South Africa Urban Population
South Africa urban population data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 63.69%.
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South Africa · urban population data as percent of GDP.
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Interpretation
South Africa recorded 63.69% for Urban Population in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2023, the indicator increased by 0.11 percentage points, from 63.58% to 63.69%.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (63.42%).
Across the five latest available observations (2020–2024), the pattern is predominantly upward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 63.21% in 2015 and the high was 63.69% in 2024.