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! [[Population density]] (2011)
! [[Human Development Index|Human Devel. Index]] (2003) <ref>{{cite book |author=Adelzadeh, Asghar|title=South Africa Human Development Report 2003 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Cape Town |isbn=978-0-19-578418-3 |page=282 |url=http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/nationalreports/africa/southafrica/south_africa_2003_en.pdf|display-authors=etal}}</ref>
|align=" leftcenter" | [[File:.. WesternEastern Cape Flag(SOUTH AFRICA).png|100px]]|| align="left"| [[ WesternEastern Cape]] † ||align="left"|[[ CapeBhisho]] Town([[Bhisho|Bisho]] ) ||align="left"| Cape[[Port TownElizabeth]] || {{convert|129168 462966 km<sup>2</sup> || 56 822562 734053 || {{convert|4538. 08|/sqkm|/sqmi|abbr=on|sortable=on}} || 0. 7762▼|-
|align="center" | [[File:..EasternFree CapeState Flag(SOUTH AFRICA).png|100px]]|| align="left"| [[EasternFree CapeState (South African province)|Free State]] ||align="left"|[[BhishoBloemfontein]] ([[Bhisho|Bisho]]) ||align="left"|[[Port Elizabeth]]Bloemfontein || 168129 966825 km<sup>2</sup> || 62 562745 053590 || {{Convert|3821.81|/sqkmkm2|/sqmi|abbr=on|sortable=on}} || 0.6267
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|align="center" | [[File:..Free StateGauteng Flag(SOUTH AFRICA).png|100px]]|| align="left"|[[Free State (South African province)|Free StateGauteng]] ||align="left"|[[BloemfonteinJohannesburg]] ||align="left"|BloemfonteinJohannesburg || {{convert|12918 825178 km<sup>2</sup> || 212 745272 590263 || {{Convert|21675.1|/km2sqkm|/sqmi|abbr=on|sortable=on}} || 0.6774
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|align="center"|[[File:..GautengKwaZulu-Natal Flag(SOUTH AFRICA).png|100px]]|| align="left"|[[GautengKwaZulu-Natal]] ||align="left"|[[JohannesburgPietermaritzburg]] ‡ ||align="left"|Johannesburg[[Durban]] || {{convert|1894 178361 km<sup>2</sup> || 1210 272267 263300 || {{convert|675108.18|/sqkm|/sqmi|abbr=on|sortable=on}} || 0.7463
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|align="center"|[[File:..KwaZulu-NatalLimpopo Flag(SOUTH AFRICA).png|100px]]|| align="left"|[[KwaZulu-NatalLimpopo]] ||align="left"|[[PietermaritzburgPolokwane]] ‡(Pietersburg) ||align="left"|[[Durban]]Polokwane || {{convert|94125 361754 km<sup>2</sup> || 105 267404 300868 || {{convert|10843.80|/sqkm|/sqmi|abbr=on|sortable=on}} || 0.6359
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|align="center"|[[File:..LimpopoFlag Flag(SOUTHof Mpumalanga AFRICA)Province.pngsvg|100px]]||align="left"|[[LimpopoMpumalanga]] ||align="left"|[[PolokwaneNelspruit]] (Pietersburg) ||align="left"|PolokwaneNelspruit || {{convert|12576 754495 km<sup>2</sup> || 54 404039 868939 || {{convert|4352.08|/sqkm|/sqmi|abbr=on|sortable=on}} || 0.5965
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|align="center"|[[File:Flag..North ofWest MpumalangaFlag(SOUTH ProvinceAFRICA).svgpng|100px]]||align="left"|[[MpumalangaNorth West (South African province)|North West]] ||align="left"|[[NelspruitMahikeng]] (Mafikeng) ||align="left"|Nelspruit[[Rustenburg]] || {{convert|76104 495882 km<sup>2</sup> || 43 039509 939953 || {{convert|5233.85|/sqkm|/sqmi|abbr=on|sortable=on}} || 0.6561
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|align="center"|[[File:..NorthNorthern WestCape Flag(SOUTH AFRICA).png|100px]]||align="left"|[[NorthNorthern West (South African province)|North WestCape]] ||align="left"|[[MahikengKimberley South Africa|Kimberley]] (Mafikeng) ||align="left"|[[Rustenburg]]Kimberley || {{convert|104372 882889 km<sup>2</sup> || 31 509145 953861 || {{convert|333.51|/sqkm|/sqmi|abbr=on|sortable=on}} || 0.6169
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|align="centerleft"|[[File:..NorthernWestern Cape Flag(SOUTH AFRICA).png|100px]]||align="left"|[[NorthernWestern Cape]] † ||align="left"|[[KimberleyCape South Africa|KimberleyTown]] ||align="left"|KimberleyCape Town || {{convert|372129 889462 km<sup>2</sup> || 15 145822 861734 || {{convert|345.10|/sqkm|/sqmi|abbr=on|sortable=on}} || 0.6977
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▲|align="left"|[[File:..Western Cape Flag(SOUTH AFRICA).png|100px]]||align="left"|[[Western Cape]] † ||align="left"|[[Cape Town]] ||align="left"|Cape Town || {{convert|129 462 km<sup>2</sup> || 5 822 734 || {{convert|45.0|/sqkm|/sqmi|abbr=on|sortable=on}} || 0.77
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|align="left"|[[File:Flag of South Africa.svg|100px]] ||align="left"|'''Republic of South Africa'''||align="left"| [[Pretoria]] Cape Town Bloemfontein ||align="left"| Johannesburg || {{convert|1 220 813|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}||51 770 560||{{convert|42.4|/sqkm|/sqmi|abbr=on}}|| 0.67
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