StatsRegion: AfricaCapital: PretoriaArea: 1,219,912 sq kmPopulation: 43,997,828 (est July 2007)Languages: IsiZulu, IsiXhosa, Afrikaans, Sepedi, English, Setswana, Sesotho, XitsongaReligions: Zionist Christianity, Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, Islam, other indigenous beliefsLife expectancy: 42.45 (est 2007)Population below poverty line: 50% (est 2000)