Gauteng · South Africa
Johannesburg population
9,418,183people · latest figure
Johannesburg has a population of 9,418,183, making it the 1st largest place we list in South Africa. It is in Gauteng.
Johannesburg holds 14.4% of South Africa's 65,453,084 people.
9,418,183
population
#1
in South Africa
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Cape Town | Western Cape | 4,772,846 |
| Durban | KwaZulu-Natal | 3,338,026 |
| Pretoria | Gauteng | 2,112,693 |
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.