Coloureds |
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~ 6,285,300 |
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South Africa (Western Cape and Northern Cape), Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe |
South Africa | 4,832,900 (2015; estimated) |
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Namibia | 143,799 |
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Zimbabwe | 17,923 |
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Zambia | 3,000 |
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Afrikaans, English |
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predominantly Christianity, other religions |
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Afrikaners, Cape Dutch, Cape Coloureds, Cape Malays, San people, Khoikhoi, Xhosa, Saint Helenians, Rehoboth Basters, Tswana |
Coloured people as a proportion of the total population in South Africa.
0–20% 20–40% 40–60% | | 60–80% 80–100% |
Density of the Coloured population in South Africa.
<1 /km² 1–3 /km² 3–10 /km² 10–30 /km² 30–100 /km² | | 100–300 /km² 300–1000 /km² 1000–3000 /km² >3000 /km² |
A
genetic clustering of South African Coloured and five source populations.
Each vertical bar represents individual.
In South African, Namibian, Zambian, Botswanan, and Zimbabwean context, the term Coloured (Kleurlinge in Afrikaans) is used to refer to people of mixed European and Khoisan or Bantu ancestry.
They form the majority of the Northern Cape and Western Cape populations. Most Coloured speak Afrikaans as their first language, although there are some native English speakers. The majority of Coloureds living in Cape Town are able to speak both languages.