Afrikaans-speaking population of South Africa

South African census figures suggest a growing number of first language Afrikaans speakers in all nine provinces, a total of 6.85 million in 2011 compared to 5.98 million a decade earlier.

[1] 2001 Namibian census reported that 11.4% of Namibians had Afrikaans (Namibian Afrikaans) as their home language.

The South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR) projects that a growing majority will be Coloured Afrikaans speakers.

[2] Afrikaans speakers enjoy higher employment rates than other South African language groups, despite half a million who are unemployed.

[1] The number of Afrikaans speakers according to the census of 2001 in South Africa by district municipal boundaries were as follows:[3]

Geographical distribution of Afrikaans in South Africa: proportion of the population that speaks Afrikaans at home.
0–20%
20–40%
40–60%
60–80%
80–100%
Geographical distribution of Afrikaans in South Africa: density of Afrikaans home-language speakers.
<1 /km²
1–3 /km²
3–10 /km²
10–30 /km²
30–100 /km²
100–300 /km²
300–1,000 /km²
1,000–3,000 /km²
>3,000 /km²
Geographical distribution of Afrikaans in Namibia