South Africa
Africa · Southern Africa
Key facts
- Capital
- Pretoria
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Southern Africa
- Population (2025)
- 64.7 million (64,747,319) · rank 24 of 193
- Area (2023)
- 1,219,090 km² · rank 24 of 193
- People per km²
- 53 (calculated from the two figures above)
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (2025, 2023), CC BY 4.0. data.worldbank.org
Test yourself
The first question is always South Africa, then four more countries of the same region.
Unfolding the map…
Neighbours on the map
Countries whose outline shares a border with South Africa in the map data: 6.
- Botswana capitals 260 km apart
- Eswatini capitals 300 km apart
- Lesotho capitals 400 km apart
- Mozambique capitals 440 km apart
- Namibia capitals 1,180 km apart
- Zimbabwe capitals 930 km apart
Based on the Natural Earth 1:110m outlines. The 29 states drawn as dots are not counted as neighbours.
The flag
Flags with a similar colour layout, used as wrong options on Hard: Vanuatu, Saudi Arabia, Mauritania, Nauru.
In the quizzes
The levels on which South Africa is asked in each selection:
| Selection | Map | Flag | Capital |
|---|---|---|---|
| World | Easy · Medium | Easy · Medium · Hard | Easy · Medium · Hard |
| Africa | Easy · Medium | Easy · Medium | Easy · Medium |
| Giants by area | Medium · Hard | Medium · Hard | Medium · Hard |
| Giants by population | Medium · Hard | Hard | Hard |
In four languages
| Country | Capital | |
|---|---|---|
| English | South Africa | Pretoria |
| Italiano | Sudafrica | Pretoria |
| Magyar | Dél-afrikai Köztársaság | Pretoria |
| Suomi | Etelä-Afrikka | Pretoria |