LOCATION:
At the southern tip of the continent of Africa

POPULATION:
49,052,489 (July 2009 est.)

CAPITAL:
Pretoria (administrative)

GDP - real growth rate:
3.7% (2008 est.)

GDP - composition
by sector:
agriculture: 3.4%
industry: 31.3%
services: 65.3% (2008 est.)