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DEMOGRAPHIC INDICATORS
BASED ON THE 1996 CENSUS RESULTS

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DEMOGRAPHIC INDICATORS

 
Metropolitan population

2,5 Million

Population as a percentage of provincial population for Gauteng

48%

Percentage of population under 19 years of age

31,54%

Percentage of population over 19 years

68,46%

Total area of metropolitan Johannesburg

1 384,121 km2

Population density

2 505 persons/km

Urbanization rate

96%

Race Distribution

Asian: 3,01%

Black: 68,87%

Coloured: 5,76%

White: 22,36%

Number of informal settlements

65

Informal population

640 000

Greater Johannesburg’s % contribution of informal settlements in Gauteng

36,1%

Johannesburg’s GDP

R45 872 701 000

Johannesburg’s contribution to Gauteng’s GDP

38%

Johannesburg’s contribution to national GDP

12%

Source: CSS, 1996 -Stats SA.
 
 

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