Gender in South Africa 16 indicators covering gender for South Africa. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 570,099 2025 down 1.3% 24th Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 589,533 2025 down 1.6% 25th Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 570,599 2025 down 0.2% 24th Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 589,626 2025 down 0.5% 25th Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 569,634 2025 up 1.6% 25th Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 588,323 2025 up 1.5% 25th Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 594,743 2025 up 7.7% 23rd Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 603,304 2025 up 5.9% 24th Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 607,639 2025 up 11.4% 23rd Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 607,041 2025 up 8.0% 24th Age population, age 05, female, interpolated 588,515 2025 up 7.7% 24th Age population, age 05, male, interpolated 588,514 2025 up 4.5% 25th Literacy rate, adult female 90.8% 2024 down 2.4% 46th Age at first marriage, female 27.2 2016 down 2.9% 47th Age at first marriage, male 30.7 2016 up 0.7% 41st Maternal leave benefits 66.0% 2017 up 10.0% 123rd