South Africa now has 55,908,900 people, Statistics SA has calculated. Statistician-General Pali Lehohla made the announcement yesterday, saying over the past year the country's population increased by 1.62%, with the number of young South Africans increasing hand over fist. In fact, 30% of all South Africans are younger than 30.In Western Cape, 29% of people are younger than 30. In Eastern Cape the figure is 35%, Northern Cape 28%, North West 30%, Free State 28%, Gauteng 25%, Limpopo 32%, Mpumalanga 31% and KwaZulu-Natal 35%.Nevertheless, Gauteng still has the largest population, with 13.5 million people, followed by KwaZulu-Natal, with 11.1 million.Northern Cape has the fewest people - 1.19 million.The Eastern Cape has lost 247,000 people to migration over the past year and Limpopo 305,000. Gauteng has gained 1.2 million people through domestic migration, followed by Western Cape with 363,000.Life expectancy at birth is now 59.7 years for males and 65.1 years for females.The infant mortality rate is now 33.7 per 1 000 births.About 19% of the population between 15 and 49 years is HIV-positive, Lehohla announced...