Total seats
400
AFRICA · ZAF
South Africa
Gov: Parliamentary Republic
Detail: Parliamentary Republic
Head of state: Cyril Ramaphosa
Head of govt: Cyril Ramaphosa
Capital: Pretoria (administrative capital); Cape Town (legislative capital); Bloemfontein (judicial capital)
Language: isiZulu or Zulu (official) 25.3%, isiXhosa or Xhosa (official) 14.8%, Afrikaans (official) 12.2%, Sepedi or Pedi (official) 10.1%, Setswana or Tswana (official) 9.1%, English (official) 8.1%, Sesotho or Sotho (official) 7.9%, Xitsonga or Tsonga (official) 3.6%, siSwati or Swati (official) 2.8%, Tshivenda or Venda (official) 2.5%, isiNdebele or Ndebele (official) 1.6%, other (includes South African sign language (official) and Khoi or Khoisan or Khoe languages) 2% (2018 est.)
Currency: No source
Region: Africa
Area: 1.2M km²
Population: 63M
GDP (PPP): $870B
Main exports: Gold, platinum, coal
Main imports: Refined petroleum, crude petroleum, gold
Trade bal.: +$7.8B
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Sources: Wikidata, IPU Parline, Constitute Project, Bjornskov-Rode / CGV regime taxonomy (QoG), V-Dem, Freedom House, World Bank WGI, UNDP HDI, Transparency International CPI, Civica Pulse (GDELT-derived)