<page_title> White South Africans </page_title> <section_title> Historical population </section_title> <table> <cell> 2011 <col_header> Year </col_header> </cell> <cell> 4,586,838 <col_header> White population </col_header> </cell> <cell> 8.9% <col_header> % of total population </col_header> </cell> <cell> South African National Census of 2011 <col_header> Source </col_header> </cell> </table>
The Statistics South Africa Census 2011 showed that there were about 4,586,838 white people in South Africa, amounting to 8.9% of the country's population.