Africa's white rhino population rebounds for 1st time in a decade, new figures show There were 23,290 total rhinos at the end of 2022, a 5.2% increase from 2021.

For example, seniors make up 5.9% of South Africa’s population and children 28.6%. This compares with Russia’s 15.8% seniors and 17.2% children, and China’s 13.7% seniors and 17.7% children.

Black South Africans, who make up 81 percent of the population, often argue that they’ve gained political freedom, but not economic freedom — and remain trapped in the structure of apartheid.

PRETORIA, Oct 10 (Reuters) - South Africa's population rose to 62 million people last year from 51.8 million in 2011, according to census data from the statistics agency released on Tuesday.

A report titled South African Age-Sex Structure, 1996-2022: Is the Population Ageing? revealed that South Africa's population of those who are 60 years and older is growing nationwide.

South Africa has “extreme inequality, with approximately 10% of the population (largely white) owning over 80% of the wealth.