Cabo Verde's population rose from 425,581 in 1996 to 527,326 in 2025.
Cabo Verde · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Cabo Verde's population growth fell from 1.8 % in 1996 to 0.5 % in 2025.
Cabo Verde's population density rose from 101.8 in 1994 to 129.6 in 2023.
Cabo Verde's population, female (% of total) fell from 51.4 % in 1996 to 49.1 % in 2025.
Cabo Verde's urbanisation rose from 50.5 % in 1996 to 77.6 % in 2025.
Cabo Verde's urban population rose from 214,902 in 1996 to 409,364 in 2025.
Cabo Verde's rural population fell from 210,679 in 1996 to 117,962 in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −0.7 %150th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −0.9 %116th of 217
- Death rate, crudeup +0.7 %190th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −2.1 %131st of 217
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- Median ageup +0.5 yrs130th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.9 pts96th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.6 pts48th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.3 pts123rd of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −1.2 pts170th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.4 pts127th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −6.2 %114th of 217
- Migrant stockunchanged +0.0 pts134th of 216
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- Refugees hostedunchanged +0.0169th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs98th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs96th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs96th of 217