Demographics of Cabo Verde

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	30 Oct 2021

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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.

Cabo Verde population
Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	178,064	-
1955	197,193	0.37
1960	201,770	1.17
1965	230,421	3.35
1970	268,633	1.96
1975	270,240	0.00
1980	283,848	1.47
1985	311,668	1.81
1990	337,953	2.05
1995	386,288	2.62
2000	428,178	1.84
2005	463,034	1.40
2010	492,644	1.23
2015	524,740	1.25
2016	531,140	1.22
2017	537,499	1.20
2018	543,764	1.17
2019	549,936	1.14
2020	555,988	1.10
2021	561,901	1.06

Population
Growth

Cabo Verde death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	4,073	8,896	22.20	48.52
1955	4,164	9,401	21.56	48.70
1960	4,214	9,902	20.40	47.99
1965	4,108	10,481	17.72	45.14
1970	3,842	10,873	14.67	41.58
1975	3,260	11,011	11.91	40.29
1980	2,862	11,823	10.00	41.33
1985	2,913	13,225	9.39	42.62
1990	2,904	13,979	8.48	40.83
1995	2,835	13,095	7.37	34.13
2000	2,672	11,824	6.25	27.61
2005	2,714	11,252	5.86	24.31
2010	2,963	11,048	6.00	22.37
2015	3,045	10,890	5.81	20.75
2020	3,076	10,357	5.54	18.64
2021	3,092	10,232	5.51	18.22

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Cabo Verde
Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	25,285	152,781	-	14.200
1955	30,400	167,021	2.03	15.399
1960	33,743	168,567	2.82	16.679
1965	41,826	189,602	5.05	18.073
1970	52,849	217,349	3.61	19.559
1975	58,349	214,074	1.89	21.419
1980	67,417	219,240	3.70	23.518
1985	99,247	215,822	7.67	31.500
1990	150,839	191,044	8.43	44.120
1995	189,769	199,358	4.63	48.768
2000	232,485	202,594	3.87	53.435
2005	273,774	200,793	2.98	57.689
2010	310,577	191,807	2.42	61.821
2015	342,663	190,250	2.01	64.300
2020	378,148	189,200	1.95	66.652
2021	385,375	188,937	1.91	67.102

Population
Urbanization

Cabo Verde population by Age Group (2011)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
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

Population pyramid
Gender ratio