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Afrikaans-speaking population of South Africa

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Afrikaans-speaking population of South Africa
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South African census figures suggest a growing number of first language Afrikaans speakers in all nine provinces, a total of 6.85 million in 2011 compared to 5.98 million a decade earlier.[1] 2001 Namibian census reported that 11.4% of Namibians had Afrikaans (Namibian Afrikaans) as their home language.

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Geographical distribution of Afrikaans in South Africa: proportion of the population that speaks Afrikaans at home.
  0–20%
  20–40%
  40–60%
  60–80%
  80–100%
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Geographical distribution of Afrikaans in South Africa: density of Afrikaans home-language speakers.
  <1 /km²
  1–3 /km²
  3–10 /km²
  10–30 /km²
  30–100 /km²
  100–300 /km²
  300–1,000 /km²
  1,000–3,000 /km²
  >3,000 /km²
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Geographical distribution of Afrikaans in Namibia

The South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR) projects that a growing majority will be Coloured Afrikaans speakers.[2] Afrikaans speakers enjoy higher employment rates than other South African language groups, despite half a million who are unemployed.[1]

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2001 census

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The number of Afrikaans speakers according to the census of 2001 in South Africa by district municipal boundaries were as follows:[3]

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2011 census

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