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Vital Statistics
Areal extent: 28,050 sq.km.*
Areal extent: 1,221,040 sq.km.~
Population (1998): 44,295,000**
Population density: 36.3 per sq. km.
Urban population, % of total (1980/1997): 48/50*
Population growth (1990-1997): 1.7% p.a.*
Fertility rate (1990/1996): 4.6/2.9*
Capitals: Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial)
Largest city: Greater Johannesburg/2.9 millions (formal)
GNP per capita (1997): $3,210¬
GNP per capita annual growth rate (1975-1995): -0.6%¬
Human Development Index rank/value (1999): 101/0.695¬
* = World Bank 1999
** World Resources Institute 1998
~ = Instituto del Tercer Mundo 1997
¬ = Human Development Report 1999
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