South Africa - Female population as a share of total population

51.3 (%) in 2023

In 2023, female population for South Africa was 51.3 %. Over the last 27 years, female population in South Africa was decreasing on average by 0.10% each year, although before that, it grew from 48.1 % in 1980 to 52.7 % in 1997.

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