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South Africa's population has increased by more than one million people since the 2011 census.
Statistic South Africa said yesterday that the country now had a population of 52.98 million people.
Statistician general, Padi Lehohla, says the population statistics are used by various government departments as a denominator upon which they base their planning.
Meanwhile, Stats SA says the country's HIV prevalence rate is approximately 10 percent.
The total number of people living with HIV is estimated at approximately 5.26 million.
The infant mortality rate for 2013 was estimated at 41.7/1000 live births. The life expectancy of South Africans had
increased by almost a year from the previous reporting period to 59.6 years.
Life expectancy at birth for 2013 was estimated at 57.7 years for males and at 61.4 years for females.
For the period 2006 to 2011, it was estimated that about 264,449 people would migrate from the Eastern Cape. Limpopo was estimated to experience a net out-migration of 227,919 people.
During the same period, it was estimated Gauteng would have a net inflow of 1,046,641 migrants, and the Western Cape of 307,411
