Number of Japanese residents in South Africa 2014-2023
As of October 2023, approximately 1.07 thousand Japanese residents lived in South Africa, the third lowest number of the past decade. Within the observed period, the Japanese population has been gradually shrinking since it peaked in 2017 at more than 1.5 thousand expats.
The statistic, which is based on the information gathered by Japanese diplomatic missions abroad, does not include descendants of Japanese emigrants (nikkeijin) who do not hold Japanese citizenship. People with multiple citizenship are counted.