Demographics of Cabo Verde

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date30 Oct 2021

As of 2021, the population of Cabo Verde is projected at 0.56 million, up by 1.06% compared with 0.56 million in 2020. Cabo Verde is ranked 172nd in terms of population and 103th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.01 million births in Cabo Verde in 2021. That is 28 per day, which is ranked 69th. The crude birth rate is 18.22 per 1000 people. There are 0 million deaths in Cabo Verde in 2021. That is 8 per day, which is ranked 172nd. The crude death rate is 5.51 per 1000 people.

0.39 million people are living in urban areas, which is 67.1% of Cabo Verde population. Cabo Verde is ranked 110th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Cabo Verde in 2021 is 100.82 males per 100 females. There are 0.28 million males and 0.28 million females in Cabo Verde. The percentage of female population is 49.8% compare to 50.2% male population. Cabo Verde has 2.3 thousand more males than females. Cabo Verde is at 143th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

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  • Population
  • Growth rate

Cabo Verde population

Year Population Growth (%)
1950178,064-
1955197,1930.37
1960201,7701.17
1965230,4213.35
1970268,6331.96
1975270,2400.00
1980283,8481.47
1985311,6681.81
1990337,9532.05
1995386,2882.62
2000428,1781.84
2005463,0341.40
2010492,6441.23
2015524,7401.25
2016531,1401.22
2017537,4991.20
2018543,7641.17
2019549,9361.14
2020555,9881.10
2021561,9011.06
  • Total
  • Crude

Cabo Verde death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
19504,0738,89622.2048.52
19554,1649,40121.5648.70
19604,2149,90220.4047.99
19654,10810,48117.7245.14
19703,84210,87314.6741.58
19753,26011,01111.9140.29
19802,86211,82310.0041.33
19852,91313,2259.3942.62
19902,90413,9798.4840.83
19952,83513,0957.3734.13
20002,67211,8246.2527.61
20052,71411,2525.8624.31
20102,96311,0486.0022.37
20153,04510,8905.8120.75
20203,07610,3575.5418.64
20213,09210,2325.5118.22
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  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Cabo Verde

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
195025,285152,781-14.200
195530,400167,0212.0315.399
196033,743168,5672.8216.679
196541,826189,6025.0518.073
197052,849217,3493.6119.559
197558,349214,0741.8921.419
198067,417219,2403.7023.518
198599,247215,8227.6731.500
1990150,839191,0448.4344.120
1995189,769199,3584.6348.768
2000232,485202,5943.8753.435
2005273,774200,7932.9857.689
2010310,577191,8072.4261.821
2015342,663190,2502.0164.300
2020378,148189,2001.9566.652
2021385,375188,9371.9167.102
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  • Gender ratio

Cabo Verde population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 25,890 25,242 51,132 9.10 102.567
05-09 27,017 26,217 53,234 9.47 103.051
10-14 25,794 25,289 51,083 9.09 101.997
15-19 24,297 24,257 48,554 8.64 100.165
20-24 23,066 22,375 45,441 8.09 103.088
25-29 26,143 24,781 50,924 9.06 105.496
30-34 27,950 25,220 53,170 9.46 110.825
35-39 25,123 22,457 47,580 8.47 111.872
40-44 19,782 17,814 37,596 6.69 111.047
45-49 16,161 13,943 30,104 5.36 115.908
50-54 12,881 12,803 25,684 4.57 100.609
55-59 10,802 12,485 23,287 4.14 86.520
60-64 7,184 9,287 16,471 2.93 77.355
65-69 4,790 6,871 11,661 2.08 69.713
70-74 1,889 3,490 5,379 0.96 54.126
75-79 1,219 2,765 3,984 0.71 44.087
80-84 1,229 2,478 3,707 0.66 49.596
85-89 670 1,491 2,161 0.38 44.936
90-94 186 483 669 0.12 38.509
95-99 21 54 75 0.01 38.889
100+ 1 4 5 0.00 25.000
Total 282,095 279,806 561,901 100.818