Datapoint Afrikaans/Size of speaker community

According to the 2001 Census, Afrikaans is the language most spoken at home for 5 983 426 people. Afrikaans is also spoken in Namibia, and according to their 2001 census, it is estimated that there are approx. 200 000 people (which should correspond to 38 000 households), for whom Afrikaans is the main language spoken at home.

Values

More than 1,000,000 speakers

Confidence:
Very certain