South Africa: Voter registration 2009

Updated April 2009

Registration by age group

Age group	Women	Men	Total	Percentage
18-29	3 383 965	2 965 474	6 349 439	27.40
30-39	2 980 095	2 711 183	5 691 278	24.56
40-49	2 490 406	2 064 824	4 555 230	19.66
50-59	1 765 338	1 444 271	3 209 609	13.85
60-69	1 083 329	772 622	1 855 951	8.01
70+	1 015 242	497 530	1 512 772	6.53
National Total	12 718 375	10 455 904	23 174 279	100.01

Registration by province

Provinces ordered by share of vote.

Province	Women	Men	Total	Percentage
Gauteng	2 782 162	2 676 688	5 458 850	23.56
KwaZulu-Natal	2 548 839	1 926 378	4 475 217	19.31
Eastern Cape	1 772 489	1 283 166	3 055 655	13.19
Western Cape	1 418 474	1 215 965	2 634 439	11.37
Limpopo	1 360 851	895 222	2 256 073	9.74
Mpumalanga	923 818	772 207	1 696 025	7.32
North West	858 354	799 190	1 657 544	7.15
Free State	755 370	630 206	1 385 576	5.98
Northern Cape	298 018	256 882	554 900	2.39
National Total	12 718 375	10 455 904	23 174 279	100.01

Source for tables

INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSION 2009 "Registration statistics as on 20 Feb 2009", [www] http://www.elections.org.za/Statistics1.asp and pages following [opens new window] (accessed 7 Apr 2009).