Johannesburg

People

Johannesburg is a multicultural and multiethnic city. Racially, its population is approximately 70 percent black and 25 percent white, with the remainder Indian or of mixed racial background. However, there is great diversity within each racial group. Virtually every ethnic and linguistic group in southern Africa is represented among Johannesburg's black population, and the white population, although primarily of English or Afrikaans origin, also includes Greeks, Portuguese, Italians, Russians, Poles, Lebanese, and other groups. A dozen or more languages are spoken in the city on a daily basis.

In 1995 Greater Johannesburg had a population of approximately 4.5 million. Its average population density was the highest in South Africa.