Bantu peoples of South Africa
Proportion of Black South Africans in each municipality according to the census  | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
|  50,486,856 (2022 census) 81.45% of South Africa's population (51.5 Million) 51.5 Million (including those of ancestral descent)  | |
| Languages | |
| Religion | |
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Bantu speaking people are the majority ethno-racial group in South Africa. They are descendants of Southern Bantu-speaking peoples who settled in South Africa during the Bantu expansion. They are referred to in various census as blacks, or Native Africans.