In October 2001, South Africans were counted for the
second time as citizens of a democracy. Over 83 000
enumerators and over 17 000 supervisors and fieldwork
co-ordinators were employed to collect information on
persons and households throughout the country, using a
uniform methodology. Census night, or the night of the
count, was 9-10 October 2001.
Population by province for the census years 1996 and 2001: |