# Urban population share in Cape Verde

Urban population share in Cape Verde was 77.6% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `urban_population_share`
- Place id: `cv`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People living in urban areas, as each national statistical office defines them, as a percentage of total population. World Bank series based on the UN World Urbanization Prospects.
- Note: Countries define urban areas differently, so shares are only roughly comparable between countries.
- Source: World Bank, Urban population, % of total population (SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Urban population, % of total population (SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/urban-population/cape-verde
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/urban-population/cape-verde.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=urban_population_share&place=cv

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 77.6 |
| 2024 | 76.8 |
| 2023 | 75.9 |
| 2022 | 75 |
| 2021 | 74.2 |
| 2020 | 72.9 |
| 2019 | 71.6 |
| 2018 | 70.4 |
| 2017 | 69.2 |
| 2016 | 68 |
| 2015 | 66.9 |
| 2014 | 65.8 |
| 2013 | 64.7 |
| 2012 | 63.7 |
| 2011 | 62.7 |
| 2010 | 61.8 |
| 2009 | 60.9 |
| 2008 | 60.1 |
| 2007 | 59.3 |
| 2006 | 58.5 |
| 2005 | 57.8 |
| 2004 | 57.1 |
| 2003 | 56.3 |
| 2002 | 55.6 |
| 2001 | 54.8 |
| 2000 | 53.9 |
| 1999 | 53.1 |
| 1998 | 52.2 |
| 1997 | 51.4 |
| 1996 | 50.5 |
| 1995 | 49.6 |
| 1994 | 48.6 |
| 1993 | 47.6 |
| 1992 | 46.6 |
| 1991 | 45.4 |
| 1990 | 44.1 |
| 1989 | 42.5 |
| 1988 | 40.5 |
| 1987 | 38.2 |
| 1986 | 35.6 |
| 1985 | 33 |
| 1984 | 30.5 |
| 1983 | 28.1 |
| 1982 | 26.1 |
| 1981 | 24.5 |
| 1980 | 23.5 |
| 1979 | 22.9 |
| 1978 | 22.4 |
| 1977 | 22 |
| 1976 | 21.7 |
| 1975 | 21.4 |
| 1974 | 21.2 |
| 1973 | 20.8 |
| 1972 | 20.5 |
| 1971 | 20 |
| 1970 | 19.3 |
| 1969 | 18.3 |
| 1968 | 16.9 |
| 1967 | 15.2 |
| 1966 | 13.3 |
| 1965 | 11.5 |
| 1964 | 9.8 |
| 1963 | 8.3 |
| 1962 | 7.2 |
| 1961 | 6.6 |
| 1960 | 6.5 |