Afrikaans speaking population in South Africa

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%

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

Geographical distribution of Afrikaans in Namibia

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] The 2001 Namibian census reported that 11.4% of Namibians had Afrikaans as their home language.

The South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR) project 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]

2001 census

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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