdebele | 586,961 | % | ||
| 12 | Other | 228,275 | % |
| Rank | Gender | 1991 Census | 1996 Census | Difference | Percentdifference |
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| 1 | Female | 15,507,000 | 21,062,685 | 5,755,685 | 37.1% |
| 2 | Male | 15,480,000 | 19,520,887 | 4,040,887 | 26.1% |
| Rank | Province | 1991 Census | 1996 Census | Difference | Percentdifference |
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| 1 | KwaZulu-Natal | 8,417,021 | % | ||
| 2 | Gauteng | 7,348,423 | % | ||
| 3 | Eastern Cape | 6,302,525 | % | ||
| 4 | Limpopo | 4,929,368 | % | ||
| 5 | Western Cape | 3,956,875 | % | ||
| 6 | North West | 3,354,825 | % | ||
| 7 | Mpumalanga | 2,800,711 | % | ||
| 8 | Free State | 2,633,504 | % | ||
| 9 | Northern Cape | 840,321 | % |
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South African National Census of 2001
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Demographics of South Africa
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Official 1996 Census Website
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