Census 2022 marks SA's first digital population count
South Africa concludes its first digitally-led census, as Statistics SA departs from the traditional ways of collecting information for the national population count.
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South Africa concludes its first digitally-led census, as Statistics SA departs from the traditional ways of collecting information for the national population count.
IsiZulu remains the country’s most predominant language, spoken by almost a quarter (24.4%) of the country’s households, according to Census 2022.
Stats SA announced the new population figures at an event at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Tuesday, where statistician-general Risenga Maluleke handed over the results to President Cyril Ramaphosa.
There are 10.3 million more people in South Africa since the last count.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on government departments, policy makers, researchers, civil society and international organisations to use the Census 2022 report to collectively strive to improve service delivery