World Development Indicators

Population, total: Cape Verde

Most recent: 527,326 (2025)
Earliest: 210,024 (1960)
Highest: 527,326 (2025)
Years reported: 66
Member state: Cape Verde at the United Nations

Population, total, 1960–2025. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

Year	Population
2025	527,326
2024	524,877
2023	522,331
2022	519,741
2021	516,649
2020	514,679
2019	514,104
2018	513,415
2017	512,893
2016	512,554
2015	512,394
2014	512,326
2013	512,225
2012	511,955
2011	511,447
2010	509,784
2009	506,141
2008	501,355
2007	496,190
2006	490,728
2005	485,115
2004	479,370
2003	473,383
2002	467,046
2001	460,293
2000	453,317
1999	446,519
1998	439,784
1997	432,798
1996	425,581
1995	418,104
1994	410,228
1993	401,965
1992	393,415
1991	384,586
1990	375,428
1989	367,803
1988	362,329
1987	357,302
1986	352,312
1985	347,365
1984	342,505
1983	337,654
1982	332,724
1981	327,846
1980	323,301
1979	319,480
1978	316,147
1977	312,834
1976	309,455
1975	305,847
1974	302,570
1973	299,881
1972	297,386
1971	294,046
1970	287,885
1969	279,248
1968	270,164
1967	261,404
1966	252,976
1965	244,856
1964	237,006
1963	229,373
1962	221,919
1961	215,087
1960	210,024

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