Cape Verde Population 2024 (Live)

525,528

Cape Verde's growth over the last few years has been fueled by tourism and a stable economy. Between 2011 and 2012 alone, tourism in the country grew 28%, which was more than the world's average of 4%. Cape Verde is expected to continue its steady growth for the next two decades.

Population Rank
Growth Rate
2024 World Percentage
Land Area
4,033
The current population of Cape Verde is 525,528 based on projections of the latest United Nations data. The UN estimates the July 1, 2024 population at 524,877.

Cape Verde Growth Rate

Cape Verde Population Clock

Cape Verde Population (as of 10/2/2024)525,528
Last UN Estimate (July 1, 2024)524,877
Births per Day18
Deaths per Day7
Migrations per Day-3
Net Change per Day7
Population Change Since Jan. 11,932

Components of Population Change

One birth every 80 minutes
One death every 205.72 minutes
One emigrant every 480 minutes
Net gain of one person every 205.72 minutes

Cape Verde Population Clock

Cape Verde Population Density Map

City
2024 Pop.
Praia113,364
Mindelo70,611
Santa Maria17,231
Cova Figueira15,350
Santa Cruz9,488
Pedra Badejo9,343
Sao Filipe8,189
Assomada7,927
Tarrafal6,463
Espargos6,173
Year
Population
Change
Density (/km²)
Population Rank
Density Rank
2024524,8770.42%13017593
2023522,3310.34%13017590
2020514,6790.11%12817490
2019514,1040.13%12817390
2018513,4150.1%12717390
2017512,8930.07%12717290
2015512,3940.1%12717289
2010509,7841%12617187
2005485,1151.36%12017089
2000453,3171.63%11216988
1995418,1042.18%10416991
1990375,4281.57%9317198
1985347,3651.45%8617297
1980323,3011.12%8017196
1975305,8471.22%7616894
1970287,8853.29%7116893
1965244,8563.12%61169101
1960210,0241.43%52169103
1955195,6141.13%49167102

Cape Verde Population by Year (Historical)

Year
Population
Change
Density (/km²)
Population Rank
Density Rank
2024524,8770.42%13017593
2025527,3260.49%13117594
2030538,6140.43%13417596
2035548,5910.37%13617596
2040557,3740.32%13817497
2045563,4760.22%14017497
2050566,1340.09%14017497
2055564,662-0.05%14017599
2060558,428-0.22%139175101
2065548,115-0.37%136176106
2070534,406-0.51%133176109
2075518,975-0.58%129175112
2080501,052-0.7%124176113
2085480,955-0.81%119178118
2090459,735-0.9%114178117
2095438,183-0.96%109178117

Cape Verde Population by Year (Projections)

Cape Verde Population Pyramid 2024

Cape Verde Median Age

26.8

Total

25.9

Male

27.6

Female

Cape Verde Population by Age

There are people over age 18 in Cape Verde.

Census Years

Year
Date
20202020
201030 June 2010
200030 June 2000
199023 June 1990

Cape Verde Population Pyramid

Cape Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country comprised of an archipelago of ten volcanic islands in the Atlantic Ocean, about 350 miles off the coast of Western Africa. The name Cape Verde has been used for the archipelago in English since its independence from Portugal in 1975.

The last official census in 2013 found the population of Cape Verde was 512,000, with almost half (or 236,000) Cape Verdeans living on the main island of Santiago. Almost 35% of the country's population lives in rural areas, and the capital city Praia has about 25% of Cape Verde's citizens. Cape Verde has a fairly high population density at 124 people per square kilometer, or the 89th highest in the world.

Cape Verde Demographics

Most people of Cape Verde are Creole, or of mixed white and black descent. A genetic study of the country's inhabitants found that the population's ancestry is mostly European in the male line and West African in the female line, with a percentage of 56% African and 44% European.

People from all over the world have settled in the country, including immigrants from South America, Asia and Europe. Most settlers to the area have been Dutch, French, British, Arab, Jewish, Chinese, Indian, Indonesian, South American, American and Brazilian. When it was discovered by Portugal in 1456, it was uninhabited. African slaves were then brought to the archipelago to work on plantations. This resulted in Cape Verdeans who were mulattos, or those with mixed African and European origins. Today, Cape Verde's people are very diverse ethnically.

More Cape Verdeans today live abroad rather than in the country itself. There are about 500,000 Cape Verdeans in the United States, particularly on the New England Coast. There are also large populations in Portugal (150,000), Angola (45,000), Sao Tome and Principe (25,000), Senegal (25,000), the Netherlands (20,000), France (25,000), Spain (12,500), Luxembourg (7,000), and elsewhere.

There are about 25,000 immigrants in Cape Verde now, as the country is stable, grants freedoms to its people and has a fairly high per capita income.

About 95% of Cape Verdeans are Christian, and over 85% of the population is Roman Catholic. Cape Verde shares the highest life expectancy in Africa with two other nations at 71 for men and 79 for women.

Cape Verde Population Growth

Cape Verde's growth over the last few years has been fueled by tourism and a stable economy. Between 2011 and 2012 alone, tourism in the country grew 28%, which was more than the world's average of 4%. Cape Verde is expected to continue its steady growth for the next two decades.

Cape Verde Population Rank 2024
Area (km²)
4,033
2024 Growth Rate
Capital
Praia
GDP (IMF '24)
$2.72
GDP (UN '22)
$2.31 Bn

Sources