Language	Population	Percent
isiNdebele	711,821	1.59
Tshivenda	1,021,757	2.28
SiSwati	1,194,430	2.66
Xitsonga	1,992,207	4.44
Sesotho	3,555,186	7.93
English	3,673,203	8.20
Setswana	3,677,016	8.20
Sesotho sa Leboa	4,208,980	9.39
Afrikaans	5,983,426	13.35
isiXhosa	7,907,153	17.64
isiZulu	10,677,305	23.82
Other	217,293	0.48
Total	44,819,777

Language	Population	Percent
isiNdebele	586,961	1.47
Tshivenda	876,409	2.19
SiSwati	1,013,193	2.53
Xitsonga	1,756,105	4.39
Sesotho	3,104,197	7.76
English	3,457,467	8.64
Setswana	3,301,774	8.25
Sesotho sa Leboa	3,695,846	9.24
Afrikaans	5,811,547	14.53
isiXhosa	7,196,118	17.99
isiZulu	9,200,144	23

• Spreadsheet of the above data, including Census 1996 data. (OpenOffice format)