Indian South Africans
Indian South Africans are South Africans who descend from indentured labourers and migrants who arrived from British India during the late 1800s and early 1900s. The majority live in and around the city of Durban, making it one of the largest "Indian" populated cities outside of India.[3]
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 1,274,867 (2011)[1] 2.5% of South Africa's population | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Durban • Cape Town • Johannesburg • Pretoria • Pietermaritzburg | |
| Languages | |
| South African English • Afrikaans • Hindi • Urdu • Tamil • Telugu• Gujarati • Bengali • Odia • Marathi • Awadhi • Bhojpuri (Naitali) • Malayalam • Other languages of Indian subcontinent • Other languages of South Africa | |
| Religion | |
| Majority: Hinduism Minority: Islam • Christianity • Buddhism • Others[2] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Indian people, Indian diaspora |
<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
0–20%
20–40%
40–60%
60–80%
80–100%
As a consequence of the policies of apartheid, Indian (synonymous with Asian)[1][4][5] is regarded as a race group in South Africa.[6][7]