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Area: 1.2 million sq. km. (470,462
sq. mi.), nearly twice the size of Texas
Total Population: 45,026,000
People: black 79%; white 9.6%; colored 8.9%; Asian
(Indian) 2.5%
Official Languages: Afrikaans, English, isiNdebele,
isiXhosa, isiZulu, Sepedi, Sesotho, Setswana, siSwati, Tshivenda,
and Xitsonga
Religions: Predominantly Christian; traditional
African, Hindu, Muslim, Jewish
Government: Parliamentary democracy
President: Thabo Mbeki
GDP (purchasing power parity): $491.4 billion
GDP per capita: $11,100
Pop living below $1/day: 7.1%
Pop living below $2/day: 23.8%
Major industries: minerals, mining, motor vehicles
and parts, machinery, textiles, chemicals, fertilizer, information
technology, electronics, other manufacturing, and agroprocessing
Life expectancy at birth, male/female (years):
48.0/50.0
HIV prevalence (% ages 15-49): 21.5%
Infants with low birthweight: 15%
Infant mortality rate:
Adult literacy rate: 86%
Ratio of female to male earned income: 0.45
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