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Afrikaans-speaking population of South Africa
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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 as their home language.
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0–20%
20–40%
40–60%
60–80%
80–100%
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<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
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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]