The Economics of the Colour Bar

STATISTICAL APPENDIX Population, Industrial Employment and Earnings in the Republic South Africa

POPULATION (1960 Census)

				Total	Urban
Whites ...	...	...	...	3,088,492	2,581,731
Coloureds	...	...	...	1,509,258	1,031,063
Indians	...	...	...	477,125	397,101
Africans	...	...	...	10,907,789	3,471,233
				15,982,664	7,481,128

WHITE AND NON-WHITE EARNINGS IN PRIVATE INDUSTRY

	Average annual earnings per head		Average annual earnings per head of non-Whites as a percentage of earnings of Whites
Year	Whites	Non-Whites
	£	£	%
1925–6	205	50	24.6
1938–9	232	56	23.9
1944–5	364	107	29.3
1946–7	406	117	28.8
1958–9	913	188	20.6
1959–60	957	202	21.1
1960–1	1,000	212	21.2

EMPLOYMENT AND AVERAGE WAGES IN PRIVATE INDUSTRY

		Number of Employees
		Whites	Africans	Asiatics & Coloureds
1946–7	...	157,016	251,125	80,851
1958–9	...	194,479	448,149	126,489
1959–60	...	193,835	429,120	137,721
1960–1	...	199,155	441,816	146,600
		Average Salaries & Wages
		Whites	Africans	Asiatics & Coloureds
		£	£	£
1946–7	...	405.7	100.2	167.3
1958–9	...	913.1	164.3	259.1
1959–60	...	948.0	174.6	278.5
1960–1	...	999.1	184.8	294.8