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BMR releases population stats by district municipality

31 Jan 2011

The Bureau of Market Research's Professor Eric Udjo, research director and Dr Joshua Kembo, senior researcher, have released the report Population Estimates for South Africa by District Municipality and Province, 2010.

The research estimates KwaZulu-Natal to have the largest proportion (21%) of the South African population while the Northern Cape has the smallest percentage of the total national population (2%). Population estimates for South Africa by province and selected district municipalities are reflected in the table below.

South African Estimated Population for the Most-Populated District Municipalities Per Province

Province	District municipality	Estimate
KwaZulu-Natal	eThekwini	3 701 235
Gauteng	City of Johannesburg Metropolitan	3 516 475
Western Cape	City of Cape Town Metropolitan	3 392 255
Gauteng	Ekurhuleni Municipality Metropolitan	2 354 154
Eastern Cape	OR Tambo	2 166 923

The report provides essential population estimates for South Africa for decision makers who use demographic estimates at district municipality level. The estimates have particular relevance for land use planners, housing/community development planners, planners working in developing areas, transport planners as well as planners operating in the public (e.g water supply planning, planning of new schools, parks etc.) and private (e.g residential commercial development) sectors.

The 59-page report, No 402, may be purchased from the BMR.