| Provincial Distribution of Nursing Manpower versus the Population of South Africa - 2020 | ||||||||||
| Population | Nursing Manpower as at 2020/12/31 | In Training as at 2020/12/31 | ||||||||
| Province | 2020 | Registered | Enrolled | Auxiliaries | Total | Students | Pupils | Pupil N/A | ||
| Limpopo | ||||||||||
| - Females | 3 078 423 | 11 652 | 4 640 | 9 085 | 25 377 | 1 084 | 52 | 14 | ||
| - Males | 2 774 130 | 1 805 | 515 | 795 | 3 115 | 425 | 12 | 7 | ||
| - Total | 5 852 553 | 13 457 | 5 155 | 9 880 | 28 492 | 1 509 | 64 | 21 | ||
| North West | ||||||||||
| - Females | 2 018 143 | 9 243 | 2 638 | 3 856 | 15 737 | 1 441 | 47 | 48 | ||
| - Males | 2 090 673 | 1 537 | 317 | 480 | 2 334 | 384 | 13 | 12 | ||
| - Total | 4 108 816 | 10 780 | 2 955 | 4 336 | 18 071 | 1 825 | 60 | 60 | ||
| Mpumalanga | ||||||||||
| - Females | 2 372 580 | 7 464 | 2 341 | 3 510 | 13 315 | 414 | 40 | 24 | ||
| - Males | 2 307 207 | 1 183 | 253 | 219 | 1 655 | 164 | 11 | 15 | ||
| - Total | 4 679 787 | 8 647 | 2 594 | 3 729 | 14 970 | 578 | 51 | 39 | ||
| Gauteng | ||||||||||
| - Females | 7 733 504 | 36 887 | 14 059 | 15 688 | 66 634 | 3 615 | 1 112 | 561 | ||
| - Males | 7 754 633 | 3 313 | 1 272 | 1 052 | 5 637 | 819 | 131 | 65 | ||
| - Total | 15 488 137 | 40 200 | 15 331 | 16 740 | 72 271 | 4 434 | 1 243 | 881 | ||
| Free State | ||||||||||
| - Females | 1 514 385 | 7 048 | 1 691 | 2 480 | 11 219 | 1 086 | 62 | 60 | ||
| - Males | 1 414 517 | 1 219 | 378 | 308 | 1 905 | 264 | 16 | 16 | ||
| - Total | 2 928 902 | 8 267 | 2 069 | 2 788 | 13 124 | 1 350 | 78 | 76 | ||
| KwaZulu Natal | ||||||||||
| - Females | 6 015 451 | 31 480 | 19 047 | 11 401 | 61 928 | 1 748 | 603 | 233 | ||
| - Males | 5 516 177 | 3 990 | 2 186 | 1 170 | 7 346 | 683 | 120 | 42 | ||
| - Total | 11 531 628 | 35 470 | 21 233 | 12 571 | 69 274 | 2 431 | 723 | 275 | ||
| Northern Cape | ||||||||||
| - Females | 652 280 | 2 133 | 337 | 854 | 3 324 | 200 | 0 | 72 | ||
| - Males | 640 506 | 249 | 39 | 83 | 371 | 64 | 0 | 43 | ||
| - Total | 1 292 786 | 2 382 | 376 | 937 | 3 695 | 264 | 0 | 115 | ||
| Western Cape | ||||||||||
| - Females | 3 551 142 | 16 620 | 5 539 | 6 892 | 29 051 | 2 173 | 155 | 83 | ||
| - Males | 3 454 599 | 1 581 | 429 | 528 | 2 538 | 558 | 26 | 14 | ||
| - Total | 7 005 741 | 18 201 | 5 968 | 7 420 | 31 589 | 2 731 | 181 | 97 | ||
| Eastern Cape | ||||||||||
| - Females | 3 557 567 | 14 448 | 4 437 | 5 676 | 24 561 | 2 793 | 124 | 258 | ||
| - Males | 3 176 434 | 2 172 | 910 | 1 102 | 4 184 | 1 169 | 55 | 99 | ||
| - Total | 6 734 001 | 16 620 | 5 347 | 6 778 | 28 745 | 3 962 | 179 | 357 | ||
| TOTAL | ||||||||||
| - Females | 30 493 475 | 136 975 | 54 729 | 59 442 | 251 146 | 14 554 | 2 195 | 1 353 | ||
| - Males | 29 128 876 | 17 049 | 6 299 | 5 737 | 29 085 | 4 530 | 384 | 313 | ||
| - Total | 59 622 351 | 154 024 | 61 028 | 65 179 | 280 231 | 19 084 | 2 579 | 1 666 | ||
| Population per Qualified Nurse (in the same province) | ||||||||||
| Province | Registered | Enrolled | Auxiliaries | Total | ||||||
| Limpopo | 435:1 | 1135:1 | 592:1 | 205:1 | ||||||
| North West | 381:1 | 1390:1 | 948:1 | 227:1 | ||||||
| Mpumalanga | 541:1 | 1804:1 | 1255:1 | 313:1 | ||||||
| Gauteng | 385:1 | 1010:1 | 925:1 | 214:1 | ||||||
| Free State | 354:1 | 1416:1 | 1051:1 | 223:1 | ||||||
| KwaZulu Natal | 325:1 | 543:1 | 917:1 | 166:1 | ||||||
| Northern Cape | 543:1 | 3438:1 | 1380:1 | 350:1 | ||||||
| Western Cape | 385:1 | 1174:1 | 944:1 | 222:1 | ||||||
| Eastern Cape | 405:1 | 1259:1 | 994:1 | 234:1 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 387:1 | 977:1 | 915:1 | 213:1 | ||||||
| *** | Population figures - Statistics South Africa (2020 mid-year estimates). | |||||||||
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