| Provincial Distribution of Nursing Manpower versus the Population of South Africa - 2017 | ||||||||||
| Population | Nursing Manpower as at 2017/12/31 | In Training as at 2017/12/31 | ||||||||
| Province | 2017 | Registered | Enrolled | Auxiliaries | Total | Students | Pupils | Pupil N/A | ||
| Limpopo | ||||||||||
| - Females | 3 052 050 | 10 567 | 5 833 | 9 300 | 25 700 | 1 352 | 77 | 55 | ||
| - Males | 2 726 392 | 1 549 | 645 | 825 | 3 019 | 517 | 17 | 9 | ||
| - Total | 5 778 442 | 12 116 | 6 478 | 10 125 | 28 719 | 1 869 | 94 | 64 | ||
| North West | ||||||||||
| - Females | 1 910 466 | 8 563 | 3 093 | 4 248 | 15 904 | 1 573 | 94 | 37 | ||
| - Males | 1 945 707 | 1 322 | 319 | 529 | 2 170 | 480 | 21 | 12 | ||
| - Total | 3 856 173 | 9 885 | 3 412 | 4 777 | 18 074 | 2 053 | 115 | 49 | ||
| Mpumalanga | ||||||||||
| - Females | 2 262 712 | 6 635 | 3 122 | 3 581 | 13 338 | 617 | 64 | 47 | ||
| - Males | 2 181 500 | 916 | 306 | 235 | 1 457 | 304 | 13 | 20 | ||
| - Total | 4 444 212 | 7 551 | 3 428 | 3 816 | 14 795 | 921 | 77 | 67 | ||
| Gauteng | ||||||||||
| - Females | 7 077 378 | 34 189 | 17 948 | 17 370 | 69 507 | 4 035 | 1 569 | 823 | ||
| - Males | 7 201 290 | 2 759 | 1 521 | 1 138 | 5 418 | 926 | 177 | 76 | ||
| - Total | 14 278 668 | 36 948 | 19 469 | 18 508 | 74 925 | 4 961 | 1 746 | 899 | ||
| Free State | ||||||||||
| - Females | 1 474 451 | 6 926 | 2 006 | 2 695 | 11 627 | 1 080 | 85 | 60 | ||
| - Males | 1 392 227 | 1 130 | 422 | 326 | 1 878 | 250 | 21 | 16 | ||
| - Total | 2 866 678 | 8 056 | 2 428 | 3 021 | 13 505 | 1 330 | 106 | 76 | ||
| KwaZulu Natal | ||||||||||
| - Females | 5 787 051 | 29 263 | 22 962 | 12 237 | 64 462 | 2 361 | 1 355 | 442 | ||
| - Males | 5 287 732 | 3 267 | 2 579 | 1 256 | 7 102 | 884 | 256 | 70 | ||
| - Total | 11 074 783 | 32 530 | 25 541 | 13 493 | 71 564 | 3 245 | 1 611 | 512 | ||
| Northern Cape | ||||||||||
| - Females | 611 048 | 2 066 | 378 | 884 | 3 328 | 156 | 0 | 73 | ||
| - Males | 602 948 | 212 | 40 | 91 | 343 | 53 | 0 | 43 | ||
| - Total | 1 213 996 | 2 278 | 418 | 975 | 3 671 | 209 | 0 | 116 | ||
| Western Cape | ||||||||||
| - Females | 3 296 111 | 15 833 | 6 457 | 7 591 | 29 881 | 2 222 | 313 | 203 | ||
| - Males | 3 214 201 | 1 343 | 457 | 567 | 2 367 | 583 | 56 | 22 | ||
| - Total | 6 510 312 | 17 176 | 6 914 | 8 158 | 32 248 | 2 805 | 369 | 225 | ||
| Eastern Cape | ||||||||||
| - Females | 3 430 038 | 13 889 | 5 489 | 6 370 | 25 748 | 2 661 | 220 | 250 | ||
| - Males | 3 068 644 | 1 663 | 979 | 1 188 | 3 830 | 1 232 | 104 | 106 | ||
| - Total | 6 498 682 | 15 552 | 6 468 | 7 558 | 29 578 | 3 893 | 324 | 356 | ||
| TOTAL | ||||||||||
| - Females | 28 901 305 | 127 931 | 67 288 | 64 276 | 259 495 | 16 057 | 3 777 | 1 990 | ||
| - Males | 27 620 641 | 14 161 | 7 268 | 6 155 | 27 584 | 5 229 | 665 | 374 | ||
| - Total | 56 521 946 | 142 092 | 74 556 | 70 431 | 287 079 | 21 286 | 4 442 | 2 364 | ||
| Population per Qualified Nurse (in the same province) | ||||||||||
| Province | Registered | Enrolled | Auxiliaries | Total | ||||||
| Limpopo | 477:1 | 892:1 | 571:1 | 201:1 | ||||||
| North West | 390:1 | 1130:1 | 807:1 | 213:1 | ||||||
| Mpumalanga | 589:1 | 1296:1 | 1165:1 | 300:1 | ||||||
| Gauteng | 386:1 | 733:1 | 771:1 | 191:1 | ||||||
| Free State | 356:1 | 1181:1 | 949:1 | 212:1 | ||||||
| KwaZulu Natal | 340:1 | 434:1 | 821:1 | 155:1 | ||||||
| Northern Cape | 533:1 | 2904:1 | 1245:1 | 331:1 | ||||||
| Western Cape | 379:1 | 942:1 | 798:1 | 202:1 | ||||||
| Eastern Cape | 418:1 | 1005:1 | 860:1 | 220:1 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 398:1 | 758:1 | 803:1 | 197:1 | ||||||
| *** | Population figures - Statistics South Africa (2017 mid-year estimates). | |||||||||
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