Languages spoken in South Africa's provinces

Created	April 20, 2025
Credit	Census 2022. Cultural Dynamics in South Africa, StatsSA
Category	Demographics
Description	The percentage of the population that speaks each of South Africa's 12 official languages most often in the household by province from Statistics South Africa's 1996, 2001, 2011 and 2022 national censuses. Original source: https://www.statssa.gov.za/publications/03-01-84/03-01-84.pdf
Data rows	14
Headers	Gauteng Limpopo Language Free State Mpumalanga North West Eastern Cape South Africa Western Cape KwaZulu-Natal Northern Cape

Data

Gauteng	Limpopo	Language	Free State	Mpumalanga	North West	Eastern Cape	South Africa	Western Cape	KwaZulu-Natal	Northern Cape
100	100	Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
12.7	55.6	Sepedi	0.2	10.2	2.1	0	10	0.1	0.1	0.1
2.4	17.4	Tshivenda	0.1	0.2	0.4	0	2.5	0.1	0	0
7	17.2	Xitsonga	0.2	10.6	3.2	0.1	4.7	0.2	0	0.1
7.8	2.3	Afrikaans	10.3	3.3	5.1	9.5	10.6	41.1	1.1	54.6
3.7	2.1	Other	0.7	1.2	2.5	0.9	2.1	3.3	0.7	1.1
10.3	1.3	Setswana	5.3	1.6	72.8	0	8.3	0.1	0	35.7
3	1.2	IsiNdebele	0.1	9.8	0.5	0.1	1.7	0.2	0	0
9.1	1	English	1.6	1.5	1.1	4.9	8.7	22.1	14.3	2.1
13.1	0.8	Sesotho	72.2	2.2	5.8	2.4	7.8	1	0.6	1.1