South Africa: population of working age by population group 2019-2020

In the first quarter of 2020, the number of Black South Africans of working age reached approximately 31.4 million, marking a year-on-year change of 1.9 percent compared to the first quarter of 2019. The number of coloreds of working age reached roughly 3.5 million in the first quarter of 2020.

Population of working age in South Africa from Q1 2019 to Q1 2020, by population group (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	Black/African	Colored	Indian/Asian	White
Q1 2020	31,429	3,500	1,018	2,926
Q4 2019	31,284	3,493	1,016	2,935
Q3 2019	31,140	3,485	1,013	2,944
Q2 2019	30,992	3,477	1,011	2,953
Q1 2019	30,844	3,468	1,009	2,961

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Release date

June 2020

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Region

South Africa

Survey time period

Q1 2019 to Q1 2020

Age group

15-64 years

Supplementary notes

The source asked people to describe themselves in the census in terms of five racial population groups, including others/unspecified. This is a common way to describe ethnic groups in South Africa.

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