South Africa

Republic of South Africa · Sewula Afrika · Afrika-Borwa · Afrika Borwa · Ningizimu Afrika · Aforika Borwa · Afrika Dzonga · Afurika Tshipembe · Mzantsi Afrika

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South Africa (ZA, ZAF) is a country in Southern Africa, with Pretoria and Bloemfontein and Cape Town as its capital. The currency is the South African Rand (ZAR, ZAR). The international dialling code is +27 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like 071 123 4567. The time zone is Africa/Johannesburg. Official language: English.

CurrencyZARZAR

Dial code+27e.g. 071 123 4567

Time zoneJohannesburgUTC+02:00

LanguageEnglish

CapitalPretoria

Population60.4M1.2M km²

Overview

Official name: Republic of South Africa
Native name: South Africa · Sewula Afrika · Afrika-Borwa · Afrika Borwa · Ningizimu Afrika · Aforika Borwa · Afrika Dzonga · Afurika Tshipembe · Mzantsi Afrika
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: ZA
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: ZAF
ISO 3166-1 numeric: 710
IOC code: RSA
Demonym: South African
Capital: Pretoria, Bloemfontein, Cape Town
Region: Africa › Southern Africa
Status: Independent, UN member
Groups: Southern Africa
United Nations
Internet domain: .za
Coordinates: -29, 24
Area: 1,221,037 km²
Population: 60,442,600
GDP: $863B ($14.3K per person)
Literacy: 93%
Landlocked: No
Land borders: 🇧🇼 Botswana
🇱🇸 Lesotho
🇲🇿 Mozambique
🇳🇦 Namibia
🇸🇿 Eswatini
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Currency

South African Rand ZAR

Symbol: ZAR narrow R
Minor units: 2 decimals
Example: R 1 234,50

Former currencies: ZAL

Languages

Language	Status	Share of population
English en	Official	31% (18.7M)
Zulu zu	Official (regional)	24% (14.5M)
Xhosa xh	Official (regional)	18% (10.9M)
Afrikaans af	Official (regional)	13% (7.9M)
Northern Sotho nso	Official (regional)	9.4% (5.7M)
Tswana tn	Official (regional)	8.2% (5M)
Southern Sotho st	Official (regional)	7.9% (4.8M)
Tsonga ts	Official (regional)	4.4% (2.7M)
Swati ss	Official (regional)	2.7% (1.6M)
Venda ve	Official (regional)	2.3% (1.4M)
South Ndebele nr	Official (regional)	1.6% (967.1K)
Hindi hi		2% (1.2M)
Swahili sw		0.0017% (1K)

Time zones

Time zone	Local time	Standard	Daylight saving	Name
Africa/Johannesburg		UTC+02:00	none	South Africa Standard Time

Phone numbers

Calling code: +27
Dial-out prefix: 00
Trunk prefix: 0
National number length: 5–10 digits
Emergency number: 112 pattern 1(?:01(?:11|77)|12)

Number types

Type	National format	International format	Layout	Digits
Fixed line	010 123 4567	+27 10 123 4567	XXX XXX XXXX	9
Mobile	071 123 4567	+27 71 123 4567	XXX XXX XXXX	[5-9]
Toll free	080 123 4567	+27 80 123 4567	XXX XXX XXXX	9
Premium rate	086 234 5678	+27 86 234 5678	XXX XXX XXXX	9
Shared cost	0860 123 456	+27 860 123 456	XXXX XXX XXX	9
VoIP	087 123 4567	+27 87 123 4567	XXX XXX XXXX	9
Universal access	086 112 3456	+27 86 112 3456	XXX XXX XXXX	9, 10

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Show the 5 formatting rules

Digits pattern	Leading digits	Format	International
`(\d{2})(\d{3,4})`	`8[1-4]`	`$1 $2`	`$1 $2`
`(\d{2})(\d{3})(\d{2,3})`	`8[1-4]`	`$1 $2 $3`	`$1 $2 $3`
`(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{3})`	`860`	`$1 $2 $3`	`$1 $2 $3`
`(\d{2})(\d{3})(\d{4})`	`[1-9]`	`$1 $2 $3`	`$1 $2 $3`
`(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{4})`	`8`	`$1 $2 $3`	`$1 $2 $3`

Address and postal code

Address layout

{Name}

{Organization}

{Street address}

{Dependent locality}

{City}

{Postal code}

Required fields: Street address, City, Postal code

Postal code

Pattern: \d{4}
Examples: 0083 · 1451 · 0001

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Calendar, units and conventions

First day of the week: Sunday
Weekend: Saturday to Sunday
First week of the year: Contains at least 1 day of the new year
Hour cycle: 24-hour (0–23), also h, hb, hB
Calendars: gregorian
Measurement system: Metric
Temperature: Celsius
Paper size: A4
Locales: af-ZA
en-ZA
nr-ZA
nso-ZA
ss-ZA
st-ZA
tn-ZA
ts-ZA
ve-ZA
xh-ZA
zu-ZA

Number and date formats

As written by the English (South Africa) locale (en-ZA), amounts in ZAR.

Number: 1 234 567,891
Percent: 45,7%
Currency (ZAR): R 1 234 567,89
Accounting: (R 1 234 567,89)
Currency, name: 1 234 567,89 South African rand
Compact short: 1,2M
Compact long: 1,2 million
Scientific: 1,235E6
Speed: 88 kilometres per hour
Temperature: 21,5°C
Date, full: Friday, 27 March 2026
Date, long: 27 March 2026
Date, medium: 27 Mar 2026
Date, short: 2026/03/27
Time, medium: 15:04:05
Time, short: 15:04
Date and time: 27 Mar 2026, 15:04
Month and year: March 2026
Weekday: Friday
Relative time: yesterday · in 3 days · 2 hours ago
List: and: A, B and C
List: or: A, B or C