- List of largest cities in South Africa by population
The table below provides a list of all cities (or municipalities) in
South Africa with a population larger than 100 000. Populations are from the 2001 Census.{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%; text-align: right"!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|Rank!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|Municipality!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Population in
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1 Johannesburg, Gauteng 3 225 812 2
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal3 090 117 3 Cape Town, Western Cape 2 893 251 4
East Rand, Gauteng2 480 282 5
Pretoria, Gauteng1 985 984 6 Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape 1 005 776 7
East London, Eastern Cape701 881 8
Vereeniging, Gauteng658 422 9
Bloemfontein, Free State645 441 10
Thohoyandou, Limpopo584 469 11
Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal553 223 12
Polokwane, Limpopo508 274 13 Bushbuckridge ,Mpumalanga 499 689 14
Louis Trichardt, Limpopo497 077 15
Nelspruit, Mpumalanga474 800 16
Mthatha, Eastern Cape415 234 17
Welkom, Free State408 173 18
Rustenburg, North West395 539 19 Mount Ayliff, Eastern Cape 376 062 20 Greater Tzaneen, Limpopo 375 584 21 Qwa-Qwa, Free State 360 790 22
Klerksdorp, North West359 203 23
Brits, North West338 263 24 Nkomazi, Mpumalanga 334 415 25
Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal332 980 26
Potgietersrus, Limpopo298 444 27
Krugersdorp, Gauteng289 717 28
Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal289 192 29 Gcuwa, Eastern Cape 287 780 30 Libode, Eastern Cape 281 250 31
Witbank, Mpumalanga276 409 32 Burgersfort, Limpopo /Mpumalanga 270 122 33 Ngwaritsi, Limpopo 262 921 34
Mafikeng, North West259 484 35
KwaMhlanga, Mpumalanga258 874 36 Flagstaff, Eastern Cape 255 379 37 Idutywa, Eastern Cape 253 372 38 Bizana, Eastern Cape 245 430 39 Mdutjana, Mpumalanga 243 304 40 Greater Giyani, Limpopo 237 428 41 Mogwase, North West 236 839 42 Lebowakgomop, Limpopo 227 970 43
Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal225 452 44 Highveld Ridge, Mpumalanga 221 744 45
Eshowe, KwaZulu-Natal221 067 46
Greater Groblersdal, Limpopo/Mpumalanga 220 739 47 Duiwelsklook, Limpopo 220 127 48
Port Shepstone, KwaZulu-Natal218 172 49
Ulundi, KwaZulu-Natal212 971 50
Carletonville, Gauteng210 475 51 Kimberley, Northern Cape 201 465 52
Nongoma, KwaZulu-Natal198 435 53 Qumbu, Eastern Cape 196 662 54 Paarl, Western Cape 194 418 55 Cofimvaba, Eastern Cape 194 237 56
Umzumbe, KwaZulu-Natal193 756 57
Vryheid, KwaZulu-Natal191 016 58
Carolina, Mpumalanga187 926 59 Queenstown, Eastern Cape 184 541 60
Mkuze, KwaZulu-Natal184 083 61 Reivilo, North West 182 170 62 Temba, North West 177 901 63 Somekele, KwaZulu-Natal 176 894 64 Umzimkhulu, Eastern Cape 174 338 65
Pomeroy, KwaZulu-Natal168 037 66
Kroonstad, Free State167 892 67 Bochum, Limpopo 161 319 68
Stanger, KwaZulu-Natal158 586 69 Ndwedwe, KwaZulu-Natal 152 482 70 Engcobo, Eastern Cape 148 396 71 Moletji, Limpopo 147 688 72
Lichtenburg, North West147 605 73 Port St Johns, Eastern Cape 146 129 74 Worcester, Western Cape 146 029 75 Nqutu, KwaZulu-Natal 145 036 76
Piet Retief, Mpumalanga142 885 77 Middelburg, Mpumalanga 142 775 78 Emangusi, KwaZulu-Natal 140 940 79 Sutterheim, Eastern Cape 139 037 80 Mount Fletcher, Eastern Cape 137 577 81
Bergville, KwaZulu-Natal137 515 82
Zeerust, North West137 442 83 Ntabankulu, Eastern Cape 136 396 84 George, Western Cape 135 412 85 Barkly East, Eastern Cape 135 142 86 Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal 133 586 87
Phalaborwa, Limpopo131 090 88
Bethlehem, Free State128 924 89
Randfontein, Gauteng128 837 90 Mandeni, KwaZulu-Natal 128 672 91 Alice, Eastern Cape 128 662 92
Potchefstroom, North West128 348 93
Ermelo, Mpumalanga124 807 94
Senekal, Free State123 190 95
Greater Marble Hall, Limpopo/Mpumalanga 121 323 96 Maphumulo, KwaZulu-Natal 120 637 97 Loskop, KwaZulu-Natal 119 914 98
Pongola, KwaZulu-Natal119 782 99
Parys, Free State118 799 100 Stellenbosch, Western Cape 117 713 101
Sasolburg, Free State115 966 102 Lady Frere, Eastern Cape 115 935 103
Delareyville, North West114 146 104 Waaihoek, KwaZulu-Natal 113 643 105
Dendron109 440 106
Westonaria, Gauteng109 325 107
Wartburg, KwaZulu-Natal108 030 108 Creighton, KwaZulu-Natal 107 554 109
Bronkhorstspruit, Gauteng/Mpumalanga 107 308 110 Mbonambi, KwaZulu-Natal 106 945 111 Setla-Kgobi, North West 104 323 112
Standerton, Mpumalanga103 262 113 Durnacol, KwaZulu-Natal 102 771 114
Ixopo, KwaZulu-Natal101 946
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