Distribution of population in South Africa 2022, by marital status

As of 2022, just over 55 percent of all men in South Africa were classified as single, which was only a slightly larger rate compared to the almost 49 percent of females among the South African adult population. At 10.2 percent, however, women made up a noticeably larger percentage of widows compared to their male counterparts at only 2.7 percent.

截至2022年，南非男性中超过55%被划分为单身，这一比例仅略高于南非成年女性中的近49%。然而，在寡妇的比例上，女性占据了显著较高的10.2%，相较之下，男性仅为2.7%。