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Demographics

Socioeconomic indicators

Population: 1,576,470
 
Age structure:
0-14 years: 41% (male 321,766; female 318,304)
15-64 years: 55% (male 417,734; female 453,947)
65 years and over: 4% (male 26,436; female 38,283) ()

Population growth rate: 0.76% ()

Birth rate: 29.63 births/1,000 population ()

Death rate: 22.08 deaths/1,000 population ()

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.69 male(s)/female
total population: 0.94 male(s)/female

Infant mortality rate: 61.68 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 39.27 years
male: 38.63 years
female: 39.93 years

Total fertility rate: 3.8 children born/woman

Literacy:  69.8% 
definition: age 15 and over can read and write  

GDP: purchasing power parity - $5.7 billion

GDP - real growth rate: 6.5%

GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $3,900

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 4%
industry: 46% (including 36% mining)
services: 50% (1998 est.)

Population below poverty line: 47%

Labor force: 235,000 formal sector employees (1995)

Labor force - by occupation: 100,000 public sector; 135,000 private sector, including 14,300 who are employed in various mines in South Africa; most others engaged in cattle raising and subsistence agriculture (1995 est.)

Unemployment rate: 20%-40% ()

People living with HIV/AIDS

Adult and Children deaths 1999

Men (15 –49)

Women  (15-49)

Total Adults

Percentage of population

130,000

150,000

190,000

340,000

35.8%