1996 South African census

1996 National Census
1996 National Census
General information
Country	Republic of South Africa
Results
Total population	40,583,573 ( 30.9%)
Most populous region	KwaZulu-Natal
Least populous region	Northern Cape

The National Census of 1996 was the 1st comprehensive national census of the Republic of South Africa, after the end of Apartheid. It undertook to enumerate every person present in South Africa on the census night at a cost of R 419,000,000.^[1]

^ Using the 2001 Census: Approaches to analysing data (PDF). Statistics South Africa and the Human Sciences Research Council. 2007. ISBN 978-0-621-37259-5. Retrieved 24 November 2015.

[1] Using the 2001 Census: Approaches to analysing data (PDF). Statistics South Africa and the Human Sciences Research Council. 2007. ISBN 978-0-621-37259-5. Retrieved 24 November 2015.

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