| Provincial Distribution of Nursing Manpower versus the Population of South Africa - 2016 | ||||||||||
| Population | Nursing Manpower as at 2016/12/31 | In Training as at 2016/12/31 | ||||||||
| Province | 2016 | Registered | Enrolled | Auxiliaries | Total | Students | Pupils | Pupil N/A | ||
| Limpopo | ||||||||||
| - Females | 3 056 893 | 10 355 | 5 965 | 9 224 | 25 544 | 1 376 | 119 | 85 | ||
| - Males | 2 747 049 | 1 498 | 652 | 838 | 2 988 | 519 | 27 | 11 | ||
| - Total | 5 803 942 | 11 853 | 6 617 | 10 062 | 28 532 | 1 895 | 146 | 96 | ||
| North West | ||||||||||
| - Females | 1 865 610 | 8 555 | 3 095 | 4 430 | 16 080 | 1 585 | 329 | 67 | ||
| - Males | 1 925 004 | 1 290 | 329 | 579 | 2 198 | 486 | 37 | 17 | ||
| - Total | 3 790 614 | 9 845 | 3 424 | 5 009 | 18 278 | 2 071 | 366 | 84 | ||
| Mpumalanga | ||||||||||
| - Females | 2 197 503 | 6 621 | 3 179 | 3 579 | 13 379 | 650 | 119 | 74 | ||
| - Males | 2 130 753 | 881 | 310 | 245 | 1 436 | 341 | 20 | 26 | ||
| - Total | 4 328 256 | 7 502 | 3 489 | 3 824 | 14 815 | 991 | 139 | 100 | ||
| Gauteng | ||||||||||
| - Females | 6 697 982 | 34 024 | 17 263 | 18 553 | 69 840 | 3 829 | 3 583 | 1 055 | ||
| - Males | 6 800 169 | 2 579 | 1 471 | 1 214 | 5 264 | 908 | 350 | 91 | ||
| - Total | 13 498 151 | 36 603 | 18 734 | 19 767 | 75 104 | 4 737 | 3 933 | 1 146 | ||
| Free State | ||||||||||
| - Females | 1 469 002 | 7 103 | 2 066 | 2 828 | 11 997 | 971 | 151 | 63 | ||
| - Males | 1 392 616 | 1 102 | 416 | 359 | 1 877 | 242 | 25 | 16 | ||
| - Total | 2 861 618 | 8 205 | 2 482 | 3 187 | 13 874 | 1 213 | 176 | 79 | ||
| KwaZulu Natal | ||||||||||
| - Females | 5 771 597 | 28 609 | 22 755 | 12 759 | 64 123 | 2 650 | 3 459 | 522 | ||
| - Males | 5 308 120 | 2 999 | 2 537 | 1 302 | 6 838 | 981 | 546 | 84 | ||
| - Total | 11 079 717 | 31 608 | 25 292 | 14 061 | 70 961 | 3 631 | 4 005 | 606 | ||
| Northern Cape | ||||||||||
| - Females | 597 580 | 2 085 | 407 | 978 | 3 470 | 196 | 0 | 74 | ||
| - Males | 594 071 | 199 | 45 | 97 | 341 | 68 | 0 | 43 | ||
| - Total | 1 191 651 | 2 284 | 452 | 1 075 | 3 811 | 264 | 0 | 117 | ||
| Western Cape | ||||||||||
| - Females | 3 191 628 | 15 841 | 6 516 | 7 967 | 30 324 | 2 229 | 704 | 246 | ||
| - Males | 3 101 572 | 1 294 | 435 | 571 | 2 300 | 552 | 104 | 29 | ||
| - Total | 6 293 200 | 17 135 | 6 951 | 8 538 | 32 624 | 2 781 | 808 | 275 | ||
| Eastern Cape | ||||||||||
| - Females | 3 681 342 | 13 975 | 5 244 | 6 563 | 25 782 | 2 596 | 911 | 351 | ||
| - Males | 3 380 375 | 1 588 | 873 | 1 216 | 3 677 | 1 160 | 289 | 136 | ||
| - Total | 7 061 717 | 15 563 | 6 117 | 7 779 | 29 459 | 3 756 | 1 200 | 487 | ||
| TOTAL | ||||||||||
| - Females | 28 529 137 | 127 168 | 66 490 | 66 881 | 260 539 | 16 082 | 9 375 | 2 537 | ||
| - Males | 27 379 729 | 13 430 | 7 068 | 6 421 | 26 919 | 5 257 | 1 398 | 453 | ||
| - Total | 55 908 866 | 140 598 | 73 558 | 73 302 | 287 458 | 21 339 | 10 773 | 2 990 | ||
| Population per Qualified Nurse (in the same province) | ||||||||||
| Province | Registered | Enrolled | Auxiliaries | Total | ||||||
| Limpopo | 490:1 | 877:1 | 577:1 | 203:1 | ||||||
| North West | 385:1 | 1107:1 | 757:1 | 207:1 | ||||||
| Mpumalanga | 577:1 | 1241:1 | 1132:1 | 292:1 | ||||||
| Gauteng | 369:1 | 721:1 | 683:1 | 180:1 | ||||||
| Free State | 349:1 | 1153:1 | 898:1 | 206:1 | ||||||
| KwaZulu Natal | 351:1 | 438:1 | 788:1 | 156:1 | ||||||
| Northern Cape | 522:1 | 2636:1 | 1109:1 | 313:1 | ||||||
| Western Cape | 367:1 | 905:1 | 737:1 | 193:1 | ||||||
| Eastern Cape | 454:1 | 1154:1 | 908:1 | 240:1 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 398:1 | 760:1 | 763:1 | 194:1 | ||||||
| *** | Population figures - Statistics South Africa (2016 mid-year estimates). | |||||||||
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