| South Africa : Geographic coordinates |
29 00 S, 24 00 E |
| South Africa : Population growth rate |
0.26% |
| South Africa : Birth rate |
21.12 births/1,000 population |
| South Africa : Death rate |
16.77 deaths/1,000 population |
| South Africa : People living with HIV/AIDS |
4.2 million |
| South Africa : Independence |
31 May 1910 |
| South Africa : National holiday |
Freedom Day, 27 April |
| South Africa : Constitution |
10 December 1996 |
| South Africa : GDP |
purchasing power parity - $369 billion |
| South Africa : GDP - per capita |
purchasing power parity - $8,500 |
| South Africa : Electricity - consumption |
172.393 billion kWh |
| South Africa : Exports |
$30.8 billion gold, diamonds, other metals and minerals, machinery and equipment |
| South Africa : Imports |
$27.6 billion machinery, foodstuffs and equipment, chemicals, petroleum products, scientific instruments |
| South Africa : Telephones |
5.075 million |
| South Africa : Mobile cellular |
2,000,000 |
| South Africa : Radio broadcast stations |
AM 14, FM 347, shortwave 1 |
| South Africa : Radios |
13.75 million |
| South Africa : Television broadcast stations |
556 |
| South Africa : Televisions |
5.2 million |
| South Africa : Internet country code |
.za |
| South Africa : Internet Service Providers (ISPs) |
44 |
| South Africa : Internet users |
1.82 million |
| South Africa : Railways |
20,384 km |
| South Africa : Highways |
358,596 km |
| South Africa : Waterways |
N/A |
| South Africa : Pipelines |
crude oil 931 km; petroleum products 1,748 km; natural gas 322 km |
| South Africa : Ports and harbors |
Cape Town, Durban, East London, Mosselbaai, Port Elizabeth, Richards Bay, Saldanha |
| South Africa : Merchant marine |
8 ships |
| South Africa : Airports |
741 |
| South Africa : Heliports |
N/A |
| South Africa : Military branches |
Army, Navy, Air Force, and Medical Services |
| South Africa : Military expenditures |
$2 billion |
