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Republic of South Africa Republiek van Suid-Afrika
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Capital	Pretoria (executive) Cape Town (legislative) Bloemfontein (judicial)
Largest city	Johannesburg
Official languages	Afrikaans English
Ethnic groups (2020)	69.3% White 18.5% Black 9.0% Asian 3.2% other
Religion (2020)	80.3% Christianity 11.2% Other 8.5% No religion
Demonym(s)	South African
Government	Unitary parliamentary republic
• President	Petrus Coetzee
• Prime Minister	Han Polman
Legislature	Parliament
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	House of Assembly
Independence from the United Kingdom
• Union	31 May 1910
• Statute of Westminster	11 December 1931
• Republic declared	31 May 1961
Area
• Total	1,221,037 km2 (471,445 sq mi) (24th)
Population
• 2020 census	15,438,781 (73rd)
• Density	12.64/km2 (32.7/sq mi) (210th)
GDP (PPP)	2023 estimate
• Total	$462.144 billion (49th)
• Per capita	$29,934 (64th)
GDP (nominal)	2023 estimate
• Total	$266.365 billion (50th)
• Per capita	$17,253 (62nd)
Gini	50.7 high
HDI	0.819 very high (47th)
Currency	South African rand (ZAR)