Country
South Africa
- ZA
- Africa
- ZAR
- .za
South Africa (ZA/ZAF) is a country in Africa with its capital at Pretoria. It covers about 1,221,037 km² with a population of roughly 60,000,000, uses the ZAR, dials on +27, owns the .za internet domain and keeps its capital on Africa/Johannesburg. It borders 6 countries.
Identity
Official short nameSouth Africa
CapitalPretoria
ContinentAfrica
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2ZA
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3ZAF
Internet TLD.za
Calling code+27
Currency codeZAR
Geography
Latitude30.5595° S
Longitude22.9375° E
HemisphereSouthern and Eastern
Area1,221,037 km²471,445 square miles
Land neighbours60 have pages here; NA, BW, ZW, MZ, SZ, LS are not yet in the dataset
Distance from London9,400 kmto the approximate centre of South Africa, not to Pretoria. SSE, bearing 160.2°
Time
These values depend on today’s date and change daily.
Time zone of the capitalAfrica/Johannesburgthe IANA zone for Pretoria; a large country spans several zones
Standard offsetUTC+02:00
Observes daylight savingNothe offset is the same all year
Offset in JanuaryUTC+02:00
Offset in JulyUTC+02:00
Current offsetUTC+02:00
Local time now9 Sept 2026, 19:20
Hours ahead of UTC2
Population & scale
Population60,000,000≈estimate, 2024 edition. Population figures are latest available national or UN estimates, rounded
Population density49.1 per km²≈
Share of world population0.741%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion
Area rank in this dataset14 of 59
Population rank in this dataset23 of 59
About this data
Dataset version2024 edition. Population figures are latest available national or UN estimates, rounded
Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform
Last updated2024-01-01
StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change
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