19 December 2008
	SA in numbers By Jacqui Pile

48,7m was SA's population in mid-2008. 50,5 was the average life expectancy in 2007 (56,2 in 2000). In Australia, it's 81, in Zimbabwe, 43. R612bn is the amount of foreign direct investment that flowed into SA in 2007, up 22% on 2006. 38,3% of South Africans are unemployed (including those who have given up looking for work). 11,9m the previous year's 2,9m. 27,7% was the tax revenue as a percentage of GDP in 2007/2008. R25 449 was the real GDP per person in 2007, up 3,9% from 2006 at constant 2000 prices. 74 417 land restitution claims were settled by March 2007 - 94% of all valid claims. 40 000 is the number of child-headed households in Limpopo. KwaZulu Natal has 37 000. 89 850 abortions were performed in 2006, of which 9 189 were performed on girls under 18. 1,1m new cases are received by the National Prosecuting Authority every year. Source: SA Institute of Race Relations