Cabo Verde Population (LIVE)

527,459

Cabo Verde Population (1950 - 2025)

Yearly Population Growth Rate (%)

The current population of Cabo Verde is 527,448 as of Sunday, July 20, 2025 based on Worldometer’s elaboration of the latest United Nations data¹.
Cabo Verde 2025 population is estimated at 527,326 people at mid-year.
Cabo Verde population is equivalent to 0.0064% of the total world population.
Cabo Verde ranks number 174 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
The population density in Cabo Verde is 131 per Km² (339 people per mi²).
The total land area is 4,030 Km² (1,556 sq. miles).
78.56% of the population is urban (414,288 people in 2025)
The median age in Cabo Verde is 29 years.

1. U.N. Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs - Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Population of Cabo Verde (2025 and historical)

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Cabo Verde Global Rank
2025	527,326	0.47%	2,449	−1,284	29	1.5	131	78.6%	414,288	0.0064%	8,231,613,070	174
2024	524,877	0.49%	2,546	−1,209	28.4	1.51	130	77.6%	407,063	0.0064%	8,161,972,572	174
2023	522,331	0.5%	2,590	−1,226	27.9	1.52	130	76.5%	399,834	0.0065%	8,091,734,930	174
2022	519,741	0.49%	2,531	−1,253	27.3	1.53	129	75.5%	392,606	0.0065%	8,021,407,192	174
2020	514,679	0.09%	457	−3,362	26.4	1.59	128	73.5%	378,148	0.0065%	7,887,001,292	173
2015	512,394	0.1%	522	−6,226	24.2	1.97	127	66.9%	342,663	0.0069%	7,470,491,872	171
2010	509,784	1%	4,934	−5,069	21.5	2.33	126	60.9%	310,577	0.0073%	7,021,732,148	170
2005	485,115	1.37%	6,360	−2,768	19.3	2.73	120	56.4%	273,774	0.0074%	6,586,970,132	169
2000	453,317	1.63%	7,043	−2,772	17.4	3.54	112	51.3%	232,485	0.0073%	6,171,702,993	168
1995	418,104	2.18%	8,535	−3,125	16.4	4.49	104	45.4%	189,769	0.0073%	5,758,878,982	168
1990	375,428	1.57%	5,613	−2,398	15.9	5.36	93	40.2%	150,839	0.0070%	5,327,803,110	170
1985	347,365	1.45%	4,813	−6,192	15.5	5.92	86	28.6%	99,247	0.0071%	4,868,943,465	171
1980	323,301	1.12%	3,491	−5,980	15	6.38	80	20.9%	67,417	0.0073%	4,447,606,236	170
1975	305,847	1.22%	3,592	−5,829	15.9	6.77	76	19.1%	58,349	0.0075%	4,070,735,277	167
1970	287,885	3.29%	8,606	172	16	6.93	71	18.4%	52,849	0.0078%	3,694,683,794	167
1965	244,856	3.12%	6,966	1,093	16	6.99	61	17.1%	41,826	0.0073%	3,334,533,703	168
1960	210,024	1.43%	2,882	−2,267	17.9	6.88	52	16.1%	33,743	0.0070%	3,015,470,894	168
1955	195,614	1.13%	2,128	−3,049	17.4	6.66	49	15.5%	30,400	0.0071%	2,740,213,792	166

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Cabo Verde Population Forecast

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Cabo Verde Global Rank
2030	538,614	0.42%	2,258	−971	31.6	1.47	134	83.5%	449,958	0.0063%	8,569,124,911	174
2035	548,591	0.37%	1,995	−990	33.9	1.47	136	88.2%	483,813	0.0062%	8,885,210,181	174
2040	557,374	0.32%	1,757	−991	36	1.48	138	92.4%	514,953	0.0061%	9,177,190,203	173
2045	563,476	0.22%	1,220	−942	38.4	1.49	140	96.4%	543,170	0.0060%	9,439,639,668	173
2050	566,134	0.09%	532	−871	40.8	1.5	140			0.0059%	9,664,378,587	173

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Cabo Verde Demographics

Main Page: Demographics of Cabo Verde

Life Expectancy

76.4 years

(life expectancy at birth, both sexes)

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Infant Mortality Rate

9.2

(infant deaths per 1,000 live births)

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Deaths under age 5

11.2

(per 1,000 live births)

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Notes

The Cabo Verde Population (Live) counter shows a continuously updated estimate of the current population of Cabo Verde delivered by Worldometer’s RTS algorithm, which processes data collected from the United Nations Population Division.

The Population of Cabo Verde (1950 - 2025) chart plots the total population count as of July 1 of each year, from 1950 to 2025.

The Yearly Population Growth Rate chart plots the annual percentage changes in population registered on July 1 of each year, from 1951 to 2025. This value can differ from the Yearly % Change shown in the historical table, which shows the last year equivalent percentage change assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period.

Definitions

Year: as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Population: Overall total population (both sexes and all ages) in the country as of July 1 of the year indicated, as estimated by the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. For forecasted years, the U.N. medium-fertility variant is used.

Yearly % Change: For 2025: percentage change in total population over the last year (from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025). For all other years: latest year annual percentage change equivalent assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period, calculated through reverse compounding.

Yearly Change: For 2025: absolute change in total population (increase or decrease in number of people) over the last year (from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025). For all other years: average annual numerical change over the preceding five year period.

Migrants (net): The average annual number of immigrants minus the number of emigrants over the preceding five year period (running from July 1 to June 30 of the initial and final years), or subsequent five year period (for 2016 data). A negative number means that there are more emigrants than immigrants.

Median Age: age that divides the population into two numerically equal groups: half of the people are older than the median age indicated and half are younger. This parameter provides an indication of age distribution.

Fertility Rate: (Total Fertility Rate, or TFR), it is expressed as children per woman. It is calculated as the average number of children an average woman will have during her reproductive period (15 to 49 years old) based on the current fertility rates of every age group in the country, and assuming she is not subject to mortality.

Density (P/Km²): (Population Density) Population per square Kilometer (Km²).

Urban Pop % : Urban population as a percentage of total population.

Urban Population: Population living in areas classified as urban according to the criteria used by each country.

Country’s Share of World Pop: Total population in the country as a percentage of total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

World Population: Total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Global Rank: Position held by Cabo Verde in the list of all countries worldwide ranked by population (from the highest population to the lowest population) as of July 1 of the year indicated.