Limpopo
Province LIM from Census 2001

Area
125,756.41 km²
Population
4,995,533 (39.72 per km²)
Households
1,194,036 (9.49 per km²)

Gender

Female 55%45% Male
PeoplePercentage
Female2,723,66654.52%
Male2,271,86745.48%

Population group

Black African 97%
PeoplePercentage
Black African4,844,43396.98%
White132,4202.65%
Coloured9,8120.20%
Indian or Asian8,8680.18%

First language

Sepedi 55%Xitsonga 18%17% Tshivenda
PeoplePercentage
Sepedi2,738,55154.82%
Xitsonga905,70318.13%
Tshivenda840,37516.82%
Afrikaans128,4412.57%
Setswana103,0602.06%
isiNdebele100,6482.01%
Sesotho55,1391.10%
isiZulu35,9010.72%
English29,4410.59%
SiSwati28,4410.57%
isiXhosa15,0320.30%
Other14,8030.30%

Districts

NamePopulationArea (km²)
Capricorn1,154,69116,988.35
Greater Sekhukhune967,18513,426.23
Mopani1,061,44824,488.70
Vhembe1,198,05521,348.95
Waterberg614,15649,504.21