Demographics of Cape Verde | |
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Population | 596,707 (2022 est.) |
Growth rate | 1.21% (2022 est.) |
Birth rate | 18.49 births/1,000 population (2022 est.) |
Death rate | 5.8 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.) |
Life expectancy | 73.75 years |
• male | 71.41 years |
• female | 76.15 years |
Fertility rate | 2.13 children born/woman (2022 est.) |
Infant mortality rate | 23.53 deaths/1,000 live births |
Net migration rate | -0.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.) |
Age structure | |
0–14 years | 27.95% |
65 and over | 5.48% |
Sex ratio | |
Total | 0.95 male(s)/female (2022 est.) |
At birth | 1.03 male(s)/female |
Under 15 | 1.01 male(s)/female |
65 and over | 0.52 male(s)/female |
Nationality | |
Nationality | Cabo Verdean or Cape Verdean |
Demographic features of the population of Cape Verde include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
Cape Verde has a population of about 540,000 inhabitants who live in the islands. A large proportion (236,000) of Cape Verdeans live on the main island, Santiago. [1] Many more live abroad in the Cape Verdean diaspora in mainland Africa, Europe, U.S., Brazil, et cetera.
The archipelago of Cape Verde were first found and claimed by Portuguese sailors working for the Portuguese Crown in 1456. Cape Verdeans are West African. Many foreigners from other parts of the world settled in Cape Verde as their permanent country.
Survival in a country with few natural resources has historically induced Cape Verdeans to emigrate. In fact, of the more than 1 million people of Cape Verdean ancestry in the world, only a little more than one-third actually live on the islands. Some 500,000 people of Cape Verdean ancestry live in the United States, mainly in New England. Many people of Cape Verdean ancestry also live in Portugal, Netherlands, France, Italy and Senegal. Cape Verdean populations also settled Spain, Germany, Canada, and other CPLP countries (Angola, Brazil and Guinea-Bissau). Since independence from Portugal in 1975, a number of Cape Verdean students continued to be admitted every year at Portuguese high schools, polytechnical institutes and universities, through bilateral agreements between the Portuguese and Cape Verdean governments.
Portuguese functions as a state language. Virtually all formal documents and official declarations are stated in Portuguese. But it is not the first language. Cape Verdean, commonly called Kriolu, is spoken as a mother tongue by virtually all Cape Verdeans, irrespective of social status or religious affiliation. Moreover, historical linguists often attribute Cape Verdean Creole as the oldest "New World" contact language. It is a "contact" language in the sense that it was birthed and evolved between linguistically different groups who, by necessity, had to create a common language to communicate with each other. There is a rich repertoire of literature and songs in Cape Verdean Creole. In religion, the majority of Cape Verdeans follow Catholic Christianity. There are some Protestants, Baháʼís and Muslims.
According to the 2022 revision of the World Population Prospects [2] [3] the total population was 587,925 in 2021, compared to only 178,000 in 1950. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2010 was 31.8%, 62.3% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 5.9% was 65 years or older. [4]
Total population | Population aged 0–14 (%) | Population aged 15–64 (%) | Population aged 65+ (%) | |
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1950 | 178,000 | 32.6 | 59.8 | 7.6 |
1955 | 195,000 | 35.8 | 57.9 | 6.2 |
1960 | 211,000 | 42.1 | 53.2 | 4.8 |
1965 | 240,000 | 48.5 | 47.3 | 4.2 |
1970 | 274,000 | 48.2 | 47.8 | 4 |
1975 | 311,000 | 45.8 | 49.6 | 4.6 |
1980 | 300,000 | 46 | 48.7 | 5.3 |
1985 | 328,000 | 44.5 | 50.5 | 5 |
1990 | 348,000 | 45.4 | 49.8 | 4.8 |
1995 | 395,000 | 44.5 | 50.5 | 5 |
2000 | 437,000 | 41.7 | 52.9 | 5.3 |
2005 | 473,000 | 37 | 57.2 | 5.8 |
2010 | 496,000 | 31.8 | 62.3 | 5.9 |
Age Group | Male | Female | Total | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 243 403 | 248 280 | 491 683 | 100 |
0–4 | 25 131 | 25 069 | 50 200 | 10.21 |
5–9 | 25 168 | 25 040 | 50 208 | 10.21 |
10–14 | 27 864 | 27 361 | 55 225 | 11.23 |
15–19 | 29 655 | 29 405 | 59 060 | 12.01 |
20–24 | 27 327 | 25 578 | 52 905 | 10.76 |
25–29 | 23 336 | 21 005 | 44 341 | 9.02 |
30–34 | 18 165 | 16 339 | 34 504 | 7.02 |
35–39 | 14 106 | 13 130 | 27 236 | 5.54 |
40–44 | 12 988 | 13 303 | 26 291 | 5.35 |
45–49 | 11 347 | 12 165 | 23 512 | 4.78 |
50–54 | 8 162 | 9 999 | 18 161 | 3.69 |
55–59 | 4 947 | 7 196 | 12 143 | 2.47 |
60–64 | 2 613 | 3 580 | 6 193 | 1.26 |
65-69 | 2 499 | 3 716 | 6 215 | 1.26 |
70-74 | 3 437 | 5 229 | 8 666 | 1.76 |
75-79 | 2 980 | 4 453 | 7 433 | 1.51 |
80-84 | 2 092 | 3 185 | 5 277 | 1.07 |
85-89 | 827 | 1 358 | 2 185 | 0.44 |
90-94 | 377 | 696 | 1 073 | 0.22 |
95+ | 172 | 325 | 497 | 0.10 |
Age group | Male | Female | Total | Percent |
0–14 | 78 163 | 77 470 | 155 633 | 31.65 |
15–64 | 152 646 | 151 700 | 304 346 | 61.90 |
65+ | 12 384 | 18 962 | 31 346 | 6.38 |
Unknown | 210 | 148 | 358 | 0.07 |
Age Group | Male | Female | Total | % |
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Total | 281 533 | 275 324 | 556 857 | 100 |
0–4 | 26 739 | 25 524 | 52 264 | 9.39 |
5–9 | 26 162 | 24 973 | 51 135 | 9.18 |
10–14 | 25 262 | 25 389 | 50 651 | 9.10 |
15–19 | 23 734 | 23 483 | 47 218 | 8.48 |
20–24 | 23 955 | 22 461 | 46 416 | 8.34 |
25–29 | 28 159 | 26 015 | 54 173 | 9.73 |
30–34 | 28 603 | 24 995 | 53 597 | 9.62 |
35–39 | 24 111 | 20 484 | 44 595 | 8.01 |
40–44 | 18 738 | 15 923 | 34 660 | 6.22 |
45–49 | 14 043 | 12 780 | 26 822 | 4.82 |
50–54 | 12 282 | 12 693 | 24 974 | 4.48 |
55–59 | 10 437 | 11 557 | 21 994 | 3.95 |
60–64 | 7 125 | 9 226 | 16 351 | 2.94 |
65-69 | 4 080 | 6 402 | 10 482 | 1.88 |
70-74 | 2 050 | 2 955 | 5 006 | 0.90 |
75-79 | 1 722 | 2 772 | 4 494 | 0.81 |
80-84 | 2 037 | 3 496 | 5 533 | 0.99 |
85-89 | 1 443 | 2 389 | 3 833 | 0.69 |
90-94 | 682 | 1 249 | 1 931 | 0.35 |
95+ | 170 | 560 | 730 | 0.13 |
Age group | Male | Female | Total | Percent |
0–14 | 78 163 | 75 886 | 154 049 | 27.66 |
15–64 | 191 186 | 179 615 | 370 801 | 66.59 |
65+ | 12 184 | 19 823 | 32 007 | 5.75 |
Age Group | Male | Female | Total | % |
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Total | 246 363 | 244 870 | 491 233 | 100 |
0–4 | 23 111 | 22 429 | 45 540 | 9.27 |
5–9 | 23 533 | 23 086 | 46 619 | 9.49 |
10–14 | 23 809 | 22 771 | 46 580 | 9.48 |
15–19 | 21 903 | 20 401 | 42 304 | 8.61 |
20–24 | 20 391 | 18 159 | 38 550 | 7.85 |
25–29 | 22 481 | 21 665 | 44 146 | 8.99 |
30–34 | 22 552 | 21 681 | 44 233 | 9.00 |
35–39 | 19 217 | 18 105 | 37 322 | 7.60 |
40–44 | 15 820 | 14 259 | 30 079 | 6.12 |
45–49 | 12 269 | 11 347 | 23 616 | 4.81 |
50–54 | 11 257 | 11 224 | 22 481 | 4.58 |
55–59 | 10 001 | 10 682 | 20 683 | 4.21 |
60–64 | 7 536 | 8 765 | 16 301 | 3.32 |
65-69 | 4 496 | 6 510 | 11 006 | 2.24 |
70-74 | 2 347 | 3 279 | 5 626 | 1.15 |
75-79 | 1 685 | 2 842 | 4 527 | 0.92 |
80-84 | 1 839 | 3 404 | 5 243 | 1.07 |
85-89 | 1 257 | 2 473 | 3 730 | 0.76 |
90-94 | 648 | 1 316 | 1 964 | 0.40 |
95+ | 211 | 472 | 683 | 1.39 |
Age group | Male | Female | Total | Percent |
0–14 | 70 453 | 68 286 | 138 739 | 28.24 |
15–64 | 163 427 | 156 288 | 319 715 | 65.08 |
65+ | 12 483 | 20 296 | 32 779 | 6.67 |
Vital events of Cape Verde are not (yet) available for recent years. The Population Department of the United Nations prepared the following estimates. [4]
Period | Live births per year | Deaths per year | Natural change per year | CBR* | CDR* | NC* | TFR* | IMR* |
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1950-1955 | 9 000 | 4 000 | 5 000 | 49.0 | 22.6 | 26.3 | 6.57 | 139 |
1955-1960 | 10 000 | 4 000 | 5 000 | 48.0 | 21.1 | 26.9 | 6.76 | 132 |
1960-1965 | 10 000 | 4 000 | 6 000 | 45.0 | 18.7 | 26.3 | 6.97 | 125 |
1965-1970 | 11 000 | 4 000 | 6 000 | 41.4 | 16.4 | 25.0 | 6.97 | 117 |
1970-1975 | 12 000 | 4 000 | 8 000 | 41.1 | 13.4 | 27.7 | 6.86 | 96 |
1975-1980 | 13 000 | 4 000 | 9 000 | 41.6 | 11.6 | 30.0 | 6.62 | 78 |
1980-1985 | 13 000 | 3 000 | 10 000 | 41.3 | 10.3 | 31.0 | 6.10 | 65 |
1985-1990 | 14 000 | 3 000 | 11 000 | 40.9 | 9.2 | 31.7 | 5.63 | 54 |
1990-1995 | 14 000 | 3 000 | 11 000 | 36.5 | 7.9 | 28.6 | 4.93 | 44 |
1995-2000 | 13 000 | 3 000 | 10 000 | 31.6 | 6.7 | 24.9 | 4.15 | 37 |
2000-2005 | 12 000 | 3 000 | 9 000 | 26.2 | 5.8 | 20.5 | 3.28 | 28 |
2005-2010 | 11 000 | 3 000 | 8 000 | 21.9 | 5.2 | 16.7 | 2.60 | 21 |
* CBR = crude birth rate (per 1000); CDR = crude death rate (per 1000); NC = natural change (per 1000); IMR = infant mortality rate per 1000 births; TFR = total fertility rate (number of children per woman) |
Year | Population | Live births | Deaths | Natural increase | Crude birth rate | Crude death rate | Rate of natural increase | TFR |
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1948 | 3,756 | |||||||
1949 | 3,904 | 3,641 | 263 | |||||
1950 | 5,322 | 2,562 | 2,760 | |||||
1951 | 7,367 | 2,377 | 4,990 | |||||
1952 | 7,647 | 2,455 | 5,192 | |||||
1953 | 7,597 | 2,866 | 4,731 | |||||
1954 | 8,697 | 3,305 | 5,392 | |||||
1955 | 8,547 | 2,220 | 6,327 | |||||
1956 | 8,377 | 2,200 | 6,177 | |||||
1957 | 8,237 | 2,790 | 5,447 | |||||
1958 | 9,026 | 2,552 | 6,474 | |||||
1959 | 9,609 | 2,382 | 7,227 | |||||
1960 | 8,954 | 3,127 | 5,827 | |||||
1961 | 8,319 | 2,543 | 5,776 | |||||
1962 | 8,952 | 2,452 | 6,500 | |||||
1963 | 9,671 | 2,996 | 6,675 | |||||
1964 | 9,783 | 2,315 | 7,468 | |||||
1965 | 9,638 | 2,377 | 7,261 | |||||
1966 | 9,621 | 2,167 | 7,454 | |||||
1967 | 10,190 | 2,593 | 7,597 | |||||
1968 | 10,131 | 2,397 | 7,734 | |||||
1969 | 9,671 | 3,452 | 6,219 | |||||
1970 | 9,379 | 2,883 | 6,496 | |||||
1971 | 9,493 | 4,147 | 5,346 | |||||
1972 | 8,966 | 2,779 | 6,187 | |||||
1973 | 8,418 | 3,513 | 4,905 | |||||
1974 | 8,492 | 2,576 | 5,916 | |||||
1975 | 8,210 | 2,796 | 5,414 | |||||
1976 | 9,863 | 2,869 | 6,994 | |||||
1977 | 9,965 | 2,564 | 7,401 | |||||
1978 | 10,060 | 3,207 | 6,853 | |||||
1979 | 8,289 | 2,469 | 5,820 | |||||
1980 | 9,650 | 2,080 | 7,570 | |||||
1981 | 8,580 | |||||||
1982 | 11,066 | 2,169 | 8,897 | |||||
1983 | 11,438 | 2,649 | 8,789 | |||||
1984 | 11,696 | 2,863 | 8,833 | |||||
1985 | 11,282 | 2,735 | 8,547 | |||||
1986 | 12,636 | |||||||
1987 | 12,771 | |||||||
1988 | 12,443 | |||||||
1989 | ||||||||
1990 | 9,669 | 2,505 | 7,164 | |||||
1991 | 12,289 | 2,616 | 9,673 | |||||
1992 | 9,671 | 2,843 | 6,828 | |||||
1993 | 2,821 | |||||||
1994 | ||||||||
1995 | 386,813 | 3,520 | 9.1 | |||||
1996 | 393,478 | 2,715 | 6.9 | |||||
1997 | 406,267 | 3,047 | 7.5 | |||||
1998 | 413,382 | 15,460 | 2,811 | 12,649 | 6.8 | |||
1999 | 426,061 | 2,812 | 6.6 | |||||
2000 | 436,821 | 12,746 | 2,433 | 10,313 | 29.2 | 5.6 | 23.6 | 4.00 |
2001 | 445,035 | 12,550 | 2,396 | 10,154 | 28.2 | 5.4 | 22.8 | |
2002 | 452,198 | 12,345 | 2,395 | 9,950 | 27.3 | 5.3 | 22.0 | |
2003 | 460,837 | 12,120 | 2,600 | 9,520 | 26.3 | 5.6 | 20.7 | |
2004 | 468,854 | 11,862 | 2,522 | 9,340 | 25.3 | 5.4 | 19.9 | |
2005 | 478,163 | 11,554 | 2,423 | 9,131 | 24.3 | 5.1 | 19.2 | |
2006 | 487,121 | 9,765 | 2,612 | 7,153 | 20.7 | 5.4 | 15.3 | 2.44 |
2007 | 491,419 | 10,421 | 2,484 | 7,937 | 21.8 | 5.2 | 16.6 | 2.57 |
2008 | 499,796 | 10,165 | 2,683 | 7,482 | 21.0 | 5.5 | 15.5 | 2.43 |
2009 | 485,677 | 9,962 | 2,583 | 7,379 | 20.4 | 5.3 | 15.1 | 2.33 |
2010 | 491,683 | 10,568 | 2,352 | 8,216 | 21.4 | 4.8 | 16.6 | 2.42 |
2011 | 499,929 | 10,777 | 2,488 | 8,289 | 21.6 | 5.0 | 16.6 | 2.44 |
2012 | 505,983 | 10,050 | 2,610 | 7,440 | 19.9 | 5.2 | 14.7 | 2.26 |
2013 | 512,173 | 9,845 | 2,518 | 7,327 | 19.2 | 4.9 | 14.3 | 2.19 |
2014 | 518,467 | 9,868 | 2,528 | 7,340 | 19.0 | 4.9 | 14.1 | 2.17 |
2015 | 524,833 | 9,757 | 2,761 | 6,996 | 18.6 | 5.3 | 13.3 | 2.11 |
2016 | 531,239 | 9,935 | 2,591 | 7,344 | 18.7 | 4.9 | 13.8 | 2.13 |
2017 | 537,661 | 9,899 | 2,497 | 7,402 | 18.4 | 4.6 | 13.6 | 2.11 |
2018 | 544,081 | 9,480 | 2,836 | 6,588 | 17.4 | 5.2 | 12.2 | 1.98 |
2019 | 9,154 | 2,771 | 6,383 | 16.6 | 5.0 | 11.6 | ||
2020 | 8,944 | 2,959 | 5,985 | 16.1 | 5.3 | 10.8 | ||
2021 | 7,632 | 3,178 | 4,454 | 13.6 | 5.6 | 8.0 | ||
Total fertility rate (TFR) (wanted fertility rate) and crude birth rate (CBR): [10]
Year | CBR (Total) | TFR (Total) | CBR (Urban) | TFR (Urban) | CBR (Rural) | TFR (Rural) |
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2005 | 22 | 2,9 (2,8) | 23 | 2,7 (2,7) | 22 | 3,1 (3,0) |
Fertility data from 2005 (DHS Program): [11]
Region | Total fertility rate | Percentage of women age 15-49 currently pregnant | Mean number of children ever born to women age 40-49 |
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Santo Antão | 2.9 | 3.8 | 6.0 |
São Vicente | 2.0 | 3.4 | 4.0 |
São Nicolau | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
Sal | 3.2 | 7.0 | 3.9 |
Boa Vista | 2.4 | 10.0 | 4.4 |
Maio | 2.6 | 1.7 | 4.3 |
Santiago | 3.1 | 5.4 | 4.5 |
Praia Urbano | 3.2 | 5.1 | 4.5 |
Santiago Norte | 2.7 | 6.2 | 4.3 |
Resto Santiago | 3.3 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
Fogo | 3.1 | 6.3 | 5.6 |
Brava | 2.8 | 7.0 | 5.0 |
Period | Life expectancy in Years [12] |
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1950–1955 | 48.08 |
1955–1960 | 48.77 |
1960–1965 | 49.45 |
1965–1970 | 52.43 |
1970–1975 | 55.25 |
1975–1980 | 60.52 |
1980–1985 | 62.37 |
1985–1990 | 64.10 |
1990–1995 | 65.73 |
1995–2000 | 67.94 |
2000–2005 | 71.27 |
2005–2010 | 71.77 |
2010–2015 | 72.14 |
Demographic statistics according to the World Population Review in 2022. [13]
The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook. [14]
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