North West · South Africa
Rustenburg population
373,695people · latest figure
Rustenburg has a population of 373,695, making it the 19th largest place we list in South Africa. It is in North West.
Rustenburg holds 0.57% of South Africa's 65,453,084 people. Johannesburg, the largest place we list there, is 25 times its size.
373,695
population
#19
in South Africa
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Welkom | Free State | 431,944 |
| Newcastle | KwaZulu-Natal | 404,838 |
| Krugersdorp | Gauteng | 378,821 |
| Emalahleni | Mpumalanga | 373,403 |
| Randburg | Gauteng | 337,053 |
| Roodepoort | Gauteng | 326,416 |
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.