North West
Province NW from Census 2001

Area
104,881.51 km²
Population
2,983,196 (28.44 per km²)
Households
799,038 (7.62 per km²)

Gender

Female 50%50% Male
PeoplePercentage
Female1,498,60750.23%
Male1,484,58949.77%

Population group

Black African 90%8% White
PeoplePercentage
Black African2,685,81490.03%
White233,9357.84%
Coloured53,7131.80%
Indian or Asian9,7340.33%

First language

Setswana 68%Afrikaans 9%6% isiXhosa6% Sesotho3% Xitsonga
PeoplePercentage
Setswana2,024,26667.86%
Afrikaans262,1618.79%
isiXhosa188,5176.32%
Sesotho176,8715.93%
Xitsonga97,3403.26%
Sepedi76,6982.57%
isiZulu54,7881.84%
English40,7531.37%
isiNdebele19,1050.64%
Other18,7890.63%
SiSwati13,3360.45%
Tshivenda10,5700.35%

Districts

NamePopulationArea (km²)
Bojanala1,188,45718,333.39
Bophirima432,07044,017.35
Central762,99827,888.54
Southern599,66814,642.24