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South Africa
South Africa is in Africa. Its capital is Pretoria. These numbers are from a small, reviewed World Bank data pack for learning and play.
Capital
Pretoria
Population
64,747,319
reviewed 2025
About 65,000,000 to the nearest million
Land area
1,213,090 km²
reviewed 2023
Coordinates
-25.746, 28.1871
latitude, longitude
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Where the numbers came from
Population and land area are reviewed values from World Bank indicators. The country metadata and the full source links are explained on the country sources page.