South Africa cities by population

A sortable list of South Africa cities by population, list can be sorted by the name of the city, population, area or region if such available.

Name	Population	Area, km²	Region
Johannesburg	4,434,827	1644	Gauteng
Pretoria	741,651	688	Gauteng
Pietermaritzburg	618,536	126	KwaZulu-Natal
Durban	595,061	225.91	KwaZulu-Natal
Rustenburg	549,575	282.42	North West
Cape Town	433,688	2454.72	Western Cape
Newcastle	363,236	75.79	KwaZulu-Natal
Randburg	337,053	167.98
Roodepoort	326,416	161.5
Port Elizabeth	312,392	1845	Eastern Cape
East London	267,007	156.7	Eastern Cape
Bloemfontein	256,185	236.17	Free State
Germiston	255,863	n/a	Gauteng
Kimberley	225,160	90.4	Northern Cape
Klerksdorp	186,515	n/a	North West
Kroonstad	168,762	n/a	Free State
Benoni	158,777	n/a
George	157,394	77.4	Western Cape
Sasolburg	153,038	1730	Free State
Potchefstroom	148,804	184.2	North West
Krugersdorp	140,643	24722	Gauteng
Polokwane	130,028	106.84	Limpopo
Paarl	112,045	65	Western Cape
Witbank	108,673	164.27	Mpumalanga
Worcester	97,098	73.2	Western Cape
Mthatha	96,114	54.97	Eastern Cape
Vanderbijlpark	95,840	178	Gauteng
Middelburg	87,348	n/a	Mpumalanga
Ermelo	83,865	n/a	Mpumalanga
Randfontein	80,492	n/a	Gauteng
Thohoyandou	69,453	n/a	Limpopo
Queenstown	68,872	n/a	Eastern Cape
Ladysmith	64,855	n/a	KwaZulu-Natal
Welkom	64,130	n/a	Free State
Mbombela	58,670	72.63	Mpumalanga
Piet Retief	57,428	n/a	Mpumalanga
Richards Bay	57,387	n/a	KwaZulu-Natal
Phuthaditjhaba	54,661	23.83	Free State
Brits	53,511	114.7	North West
KwaDukuza	51,536	n/a	KwaZulu-Natal
Vryheid	47,365	n/a	KwaZulu-Natal
Kwaggafontein	45,104	n/a	Mpumalanga
Butterworth	44,041	n/a	Eastern Cape
Secunda	40,198	173.71	Mpumalanga
Siyabuswa	36,882	14.88	Mpumalanga
Port Shepstone	35,633	n/a	KwaZulu-Natal
Mokopane	30,151	75.13	Limpopo
Ulundi	29,132	10.27	KwaZulu-Natal
Mtubatuba	27,237	n/a	KwaZulu-Natal
Lichtenburg	26,338	n/a	North West
Giyani	25,954	19.51	Limpopo
Louis Trichardt	25,360	n/a	Limpopo
Carletonville	23,000	35.14	Gauteng
Estcourt	22,071	n/a	KwaZulu-Natal
Stellenbosch	21,799	8.24	Western Cape
Taung	18,289	n/a	North West
Carolina	16,846	n/a	Mpumalanga
Alice	15,143	9.85	Eastern Cape
Mahikeng	15,117	n/a	North West
Makapanstad	15,076	n/a	North West
Eshowe	14,744	n/a	KwaZulu-Natal
Tzaneen	14,571	n/a	Limpopo
Phalaborwa	13,108	n/a	Limpopo
Malamulele	13,070	9.57	Limpopo
Matatiele	12,466	n/a	Eastern Cape
Senwabarwana	12,306	n/a	Limpopo
Dutywa	11,076	n/a	Eastern Cape
Mogwase	10,743	n/a	North West
Ngcobo	9,835	n/a	Eastern Cape
Zeerust	9,093	n/a	North West
Cofimvaba	8,783	n/a	Eastern Cape
Umzimkhulu	8,399	n/a	KwaZulu-Natal
Bizana	7,974	24.13	Eastern Cape
Nongoma	7,629	n/a	KwaZulu-Natal
Jane Furse	6,533	n/a	Limpopo
Port St Johns	6,441	n/a	Eastern Cape
Kwangwanase	5,534	n/a	KwaZulu-Natal
Mount Frere	5,252	n/a	Eastern Cape
Qumbu	4,928	n/a	Eastern Cape
Flagstaff	4,821	2.7	Eastern Cape
Libode	4,560	3.93	Eastern Cape
Groblersdal	4,329	5.79	Limpopo
Malalane	3,486	2.94	Mpumalanga
Jozini	2,267	n/a	KwaZulu-Natal
Tugela Ferry	2,093	n/a	KwaZulu-Natal
Modjadjiskloof	1,815	n/a	Limpopo
Chuniespoort	1,271	n/a	Limpopo
Apel	1,033	n/a	Limpopo
Mtwalume	610	n/a	KwaZulu-Natal
Nquthu	170	n/a	KwaZulu-Natal
Bushbuckridge	n/a	n/a	Mpumalanga

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