# Population in Cape Verde

Population in Cape Verde was 527,326 in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `cv`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/cape-verde
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/cape-verde.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=cv

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 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 |