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Population estimates report for South African provinces out now

30 Jan 2012

Prof. Eric Udjo (research director) and Dr Joshua Kembo (senior researcher) of the Bureau of Market Research (BMR) have released a report on population estimates for district and local municipalities in each of the provinces in South Africa as at June 2011.

Eric Udjo

The study addresses the growing concerns among planners on the lack of contemporary and/or accurate population estimates at district and local municipality levels.

Their research estimates KwaZulu-Natal province to have the largest proportion (20.7 %) of the South African population while the Northern Cape province has the smallest percentage of the total national population (3.3 %). Population estimates for South Africa by province and selected local municipalities are reflected in the table below.

South African estimated population for the most-populated local municipalities per province:

Province	Local municipality	Estimate
Free State	Mangaung Local Municipality	823 495
Eastern Cape	Buffalo City Local Municipality	818 688
KwaZulu-Natal	Msunduzi Local Municipality	643 146
Limpopo	Thulamela Local Municipality	603 339
Gauteng	Emfuleni Local Municipality	596 623

Joshua Kembo

The BMR report provides essential population estimates for South Africa for decision makers who use demographic estimates at district and local municipality levels.

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 (eg. water supply planning, planning of new schools, parks etc.) and private (eg. residential commercial development) sectors.

The full research report, no. 419, may be purchased from the BMR.