Population of South Africa up 19.8 pct since 2011

JOHANNESBURG, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- The population of South Africa stood at 62 million in 2022, up from 51.7 million in 2011, the latest official population census showed on Tuesday.

The figure indicated that the South African population had grown by 19.8 percent between 2011 and 2022, the largest percentage change in population size since 1996, according to the census released by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA).