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S. African population increases amid exodus of whites, official data shows

Xinhua, July 24, 2015 Adjust font size:

South Africa's population is closing to 55 million, amid an "exodus" of whites, official figures have shown.

In its estimates released on Thursday, the national statistical service, Statistics South Africa, put the country's population at over 54.9 million as of July 2015, a 1.65 percent increase between 2014 and 2015.

A total of 95,158 white people have left South Africa since 2011, while during the same period, more than 1 million Africans and 40,929 Asians migrated to South Africa, according to the estimates.

Gauteng remains the most populous province, with almost 13.2 million inhabitants, followed by KwaZulu-Natal with a population of almost 10.9 million. The two provinces account for about 44 percent of the total population.

Northern Cape remains the least populated province, with under 1.2 million people.

Speaking of the exodus of whites, Statistician-General for Statistics South Africa, Pali Lehohla attributed it to "a number of reasons", for example, he said, some white people found employment in other countries.

The United States, New Zealand and Britain were among the countries South African whites had migrated to, he said. Enditem