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Cabo Verde — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Cabo Verde, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
0.47%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -80.5% since 1961
Population growth for Cabo Verde was 0.47% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 3.31% in 1969. The lowest was 0.01% in 2015 (about 35.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.52% per year.
Cabo Verde ranks 140 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 65%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 2.30%, so Cabo Verde sits below it. It peaked in 1969 and has fallen 86% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 3407%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
0.47%
First (1961)
2.38%
Change
-80.5%
Highest
3.31%
in 1969
Lowest
0.01%
in 2015
Average
1.42%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-2.52%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.47% |
| 2024 | 0.49% |
| 2023 | 0.5% |
| 2022 | 0.6% |
| 2021 | 0.38% |
| 2020 | 0.11% |
| 2019 | 0.13% |
| 2018 | 0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.07% |
| 2016 | 0.03% |
| 2015 | 0.01% |
| 2014 | 0.02% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.