Data

1996	2001	2011	2022	language
14.5	13.4	13.5	10.6	Afrikaans
8.7	8.3	9.7	8.7	English
1.5	1.6	2.1	1.7	IsiNdebele
17.9	17.6	16.0	16.3	IsiXhosa
22.8	23.8	22.7	24.4	IsiZulu
9.2	9.4	9.0	10.0	Sepedi
7.7	7.9	7.6	7.8	Sesotho
8.2	8.2	8.0	8.3	Setswana
2.5	2.7	2.5	2.8	SiSwati
2.2	2.3	2.4	2.5	Tshivenda

	Languages spoken in South Africa, by most spoken at home
Category	Demographics
Description	The percentage of the population that speaks each of South Africa's 12 official languages most often in the household from Statistics South Africa's 1996, 2001, 2011 and 2022 national censuses.
Source	Statistics South Africa, Census 2022. Cultural Dynamics in South Africa
Data	5 columns, 13 rows
Headers	1996 2001 2011 2022 language
	Meta and variable descriptions

Languages spoken in South Africa, by most spoken at home