Cape Verde
Country in Africa
In brief
Population: 527.3K (2025). World rank 172 of 216; in Africa, 52 of 54. Aged 15–64: 68.2% (2025). World rank 48 of 216; in Africa, 3 of 54. Deaths per 1,000 people: 5.1 (2024). World rank 189 of 216; in Africa, 52 of 54. From 2015 to 2025: population 512.4K → 527.3K, population growth per year 0% → +0.5%, and living in cities 66.9% → 77.6%.
Population and migration
Age and life expectancy
Births and deaths
Society
- Languages
- Portuguese
- Religions
- Catholic 72.5%, no religion 15.6%, other Christian 5.2%, Protestant 4%, and Muslim 1.3% (2021)